Eileen Walsh

Eileen Walsh

Birthday: 1977-04-16

Place of Birth: Cork, Ireland

Biography: 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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The Magdalene Sisters
The Magdalene Sisters

Three young Irish women struggle to maintain their spirits while they endure dehumanizing abuse as i...

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Eden
Eden

A married couple's relationship begins to fall apart as their 10th wedding anniversary approaches....

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Janice Beard 45 WPM
Janice Beard 45 WPM

Janice Beard is a dreamer who can't seem to quite make it big. She is working in an auto design com...

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Look
Look

Wendy works in a small 1-hour photograph developing shop. She is open late one evening and says good...

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The Golden West
The Golden West

November, 1849. Having fled the Great Famine, two warring Irish sisters seek their fortunes in the g...

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Wolf
Wolf

Jacob, a man who believes he is a wolf trapped in a human body, is sent to a clinic by his family wh...

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Spaghetti Slow
Spaghetti Slow

A wealthy young Italian man is sent to Ireland to learn English, only to fall in love with the daugh...

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National Theatre Live: The Crucible
National Theatre Live: The Crucible

A witch hunt is beginning in Arthur Miller's captivating parable of power with Erin Doherty (The Cro...

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Ann
Ann

Based on what happened to 15-year-old Ann Lovett in 1984. When she wakes up that morning, Ann feels ...

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Miss Julie
Miss Julie

A footman seduces a count's daughter. Adaptation of August Strindberg's famous play....

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Small Things Like These
Small Things Like These

In 1985, while working as a coal merchant to support his family, Bill Furlong discovers disturbing s...

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33X Around the Sun
33X Around the Sun

33 x Around The Sun is a dreamlike journey into a world where nothing is quite what it seems. It fol...

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Triage
Triage

The wife of a photojournalist sets out to discover why he came home from a recent assignment without...

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Snap
Snap

While Sandra opens up to a documentary film crew, flashbacks show her teenage son, Stephen, mysterio...

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Nicholas Nickleby
Nicholas Nickleby

Nicholas Nickleby, a young boy in search of a better life, struggles to save his family and friends ...

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Maze
Maze

Inspired by the true events of the infamous 1983 prison breakout of 38 IRA prisoners from HMP Maze, ...

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Gold
Gold

An offbeat comedy about an estranged father who returns to his hometown after an absence of ten year...

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How Was Your Day?
How Was Your Day?

A woman is excited about the approaching birth of her first child....

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The Van
The Van

In a working-class quarter of Dublin, 'Bimbo' Reeves gets laid off from his job and, with his redund...

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The Last Bus Home
The Last Bus Home

Though it is late in the punk rock movement, four Dublin youths get together in 1979 to form their o...

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When Brendan Met Trudy
When Brendan Met Trudy

Brendan is an earnest, introverted schoolteacher who, aside from his participation in the local choi...

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The Children Act
The Children Act

In the midst of a marital crisis, a High Court judge must decide if she should order a life-saving b...

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The Ballad of Kid Kanturk
The Ballad of Kid Kanturk

The film of the song immortalizing Kid Kanturk, the infamous rockabilly singing sensation. A child p...

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The End
The End

A middle class American family must fight for survival in a nation being torn apart by the lack of w...

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Made in Italy
Made in Italy

A bohemian artist travels from London to Italy with his estranged son to sell the house they inherit...

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Morning
Morning

Mary's (Eileen Walsh) morning is interrupted by a stranger (Johnny Harris) who causes her to confron...

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Rialto
Rialto

Colm is in his mid-forties, married, with two teenage children. Still grieving the death of his fath...

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FLINT
FLINT

FLINT returns to his childhood home to heal. He quickly falls back into familiar routines—then into ...

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Lucia
Lucia

Based on the life of Lucia Joyce, the talented but troubled daughter of James Joyce. The film follow...

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Rooftop Refugee
Rooftop Refugee

Rooftop Refugee is a comedy that follows Martha as she attends her daughter Kylie's annual summer pe...

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Lula Fantastic
Lula Fantastic

Two twins are at odds when one becomes famous and starts treating everyone around her like trash and...

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The Things We Do
The Things We Do

Paul, a loving father and husband, struggles with a gambling addiction that spirals out of control. ...

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Misterman
Misterman

Enda Walsh's play Misterman, written for a solo performer, is a study of one man’s descent into reli...

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Songs of Blood and Destiny
Songs of Blood and Destiny

Based on the epic poem, iGirl, by Irish playwright Marina Carr. A writer throws a cold eye, with Bec...

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