Deirdre Mullins
Deirdre Mullins is an Irish film, television & theatre actor, director and voice artist. She is best known for playing series regular Naomi in Channel 4's Man Down[1] opposite Greg Davies and Rik Mayall. Man Down was nominated for Best New Comedy Programme[2] in the British Comedy Awards 2014. Other notable roles include Rosalind[3] in As You Like It[4] at Shakespeare's Globe,[5] Chekhov's lover, Lika, in the world premier of Marina Carr's 16 Possible Glimpses[6] at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin and Jessie Taite in Seán O'Casey's The Silver Tassie at the National Theatre.[7] Recent credits include The Frankenstein Chronicles for ITV Encore playing opposite Sean Bean as his young wife and TNT series Will about the life of William Shakespeare, playing Anne Shakespeare. In 2017, she won a Scottish BAFTA for Best Actress in Film for The Dark Mile.[8]
Her directing debut, a production of Mary Zimmerman's Metamorphoses, was set in a hotel swimming pool and won her rave reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe 2006 including The Scotsman's top 5 shows to see at the Fringe.[9][10] It was in Time Out's top 3 shows at the Fringe;[11] giving it 5 stars, Rachel Halliburton said 'This is the kind of unexpected discovery that critics live for at Edinburgh'.[12] A decade later, Mullins directed her second show, an experimental new play by Bea Roberts, Infinity Pool, which won a Toast of the Fringe Award[13] at Plymouth Fringe Festival. Named one of The Independent's 12 most promising shows at the Edinburgh Fringe & International Festival 2016,[14] it went on to enjoy a place on The Guardian's list of recommended shows at the festival, critic Lyn Gardner describing it as 'painfully funny'.[15] Infinity Pool also received 5 stars from The Stage where Stewart Pringle described it as 'utterly unique and exceptional in every way, it’s a heart-breaking story of a stunted life, told with theatrical verve and palpable compassion'.[16] It was short-listed for the highly prestigious Total Theatre Award.[17]
Mullins was continuity announcer for ITV3 from Dec 2012 - Dec 2013 and is represented by Sue Terry Voices.[18] Her most recent audio drama work includes playing Mina opposite Mark Gatiss in Dracula by Big Finish Productions.[19]
She is a core committee member of ERA 50:50,[20] a campaign calling for equal representation of women on screen & stage and made an impassioned speech about it when picking up her BAFTA (Scotland).[21][22]
Mullins was head girl at Mount Temple Comprehensive School in Dublin. She read Drama & Theatre Studies at Trinity College Dublin before transferring and finishing with a first class degree in English Literature at the University of St Andrews, Scotland in 2006. She trained as an actor at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School from 2006 - 2008[23] and now lives in London.
Film and television
Year | Title | Role | Production Company | Notes |
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2009 | Hard Times | Kate | Feature Productions (UK) Ltd | dir Tom Reeve |
2009 | De Troon (The Throne) | Joanna | Lemming Film | dir Erik de Bruyn |
2009 | Ashes to Ashes | Nurse | BBC1 | dir Catherine Morshead |
2010 | Midsomer Murders | Libby Morris | Bentley Productions/ITV1 | dir Richard Holthouse |
2011 | Whitechapel | Heather Green | Carnival Films/ITV | Series 3, Episode 4, dir Richard Clark |
2011 | Trivia | Grainne (regular) | Grand Pictures/RTE | dir Tom Hall |
2012 | The Best Possible Taste | BBC Receptionist | Mammoth/BBC 4 | dir James Strong |
2013 | Man Down | Naomi (regular) | Avalon/Channel 4 | dir Matt Lipsey |
2013 | Vikings | Peasant Woman | Take 5 Productions/World 2000/History Channel | dir Ken Girotti |
2013 | Breathless | Diana Fairfax | ITV | dir Marek Losey |
2013 | Doctors | Chrissie Welsh | BBC | dir Jordan Hogg |
2014 | My Name Is Emily | Emily's Mother | Hurricane Films | dir Simon FitzMaurice |
2014 | Inspector George Gently | Valerie Cullen | Company Pictures/BBC2 | dir Roger Goldby |
