Maeve Dermody
Maeve Dermody | |
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Born | |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2001–present |
Maeve Dermody (/meɪv ˈdɜːrmədi/ mayv DUR-mə-dee;[1] born 2 November 1985)[citation needed] is a UK-based Australian actress. After a film appearance at 5 years old, her adult acting career has included work in Australian and British television, theatre, short films, and movies. She characterises her own acting goal as "to be able to play different characters every time, without traces of myself".[2]
Early life[]
She is the daughter of Susan Murphy Dermody, a film theorist, historian, director, and Zen Roshi (teacher).[3] Her father is a psychologist. Dermody's family encouraged a love of literature and the arts, and supported performing as well - her mother gave Dermody her first part when she was 5 years old in the film her mother directed Breathing Under Water (1993).[4] Dermody attended Mosman High School in Sydney with a near-perfect UAI.[5][4] During high school she was active in drama classes, as well as the Australian Theatre for Young People, and furthered her acting education with several courses at the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney.
Career[]
While still in high school, Dermody began getting roles in Australian television series such as All Saints (1998), and in short films. Her first major film role was in the independent thriller Black Water (2007), about a trio of people trapped in the mangroves of the North Territory by a menacing Saltwater Crocodile.[2] Dermody's performance in Black Water earned her multiple nominations for Best Supporting Actress awards in the Australian film industry. Her next major film role was in Beautiful Kate (2009), for which she was again nominated for the AFI Best Supporting Actress Award.[2][6] She had a lead role in the 2010 well-received film Griff the Invisible, and in the 2012 miniseries Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms.[6][2]
In 2013, Dermody starred in the 10-part TV series drama Serangoon Road as Claire Simpson who is married to Frank (played by Jeremy Lindsay Taylor) but having an affair with Sam (played by Don Hany).[7]
Dermody is also active in the Australian theatre, having appeared in such diverse productions as Killer Joe, Measure for Measure, Our Town,[4] and The Seagull, all for the major theatre companies in Sydney.[5]
In Christmas 2015, Dermody starred as Vera Claythorne in BBC One's version of Agatha Christie's thriller And Then There Were None.[8]
Filmography[]
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Film[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1992 | Breathing Under Water | Maeve | |
2007 | Black Water | Lee | |
2009 | Beautiful Kate | Toni | |
2010 | Griff the Invisible | Melody | |
2015 | The Fear of Darkness | Dr. Sarah Faithfull | |
2015 | Pawno | Kate | |
2016 | The Space Between | Olivia | |
2017 | 2:22 | Sandy | |
2018 | Birdie | Woman | Short film |
2019 | Love Type D | Frankie | |
2020 | The Secret Garden | Alice |
Television[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2003 | White Collar Blue | Amanda Payne | 1 episode |
2006 | Secretary | Morgan Wells | Pilot for TV series |
2006 | All Saints | Taylor Patterson | 1 episode |
2006 | Monarch Cove | Charlotte Lee | 1 episode |
2007; 2009 | The Chaser's War on Everything | Various | 2 episodes |
2009 | My Place | Evelyn | 1 episode |
2011 | Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo | Rachel Carr | Miniseries |
2012 | Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries | Eunice Henderson | 1 episode |
2012 | Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms | Lee | 6 episodes |
2012 | Rake | Polly Nesbitt | 2 episodes |
2012 | Dangerous Remedy | Jo Wainer | Television film |
2013 | Power Games: The Packer-Murdoch Story | Anna Murdoch | Miniseries |
2013 | Serangoon Road | Claire Simpson | 10 episodes |
2015 | And Then There Were None | Vera Claythorne | Miniseries |
2016 | Marcella | Grace Gibson | Miniseries |
2016 | Ripper Street | Prudence Sumner | 1 episode |
2017 | SS-GB | Sylvia Manning | Miniseries |
2017 | The Frankenstein Chronicles | Esther Rose | Recurring role, 6 episodes |
2019 | Carnival Row | Portia Fyfe | Recurring role, 6 episodes |
Accolades[]
Year | Award | Category | Film | Result |
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2008 | AACTA Award | Best Supporting Actress | Black Water | Nominated |
Inside Film Award | Best Actress | Nominated | ||
2009 | FCCA Award | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | |
AACTA Award | Best Supporting Actress | Beautiful Kate | Nominated | |
2010 | FCCA Award | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | |
2016 | AACTA Award | Best Actress | Pawno | Nominated |
2017 | FCCA Award | Best Actress | Nominated |
References[]
- ^ "Maeve Dermody on Being Part of And Then There Were None". Agatha Christie. 22 December 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Spring, Alexandra (5 April 2012). "Actress Maeve Dermody gets lost in her work". Vogue. Retrieved 25 February 2014.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Roshi Susan Murphy". Zen Open Circle. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Maeve Dermody Gets All the Hot Boys". Au.lifestyle.yahoo.com. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 12 September 2010.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Roach, Vicky (16 March 2011). "Maeve Dermody has a genius to act in Griff the Invisible and The Seagull". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Wasley, Alice (29 April 2012). "All revved up for new miniseries in Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms". Daily Telegraph. Sydney, New South Wales: News Ltd. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
- ^ "Don Hany and Maeve Dermody's Serangoon Road journey". news.com.au. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
- ^ "One: And then there were none: Vera Claythorne". BBC. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
External links[]
- Actresses from Sydney
- Australian film actresses
- 1985 births
- Living people
- Australian expatriates in England