Actor
Eileen Walsh
Born April 16, 1977 in Cork, Ireland37 films
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.
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First watchThe Magdalene Sisters20027.5as CrispinaThree young Irish women struggle to maintain their spirits while they endure dehumanizing abuse as inmates of a Magdalene Sisters Asylum.View filmEssential films
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Filmography
37 films as actor- TBALuciaNora Barnacle
- 2026LemonadeMags
- 2026FLINTHENRI
- 2025The Things We DoGrace
- 2024Small Things Like TheseEileen Furlong
- 2024National Theatre Live: Mnemonic
- 2023The Golden WestNoreen
- 2023Songs of Blood and Destiny
- 2023National Theatre Live: The Crucible
- 2022AnnPatricia
- 2021WolfDr. Angeli
- 2020Made in ItalyAstrid
- 2020RialtoPaula
- 2018The Children ActNaomi Henry
- 2018Rooftop RefugeeMartha
- 2017MazeKate Marley
- 2016How Was Your Day?
- 2014Off the Page: PPEPolitician
- 2014GoldDr. McHenry
- 2012MorningMary
- 2011MistermanVoice
- 2010SnapChris
- 2009TriageDr. Christopher
- 2009The Ballad of Kid KanturkMona
- 2008EdenBreda Farrell
- 2008The EndJessica
- 200533X Around the SunRuth
- 2003Lula Fantastic
- 2002Nicholas NicklebyThe Infant Phenomenon
- 2002The Magdalene SistersCrispina
- 2000When Brendan Met TrudySiobhan
- 2000LookTrish
- 1999Miss JulieServant
- 1999Janice Beard 45 WPMJanice Beard
- 1997The Last Bus HomeCarole
- 1996The VanCrushed Girl
- 1996Spaghetti Slow2nd Kid