Deirdre Mullins Biography

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 opposite Greg Davies and Rik Mayall. Man Down was nominated for Best New Comedy Programme in the British Comedy Awards 2014. Other notable roles include Rosalind in As You Like It at Shakespeare's Globe, Chekhov's lover, Lika, in the world premier of Marina Carr's 16 Possible Glimpses at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin and Jessie Taite in Sen O'Casey's The Silver Tassie at the National Theatre. 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 in the UK and Lisa Richards 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. It was in Time Out's top 3 shows at the Fringe; giving it 5 stars, Rachel Halliburton said 'This is the kind of unexpected discovery that critics live for at Edinburgh'. 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 at Plymouth Fringe Festival. Named one of The Independent's 12 most promising shows at the Edinburgh Fringe & International Festival 2016, 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'. 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'. It was short-listed for the highly prestigious Total Theatre Award.

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

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 and now lives in London.

Career

Film and 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
2016	Tank 432 (aka The Belly of the Bulldog)	Sarah Karlsson	The APC Tank Films Ltd	dir Nick Gillespie
2015	The Frankenstein Chronicles	Agnes Marlott	ITV Encore	dir Benjamin Ross
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 Sen 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