Eileen Walsh
Acting • Born 1977-04-16
Biography
Eileen Walsh is an Irish film, TV and stage actress. Born on 16 April 1977 in Cork, she initially did not want to be an actress, but soon followed in her elder sister Catherine's footsteps. She earned rave reviews for her performance as Runt in the original stage production of Disco Pigs and gained her first film lead with the titular role in 1999's Janice Beard 45 WPM. She also memorably played the tragic Crispina in Peter Mullan's 2002 film The Magdalene Sisters and in 2008 won Best Actress at the Tribeca Film Festival for her portrayal of Breda in the film Eden.
Filmography
45 credits
The Magdalene Sisters
Movie • 2002
Crispina
Eden
Movie • 2008
Breda Farrell
Janice Beard 45 WPM
Movie • 1999
Janice Beard
Look
Movie • 2000
Trish
The Golden West
Movie • 2023
Noreen
Wolf
Movie • 2021
Dr. Angeli
Spaghetti Slow
Movie • 1996
2nd Kid
National Theatre Live: The Crucible
Movie • 2023
Ann
Movie • 2022
Patricia
Miss Julie
Movie • 1999
Servant
Small Things Like These
Movie • 2024
Eileen Furlong
33X Around the Sun
Movie • 2005
Ruth
Triage
Movie • 2009
Dr. Christopher
Snap
Movie • 2010
Chris
Nicholas Nickleby
Movie • 2002
The Infant Phenomenon
Maze
Movie • 2017
Kate Marley
Gold
Movie • 2014
Dr. McHenry
How Was Your Day?
Movie • 2016
The Children Act
Movie • 2018
Naomi Henry
The Last Bus Home
Movie • 1997
Carole
The Van
Movie • 1996
Crushed Girl
When Brendan Met Trudy
Movie • 2000
Siobhan
The Ballad of Kid Kanturk
Movie • 2009
Mona
The End
Movie • 2008
Jessica
Made in Italy
Movie • 2020
Astrid
Morning
Movie • 2012
Mary
Rialto
Movie • 2020
Paula
FLINT
Movie • 2026
HENRI
Lucia
Movie
Nora Barnacle
Rooftop Refugee
Movie • 2018
Martha
Lula Fantastic
Movie • 2003
The Things We Do
Movie • 2025
Grace
Misterman
Movie • 2011
Voice
Songs of Blood and Destiny
Movie • 2023
Lemonade
Movie
Mags
Delicious
TV • 2016
Marianne Khan
Patrick Melrose
TV • 2018
Annette
Pure Mule
TV • 2005
Therese Farrell
Modern Love
TV • 2019
Lily De Courcy
Women on the Verge
TV • 2018
Alison
Death in Paradise
TV • 2011
Orla Mills
The South Westerlies
TV • 2020
Breege
The Late Late Show
TV • 1962
Self
Small Town, Big Story
TV • 2025
Catherine Proctor
Storyland
TV • 2009
Martha