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] Most recently, she's been shooting The Frankenstein Chronicles for ITV Encore playing opposite Sean Bean as his young wife and is currently filming new TV series Will about the life of William Shakespeare, playing Anne Shakespeare. She is represented by The Artists Partnership[8] in the UK and Lisa Richards[9] in Ireland.

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.[10][11] It was in Time Out's top 3 shows at the Fringe;[12] giving it 5 stars, Rachel Halliburton said 'This is the kind of unexpected discovery that critics live for at Edinburgh'.[13] 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[14] at Plymouth Fringe Festival. Named one of The Independent's 12 most promising shows at the Edinburgh Fringe & International Festival 2016,[15] 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'.[16] 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'.[17] It was short-listed for the highly prestigious Total Theatre Award.[18]

Mullins was continuity announcer for ITV3 from Dec 2012 - Dec 2013 and is represented by Sue Terry Voices.[19] Her most recent audio drama work includes playing Mina opposite Mark Gatiss in Dracula by Big Finish Productions.[20]

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[21] and now lives in London.

Career

Film & Television

Year Title Role Production Company Notes
2018 Will Anne Shakespeare TNT written by Craig Pearce
2017 The Dark Mile Claire Bridge Project One dir Gary Love
2016 Father Brown Bebe Fontaine BBC1 Episode 4.1 "The Mask of the Demon" dir Paul Gibson
2015 The Frankenstein Chronicles Agnes Marlott ITV Encore dir Benjamin Ross
2015 Tank 432 (aka The Belly of the Bulldog) Sarah Karlsson The APC Tank Films Ltd dir Nick Gillespie
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
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
2012 The Best Possible Taste BBC Receptionist Mammoth/BBC 4 dir James Strong
2011 Whitechapel Heather Green Carnival Films/ITV Series 3, Episode 4, dir Richard Clark
2011 Trivia Grainne (regular) Grand Pictures/RTE dir Tom Hall
2010 Midsomer Murders Libby Morris Bentley Productions/ITV1 dir Richard Holthouse
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

Stage

Year Title Role Theatre Director
2014 The Silver Tassie by Seán O'Casey Jessie Taite Lyttelton, National Theatre Howard Davies
2013 The Man Who Pays The Piper by GB Stern Daryll Orange Tree Theatre Helen Leblique
2012 As You Like It by William Shakespeare Rosalind Shakespeare's Globe James Dacre
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
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
2008 A Month in the Country by Ivan Turgenev (trans. Brian Friel) Lizaveta Tobacco Factory Theatre Sue Wilson
2008 Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare Viola Redgrave Theatre John Hartoch

References

  1. ↑ Interview with Greg Davies about playing Naomi in Man Down
  2. ↑ British Comedy Awards website
  3. ↑ Interview in Irish Independent about As You Like It
  4. ↑ Interview in Irish Examiner about As You Like It
  5. ↑ As You Like It on Shakespeare's Globe website
  6. ↑ 16 Possible Glimpses info, pics, trailer on the Abbey Theatre website
  7. ↑ Profile on the National Theatre website
  8. ↑ The Artists Partnership website
  9. ↑ Lisa Richards website
  10. ↑ British Theatre Guide's 5 Star review of Metamorphoses
  11. ↑ Edinburgh Guide review of Metamorphoses
  12. ↑ Time Out's Fringe Favourites 2006
  13. ↑ Rachel Halliburton's review of Metamorphoses for Timeout
  14. ↑ Plymouth Fringe website
  15. ↑ Independent article naming Infinity Pool a promising show at Ed Fringe
  16. ↑
  17. ↑
  18. ↑
  19. ↑ Sue Terry Voices website
  20. ↑
  21. ↑ List of graduates from the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School since 1984 Archived May 8, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
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