Dervla Kirwan
Acting • Born 1971-10-24
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
58 credits
Silent Hours
Movie • 2021
DI Jane Ambrose
Mr White Goes To Westminster
Movie • 1997
Sex in a Cold Climate
Movie • 1998
Self - Narrator (voice)
Ondine
Movie • 2010
Maura
Tetris: From Russia with Love
Movie • 2004
Narrator
December Bride
Movie • 1990
Young Martha
The Flint Street Nativity
Movie • 1999
Angel Gabriel/Jaye Dackers
Entity
Movie • 2012
Ruth Peacock
The Dark Room
Movie • 1999
Jane 'Jinx' Kingsley
With or Without You
Movie • 1999
Rosie Boyd
Luna
Movie • 2014
Christine
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
Movie • 2008
Miss Hartigan
The Greatest Store in the World
Movie • 1999
Mum
Pete's Meteor
Movie • 2002
Carmel
Lunacy: The Making of Luna
Movie • 2015
School for Seduction
Movie • 2004
Clare
Keeping the Peace
Movie • 2005
Narrator (voice)
The Lilac Bus
Movie • 1990
Celia
The Deputy
Movie • 2004
Terri Leonard
War of the Buttons
Movie • 1994
Adult Marie (Voice)
Interlude In Prague
Movie • 2017
Frau Luptak
The Keeper
Movie • 2018
Clarice Friar
The Fantasist
Movie • 1986
Fiona
The Bombmaker
Movie • 2001
Andrea Hayes
Happy Birthday Shakespeare
Movie • 2000
Kate Green
Last Call
Movie • 2021
Leticia
A Tale of Two Wives
Movie • 2003
Charlie Goodman
Shooting Stars
TV • 1993
Self
The One Show
TV • 2006
Self
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
TV • 2000
Richard & Judy
TV • 2001
Self
Hearts and Bones
TV • 2000
Emma Rose
Smother
TV • 2021
Val Ahern
Goodnight Sweetheart
TV • 1993
Phoebe Sparrow
True Dare Kiss
TV • 2007
Phil Tyler
Law & Order: UK
TV • 2009
Ballykissangel
TV • 1996
Assumpta Fitzgerald
Material Girl
TV • 2010
Davina Bailey
Blackout
TV • 2012
Alex
The Silence
TV • 2010
Maggie
Injustice
TV • 2011
Jane Travers
Agatha Christie's Marple
TV • 2004
Bundle
Moving On
TV • 2009
Laura
Who Do You Think You Are?
TV • 2004
Self
Casualty
TV • 1986
Anna
Casanova
TV • 2005
Casanova's Mother
The Reunion
TV • 2022
Annabelle Degalais
Troubles
TV • 1988
Viola 'Neill
True Detective
TV • 2014
Kate McKitterick
The Stranger
TV • 2020
Corinne Price
A Time to Dance
TV • 1992
Bernadette
Loose Women
TV • 1999
Self
Safe House
TV • 2015
Elizabeth Ellroy
Eureka Street
TV • 1999
Aoirghe Jenkins
Shades
TV • 2001
Maeve Sullivan
House of Guinness
TV • 2025
Agnes Guinness
The Dark Room
TV • 1999
Jinx
55 Degrees North
TV • 2004
CPS Claire Maxwell