Dervla Kirwan

Name: Dervla Kirwan
Date of Birth: October 24, 1971
Place of Birth: Churchtown, Dublin, Ireland

Mini-bio: Dervla (meaning "Daughter of a poet") Kirwan was born in October 1971 in Churchtown, Dublin. She was just 15 when she landed her first role in the BBC Drama Troubles (1988)and a year later she got a p...( read more)

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Dervla Kirwan mini-bio: Dervla (meaning "Daughter of a poet") Kirwan was born in October 1971 in Churchtown, Dublin. She was just 15 when she landed her first role in the BBC Drama Troubles (1988)and a year later she got a part in the first part of Billy Roche's "Wexford Trilogy," at the Bush Theatre, London. She played this role again when the plays were made into a TV series broadcast (1993).

Her stage work continued with "Poor Beast In The Rain," the second part of the Wexford Trilogy, "Hush", "Water Music", "Once A Catholic" and "An Absolute Turkey". On film she was in "December Bride" (1991) and on television, she has appeared in "A Time to Dance" (1992), "Goodnight Sweetheart" (1993), and "Ballykissangel" (1996). On October 8th 1996 she won the National Television Award for 'Most Popular Actress' for her role as Assumpta in Ballykissangel.