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Dervla Kirwan

Dervla Kirwan

Birthday: 1971-10-24 | Place of Birth: Churchtown, Dublin, Ireland

​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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2021
Silent Hours

as    DI Jane Ambrose

2021
Smother

as    Val Ahern

2018
The Keeper

as    Clarice Friar

2012
Entity

as    Ruth Peacock

2011
Injustice

as    Jane Travers

2010
Material Girl

as    Davina Bailey

2010
The Silence

as    Maggie

2009
Ondine

as    Maura

2008
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor

as    Miss Hartigan

2007
True Dare Kiss

as    Phil Tyler

2004
55 Degrees North

as    Claire Maxwell

2004
School for Seduction

as    Clare

2004
Tetris: From Russia with Love

as    Narrator

2000
Hearts and Bones

as    Emma Rose

1999
1999
With or Without You

as    Rosie Boyd

1993
Goodnight Sweetheart

as    Phoebe Sparrow