2015 | The Frankenstein Chronicles | Agnes Marlott | ITV Encore | dir Benjamin Ross |
2016 | Father Brown | Bebe Fontaine | BBC1 | Episode 4.1 "The Mask of the Demon" dir Paul Gibson |
2016 | Tank 432 (aka The Belly of the Bulldog) | Sarah Karlsson | The APC Tank Films Ltd | dir Nick Gillespie |
2017 | Otzi & the Mystery of Time | Helena | Onemore Pictures | dir Gabriele Pignotta |
2017 | Will | Anne Shakespeare | TNT | written by Craig Pearce |
2017 | The Dark Mile | Claire | Bridge Project One | dir Gary Love - won a Scottish BAFTA for best actress in film |
Stage
Year | Title | Role | Theatre | Director |
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2008 | Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare | Viola | Redgrave Theatre | John Hartoch |
2008 | A Month in the Country by Ivan Turgenev (trans. Brian Friel) | Lizaveta | Tobacco Factory Theatre | Sue Wilson |
2009 | Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare | Mariana | Thelma Holt Ltd/Theatre Royal, Plymouth | Jamie Glover |
2009 | The 24 Hour Plays: Old Vic New Voices | Actor | The Old Vic | Alice Lacey |
2011 | Old Vic 24 Hour Plays Celebrity Gala | Actor | The Old Vic | Alexander Ferris |
2011 | 16 Possible Glimpses (world premier) by Marina Carr | Lika | Abbey Theatre | Wayne Jordan |
2011 | A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare | Helena | Headlong | Natalie Abrahami |
2012 | As You Like It by William Shakespeare | Rosalind | Shakespeare's Globe | James Dacre |
2013 | The Man Who Pays The Piper by GB Stern | Daryll | Orange Tree Theatre | Helen Leblique |
2014 | The Silver Tassie by Seán O'Casey | Jessie Taite | Lyttelton, National Theatre | Howard Davies |
Radio
Year | Title | Role | Channel | Notes |
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2009 | Cavity | Jemma | BBC Radio 4 | dir Alison Crawford |
2009 | The Lake | Reader | BBC Radio 4 | dir Sarah Blunt |
2011 | Positive | Tess | BBC Radio 4 | dir Sara Davies |
2017 | The Cold God of Bad Luck by Colin Barrett | Reader | BBC Radio 4 | prod Duncan Minshull |
Audio Drama
Year | Title | Role | Production Company | Notes |
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2015 | The Confessions of Dorian Gray | Scarlet Moore | Big Finish Productions | dir Scott Handcock |
2015 | Dracula | Mina Harker | Big Finish Productions | dir Scott Handcock |
2016 | Doctor Who - The Very Dark Thing | Admiral Effenish | Big Finish Productions | dir Scott Handcock |
2016 | Charlotte Pollard | Naomi | Big Finish Productions | dir Nicholas Briggs |
2017 | The Prisoner S2 | Number 2 | Big Finish Productions | dir Nicholas Briggs |
2017 | Hamlet | Ophelia | Big Finish Productions | dir Scott Handcock |
2018 | Cicero | Vitellia | Big Finish Productions | dir Scott Handcock (Nominated for Best Audio Drama 2018 Audie Awards)[24] |
References
- ↑ Interview with Greg Davies about playing Naomi in Man Down
- ↑ British Comedy Awards website
- ↑ Interview in Irish Independent about As You Like It
- ↑ Interview in Irish Examiner about As You Like It
- ↑ As You Like It on Shakespeare's Globe website
- ↑ 16 Possible Glimpses info, pics, trailer on the Abbey Theatre website
- ↑ Profile on the National Theatre website Archived 2014-10-12 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ BAFTA Scotland website
- ↑ British Theatre Guide's 5 Star review of Metamorphoses
- ↑ Edinburgh Guide review of Metamorphoses
- ↑ Time Out's Fringe Favourites 2006
- ↑ Rachel Halliburton's review of Metamorphoses for Timeout
- ↑ Plymouth Fringe website
- ↑ Independent article naming Infinity Pool a promising show at Ed Fringe
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- ↑ Sue Terry Voices website
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- ↑ ERA 50:50 website
- ↑ BAFTA speech about ERA 50:50
- ↑ Interview in The Guardian about the ERA 50:50 campaign
- ↑ List of graduates from the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School since 1984 Archived May 8, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Audie Award website