Eileen Walsh

Born: 1977-04-16, 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.

Filmography

• Death in Paradise (2011)
• Patrick Melrose (2018)
• Modern Love (2019)
• Small Things Like These (2024)
• Small Town, Big Story (2025)
• The Magdalene Sisters (2002)
• The Children Act (2018)
• Made in Italy (2020)
• Maze (2017)
• Women on the Verge (2018)
• Ann (2022)
• National Theatre Live: The Crucible (2023)
• The South Westerlies (2020)
• Janice Beard 45 WPM (1999)
• Songs of Blood and Destiny (2023)
• Messaggi quasi segreti (1996)
• When Brendan Met Trudy (2000)
• Misterman (2011)
• The Things We Do (2025)
• Off the Page: PPE (2014)
• The Last Bus Home (1997)
• 33X Around the Sun (2005)
• The Ballad of Kid Kanturk (2009)