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Maeve Dermody
Born	(1988-11-02) 2 November 1988 (age 36) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1991–present

Maeve Dermody (/meɪv ˈdɜːrmədi/ mayv DUR-mə-dee; born 2 November 1988) 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.

Early life

She is the daughter of Susan Murphy Dermody, a film theorist, historian, director, and Zen Roshi (teacher). 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). Dermody attended Mosman High School in Sydney with a near-perfect UAI. 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 Northern Territory by a menacing saltwater crocodile. 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. She had a lead role in the 2010 film Griff the Invisible, and in the 2012 miniseries Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms.

In 2013, Dermody starred as Claire Simpson in the 10-part Australian-Singaporean TV drama series Serangoon Road.

Dermody is also active in the Australian theatre, having appeared in productions such as Killer Joe, Measure for Measure, Our Town, and The Seagull, for major theatre companies in Sydney.

In Christmas 2015, Dermody starred as Vera Claythorne in BBC One's version of Agatha Christie's thriller And Then There Were None.

Filmography

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Film

Television

Music videos

Theatre

Awards and nominations

References

1. "Maeve Dermody on Being Part of And Then There Were None". Agatha Christie. 22 December 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
2. "Roshi Susan Murphy". Zen Open Circle. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
3. ^ "Maeve Dermody Gets All the Hot Boys". Au.lifestyle.yahoo.com. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 12 September 2010.
4. ^ 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.
5. ^ Spring, Alexandra (5 April 2012). "Actress Maeve Dermody gets lost in her work". Vogue. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
6. ^ 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.
7. "Don Hany and Maeve Dermody's Serangoon Road journey". news.com.au. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
8. "One: And then there were none: Vera Claythorne". BBC. Retrieved 26 December 2015.

External links

• Maeve Dermody at IMDb

• Actresses from Sydney
• Australian film actresses
• 1985 births
• Living people
• Australian expatriates in England