​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.

Filmography

• House of Guinness — Agnes Guinness
• The Reunion — Annabelle Degalais
• 2021Last Call — Leticia
• 2021Silent Hours — DI Jane Ambrose
• Smother — Val Ahern
• The Stranger — Corinne Price
• 2018The Keeper — Clarice Friar
• 2017Interlude in Prague — Frau Luptak
• Silent Hours — DI Jane Ambrose
• 2015Lunacy: The Making of Luna
• Safe House — Elizabeth Ellroy
• 2014Luna — Christine
• True Detective — Kate McKitterick
• Blackout — Alex
• 2012Entity — Ruth Peacock
• Injustice — Jane Travers
• Material Girl — Davina Bailey
• 2010Ondine — Maura
• The Silence — Maggie
• Law & Order: UK
• Moving On — Laura
• 2008Doctor Who: The Next Doctor — Miss Hartigan
• True Dare Kiss — Phil Tyler
• Casanova — Casanova's Mother
• 2005Keeping the Peace — Narrator (voice)
• 55 Degrees North — CPS Claire Maxwell
• Agatha Christie's Marple — Bundle
• 2004School for Seduction — Clare
• 2004Tetris: From Russia with Love — Narrator
• 2004The Deputy — Terri Leonard
• 2003A Tale of Two Wives — Charlie Goodman
• 2002Pete's Meteor — Carmel
• Shades — Maeve Sullivan
• 2001The Bombmaker — Andrea Hayes
• 2000Happy Birthday Shakespeare — Kate Green
• Hearts and Bones — Emma Rose
• Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
• Eureka Street — Aoirghe Jenkins
• 1999The Dark Room — Jane 'Jinx' Kingsley
• The Dark Room — Jinx
• 1999The Flint Street Nativity — Angel Gabriel/Jaye Dackers
• 1999The Greatest Store in the World — Mum
• 1999With or Without You — Rosie Boyd
• 1997Mr White Goes To Westminster
• Ballykissangel — Assumpta Fitzgerald
• Dalziel and Pascoe — Rye Pomona
• 1994War of the Buttons — Adult Marie (Voice)
• Goodnight Sweetheart — Phoebe Sparrow
• A Time to Dance — Bernadette Kennedy
• 1990December Bride — Young Martha
• 1990The Lilac Bus — Celia
• Troubles — Viola 'Neill
• Casualty — Anna
• 1986The Fantasist — Fiona

Appearances as themselves (6)

• The One Show — Self
• Who Do You Think You Are? — Self
• Richard & Judy — Self
• Loose Women — Self
• 1998Sex in a Cold Climate — Self - Narrator (voice)
• Shooting Stars — Self