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.

Filmography

• 2026FLINT — HENRI
• 2026Lemonade — Mags
• Small Town, Big Story — Catherine Proctor
• 2025The Things We Do — Grace
• 2024National Theatre Live: Mnemonic
• 2024Small Things Like These — Eileen Furlong
• 2023National Theatre Live: The Crucible
• 2023Songs of Blood and Destiny
• 2023The Golden West — Noreen
• 2022Ann — Patricia
• 2021Wolf — Dr. Angeli
• 2020Made in Italy — Astrid
• 2020Rialto — Paula
• The South Westerlies — Breege
• Modern Love — Lily De Courcy
• Patrick Melrose — Annette
• 2018Rooftop Refugee — Martha
• 2018The Children Act — Naomi Henry
• Women on the Verge — Alison
• 2017Maze — Kate Marley
• Delicious — Marianne Khan
• 2016How Was Your Day?
• 2014Gold — Dr. McHenry
• 2014Off the Page: PPE — Politician
• 2012Morning — Mary
• Death in Paradise — Orla Mills
• 2011Misterman — Voice
• 2010Snap — Chris
• Storyland — Martha
• 2009The Ballad of Kid Kanturk — Mona
• 2009Triage — Dr. Christopher
• 2008Eden — Breda Farrell
• 2008The End — Jessica
• 200533X Around the Sun — Ruth
• Pure Mule — Therese Farrell
• 2003Lula Fantastic
• 2002Nicholas Nickleby — The Infant Phenomenon
• 2002The Magdalene Sisters — Crispina
• 2000Look — Trish
• 2000When Brendan Met Trudy — Siobhan
• 1999Janice Beard 45 WPM — Janice Beard
• 1999Miss Julie — Servant
• 1997The Last Bus Home — Carole
• 1996Spaghetti Slow — 2nd Kid
• 1996The Van — Crushed Girl
• Lucia — Nora Barnacle

Appearances as themselves (1)

• The Late Late Show — Self