Cast & creator
Dervla Kirwan
Best known for The One Show, Casualty, True Detective
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.
Also known as: 데블라 키어완
27
film credits
33
television credits
60
1986–2025 · acting roles
6.4
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (60)
Showing 60 of 60 credits
The One Show
Self
2006
Casualty
Anna
1986
True Detective
Kate McKitterick
2014
Loose Women
Self
1999
Richard & Judy
Self
2001
Agatha Christie's Marple
Bundle
2004
Dalziel and Pascoe
Rye Pomona
1996
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
2004
Law & Order: UK
2009
Shooting Stars
Self
1993
Moving On
Laura
2009
The Stranger
Corinne Price
2020
Goodnight Sweetheart
Phoebe Sparrow
1993
Ballykissangel
Assumpta Fitzgerald
1996Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000
House of Guinness
Agnes Guinness
2025
Smother
Val Ahern
2021
Safe House
Elizabeth Ellroy
2015
55 Degrees North
CPS Claire Maxwell
2004
Injustice
Jane Travers
2011
Casanova
Casanova's Mother
2005
The Reunion
Annabelle Degalais
2022
Hearts and Bones
Emma Rose
2000
The Silence
Maggie
2010
Troubles
Viola 'Neill
1988
Last Call
Leticia
2021
A Time to Dance
Bernadette Kennedy
1992
Ondine
Maura
2010
Material Girl
Davina Bailey
2010
Blackout
Alex
2012
The Keeper
Clarice Friar
2018
Interlude in Prague
Frau Luptak
2017
War of the Buttons
Adult Marie (Voice)
1994
A Tale of Two Wives
Charlie Goodman
2003
Shades
Maeve Sullivan
2001
The Greatest Store in the World
Mum
1999
Entity
Ruth Peacock
2012
Silent Hours
DI Jane Ambrose
2017
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
Miss Hartigan
2008
Silent Hours
DI Jane Ambrose
2021
Eureka Street
Aoirghe Jenkins
1999
True Dare Kiss
Phil Tyler
2007
Pete's Meteor
Carmel
2002
With or Without You
Rosie Boyd
1999
December Bride
Young Martha
1990The Bombmaker
Andrea Hayes
2001
Mr White Goes To Westminster
1997
The Dark Room
Jinx
1999
School for Seduction
Clare
2004
The Dark Room
Jane 'Jinx' Kingsley
1999
The Flint Street Nativity
Angel Gabriel/Jaye Dackers
1999
The Fantasist
Fiona
1986
Sex in a Cold Climate
Self - Narrator (voice)
1998Lunacy: The Making of Luna
2015
Tetris: From Russia with Love
Narrator
2004
Luna
Christine
2014The Deputy
Terri Leonard
2004The Lilac Bus
Celia
1990Happy Birthday Shakespeare
Kate Green
2000Keeping the Peace
Narrator (voice)
2005