Dervla Kirwan

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1971-10-24 (54 years old)

Place of Birth

Churchtown, Dublin, Ireland

Dervla Kirwan

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...

Acting

2021

Silent Hours

as DI Jane Ambrose

1998

Sex in a Cold Climate

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2010

Ondine

as Maura

1990

December Bride

as Young Martha

1999

The Flint Street Nativity

as Angel Gabriel/Jaye Dackers

2012

Entity

as Ruth Peacock

1999

The Dark Room

as Jane 'Jinx' Kingsley

1999

With or Without You

as Rosie Boyd

2014

Luna

as Christine

2008

2002

Pete's Meteor

as Carmel

2005

Keeping the Peace

as Narrator (voice)

1990

2004

The Deputy

as Terri Leonard

1994

War of the Buttons

as Adult Marie (Voice)

2017

Interlude In Prague

as Frau Luptak

2018

The Keeper

as Clarice Friar

1986

2001

The Bombmaker

as Andrea Hayes

2021

Last Call

as Leticia

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