Dervla Kirwan

Dervla Kirwan (2009)

Dervla Kirwan (born October 24, 1971 in Churchtown , Dublin ) is an Irish actress who is best known for television roles.

Life

Dervla Kirwan was born in 1971 to an insurance agent and a teacher in Churchtown, a district in the south of Dublin. In 1991 she had her breakthrough as Bernadette Kennedy in the series A Time to Dance . Further roles in various series and television films followed. In 1993 she was hired for the role of Phoebe Bamford in the series "Goodnight Sweetheart" before she was offered in 1996 to play in the series Ballykissangel . Here she took on the role of the pub owner Assumpta Fitzgerald.

In 1999 she played the lead female role in Michael Winterbottom's comedy With or without you opposite Christopher Eccleston. She was also featured in Italian Seduction - School for Seduction . She also plays Claire Maxwell in 55 Degrees North , a British crime series. Kirwan's duet with Dustin the Turkey , a talking doll in the children's program on Radio Telefís Éireann, is also known . She sang Fairytale of New York with him . Your advertising campaign for the British retail company Marks & Spencer , launched in September 2005, was a great success and resulted in increased sales for the company.

While filming Ballykissangel, Kirwan became engaged to Stephen Tompkinson , at whose side she starred on the series. However, the engagement was later broken off. Kirwan is now in a relationship with actor Rupert Penry-Jones . The two have two children.

Filmography

• 1986: The Fantasist
• 1988: Troubles (TV)
• 1990: The Lilac Bus (TV)
• 1990: Casualty (TV series, an episode)
• 1991: December Bride
• 1991: 4 Play: In the Border Country (TV series)
• 1992: A Time to Dance (TV series, three episodes)
• 1993: A Handful of Stars (TV)
• 1993: Poor Beast in the Rain (TV)
• 1993–1996: Goodnight Sweetheart (TV series, 27 episodes)
• 1994: War of the Buttons (speaking role)
• 1996: Father Ted (TV series, episode)
• 1996–1998: Ballykissangel (TV series, 23 episodes)
• 1997: The Vicar of Dibley (TV series, episode)
• 1997: Mr. White Goes to Westminster (TV)
• 1998: Pete's Meteor
• 1999: The Dark Room (TV)
• 1999: With or Without You
• 1999: Eureka Street (TV series, four episodes)
• 1999: The Flint Street Nativity (TV)
• 1999: The greatest department store in the world (The Greatest Store in the World) (TV)
• 2000: Bee Stung Wasp (short film)
• 2000: Happy Birthday Shakespeare (TV)
• 2000–2001: Hearts and Bones (TV series, 13 episodes)
• 2001: The Bombmaker (TV)
• 2001: Shades (TV series, six episodes)
• 2001: Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) (TV series, episode)
• 2002: Dalziel and Pascoe (TV series, two episodes)
• 2003: Man only marries twice (Double Bill) (TV)
• 2004: The Deputy (TV)
• 2004: Italian Seduction - School for Seduction (School for Seduction)
• 2005: Casanova (TV series)
• 2004–2005: 55 Degrees North (TV series, 14 episodes)
• 2007: Dangerous Parking
• 2007: True Dare Kiss (TV series, six episodes)
• 2008: Doctor Who (TV series, one episode)
• 2009: Moving On (TV series, one episode)
• 2009: Law & Order: UK (TV series, two episodes)
• 2009: Ondine - The Girl from the Sea (Ondine)
• 2010: When the Rain Comes (short film)
• 2010: Material Girl (TV series, six episodes)
• 2010: Agatha Christie Marple: The Secret of Chimneys (TV)
• 2010: The Silence (TV series, four episodes)
• 2011: Luna
• 2011: Injustice - Wrong! (Injustice) (TV series)
• 2012: Blackout (TV series, three episodes)
• 2012: Entity
• 2020: I'm silent for you ( The Stranger , TV series, eight episodes)

Web links

• Dervla Kirwan in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Page at "Theater, Musicals and Actors Web"
• Dervla Kirwan in the German dubbing file