Dervla Kirwan
Born: 1971-10-24 in Churchtown, Dublin, Ireland
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Dervla Kirwan (born 24 October 1971) is an Irish actress famous for roles in British television shows such as Ballykissangel and Goodnight Sweetheart. She also appeared in the Doctor Who Christmas special episode, "The Next Doctor" and provided the voiceovers for the well-known "this is not just food" television advertising campaign for UK retailer Marks & Spencer. Kirwan was born in Churchtown, Dublin, Ireland. Her father was an insurance broker, and her mother was a language teacher. She is the youngest of three daughters. Dervla is a great grand-daughter of Margaret Collins-O'Driscoll who was a sister of Michael Collins, one of the Irish leaders during the War of Independence. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dervla Kirwan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2025
- House of Guinness as Agnes Guinness
2022
- The Reunion as Annabelle Degalais
2021
- Smother as Val Ahern
- Silent Hours as DI Jane Ambrose
- Last Call as Leticia
2020
- The Stranger as Corinne Price
2018
- The Keeper as Clarice Friar
2017
- Interlude in Prague as Frau Luptak
2015
- Safe House as Elizabeth Ellroy
- Lunacy: The Making of Luna
2014
- True Detective as Kate McKitterick
- Luna as Christine
2011
- Injustice as Jane Travers
2010
- Material Girl as Davina Bailey
- Ondine as Maura
- The Silence as Maggie
2009
- Law & Order: UK
- Moving On as Laura
2008
- Doctor Who: The Next Doctor as Miss Hartigan
2007
- True Dare Kiss as Phil Tyler
2006
- The One Show as Self
2005
- Casanova as Casanova's Mother
- Keeping the Peace as Narrator (voice)
2004
- Agatha Christie's Marple as Bundle
- Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
- 55 Degrees North as CPS Claire Maxwell
- School for Seduction as Clare
- The Deputy as Terri Leonard
- Tetris: From Russia with Love as Narrator
2003
- A Tale of Two Wives as Charlie Goodman
2002
- Pete's Meteor as Carmel
2001
- Richard & Judy as Self
- Shades as Maeve Sullivan
- The Bombmaker as Andrea Hayes
2000
- Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
- Hearts and Bones as Emma Rose
- Happy Birthday Shakespeare as Kate Green
1999
- Loose Women as Self
- Eureka Street as Aoirghe Jenkins
- With or Without You as Rosie Boyd
- The Flint Street Nativity as Angel Gabriel/Jaye Dackers
- The Dark Room as Jane 'Jinx' Kingsley
- The Greatest Store in the World as Mum
- The Dark Room as Jinx
1998
- Sex in a Cold Climate as Self - Narrator (voice)
1996
- Ballykissangel as Assumpta Fitzgerald
1994
- War of the Buttons as Adult Marie (Voice)
1993
- Shooting Stars as Self
- Goodnight Sweetheart as Phoebe Sparrow
1992
- A Time to Dance as Bernadette Kennedy
1990
- The Lilac Bus as Celia
- December Bride as Young Martha
1988
- Troubles as Viola 'Neill
1986
- Casualty as Anna
- The Fantasist as Fiona