Maeve Dermody

Maeve Dermody (born 2 November 1985) 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".[1]

Maeve Dermody
Born (1985-11-02) 2 November 1985
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
OccupationActress
Years active2001–present

Early life

She is the daughter of Susan Murphy Dermody, a film theorist, historian, and director. 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).[2] Dermody attended Mosman High School in Sydney with a near-perfect UAI (99.97).[3][2] 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.[1] 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.[1][4] She had a lead role in the 2010 well-received film Griff the Invisible, and in the 2012 miniseries Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms.[4][1]

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).[5]

Dermody is also active in the Australian theatre, having appeared in such diverse productions as Killer Joe, Measure for Measure, Our Town,[2] and The Seagull, all for the major theatre companies in Sydney.[3]

In Christmas 2015, Dermody starred as Vera Claythorne in BBC One's version of Agatha Christie's thriller And Then There Were None.[6]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
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 Post-production

Television
Year Title Role Notes
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
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
  1. Spring, Alexandra (5 April 2012). "Actress Maeve Dermody gets lost in her work". Vogue. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  2. "Maeve Dermody Gets All the Hot Boys". Au.lifestyle.yahoo.com. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 12 September 2010.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. "Don Hany and Maeve Dermody's Serangoon Road journey". news.com.au. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  6. "One: And then there were none: Vera Claythorne". BBC. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
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