Eileen Walsh

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.

Known For

Death in Paradise

Orla Mills

Patrick Melrose

Annette

Small Town, Big Story

Catherine Proctor

Delicious

Marianne Khan

The South Westerlies

Breege

Modern Love

Lily De Courcy

Pure Mule

Therese Farrell

Small Things Like These

Eileen Furlong

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2024	Small Things Like These	Eileen Furlong
2023	The Golden West	Noreen
2023	National Theater Live: The Crucible
2022	Ann
2021	Wolf	Dr. Angeli
2020	Made in Italy	Astrid
2020	Rialto	Paula
2018	The Children Act	Naomi Henry
2017	Maze	Kate Marley
2016	How Was Your Day?
2014	Gold	Dr. McHenry
2012	Morning	Mary
2010	Snap	Chris
2009	Triage	Dr. Christopher
2009	The Ballad of Kid Kanturk	Mona
2008	Eden	Breda Farrell
2008	The End	Jessica
2005	33X Around the Sun	Ruth
2002	The Magdalene Sisters	Crispina
2002	Nicholas Nickleby	The Infant Phenomenon
2000	Look	Trish
2000	When Brendan Met Trudy	Siobhan
1999	Janice Beard 45 WPM	Janice Beard
1999	Miss Julie	Servant
1997	The Last Bus Home	Carole
1996	Spaghetti Slow	2nd Kid
1996	The Van	Crushed Girl
	FLINT	HENRI
	Lucia	Nora Barnacle

Year	TV Show	Role
2025	Small Town, Big Story	Catherine Proctor
2020	The South Westerlies	Breege
2019	Modern Love	Lily De Courcy
2018	Patrick Melrose	Annette
2018	Women on the Verge	Alison
2016	Delicious	Marianne Khan
2011	Death in Paradise	Orla Mills
2005	Pure Mule	Therese Farrell
1962	The Late Late Show	Self