Charlie Murphy (actress)

Charlie Murphy
Born Charlotte Murphy
(1988-12-01) 1 December 1988
New York, New York, United States of America
Occupation Actress
Years active 2009–present

Charlotte Murphy (born 1 December 1988) is an Irish actress.[1] She is best known for playing the lead role of Siobhán Delaney in the hit RTÉ drama Love/Hate for which she won the 2013 Irish Film and Television Award for Best TV Actress,[2] and as Ann Gallagher in the acclaimed BBC One drama Happy Valley. She is currently appearing in the BBC One historical crime drama television series Peaky Blinders.

Early life

Murphy was born on 12 December 1989 in Enniscorthy, County Wexford, one of six children. Her parents, Pat and Brenda Murphy, own a hair salon. They moved to Wexford when she was 12 years old.[2][3] Murphy trained at the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin 2006–2008.[4]

Filmography

Year Title Role Company Notes
2009The ClinicNatasha HalpinRTÉTV series
2010Single-HandedMairead O'SullivanRTÉTV series
2010–2014Love/HateSiobhan DelaneyRTÉTV series
2012MisfitsGraceChannel 4TV series
2013PhilomenaKathleenFilm
Ripper StreetEvelyn FoleyBBCTV series
2013–2014The VillageMartha Lane /
Martha Allingham		BBCTV series
2014'71BrigidFilm
Northmen: A Viking SagaIngheanFilm
QuirkeDeirdre HuntBBCTV mini-series
2014–2016Happy ValleyAnn GallagherBBCTV series
2015The Last KingdomIseultBBCTV series
2016To Walk InvisibleAnne BrontëBBCTV series
RebellionElizabeth ButlerRTÉTV mini-series
2017The Foreigner Maggie/Sara McKayFilm
Peaky BlindersJessie EdenBBCTV series

Stage appearances

YearTitleRoleVenueNotes
2011PygmalionEliza DoolittleAbbey Theatre, DublinIrish Times Theatre Awards Best Actress 2011

References

  1. ↑ Charlie Murphy on IMDb
  2. 1 2 Looby, David (12 February 2013). "Big time charlie wins best actress award". Wexford Echo. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  3. ↑ O'Toole, Jason (10 November 2012). "Nudity? No Problem. My Father, the comedian, Doesn't Mind One Bit'; She's the Daughter of a Born Again Christian, and a Churchgoer Herself. So How Does Love/Hate's Charlie Murphy Square That with the Sex, Violence and Nude Scenes in RTÉ's Hard-Hitting Gangland Drama?". Daily Mail. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
  4. ↑ "Alumnus of the month, Charlie Murphy". The Gaiety School of Acting. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
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