Eileen Walsh

Acting

Eileen Walsh

Born 1977-04-16 · Cork, Ireland

Eileen Walsh is an Irish film, TV and stage actress. Born on 16 April 1977 in Cork, she initially did not want to be an actress, but soon followed in her elder sister Catherine's footsteps. She earned rave reviews for her performance as Runt in the original stage production of Disco Pigs and gained her first film lead with the titular role in 1999's Janice Beard 45 WPM. She also memorably played the tragic Crispina in Peter Mullan's 2002 film The Magdalene Sisters and in 2008 won Best Actress at the Tribeca Film Festival for her portrayal of Breda in the film Eden.

Acting credits

Small Things Like These poster
6.7

In 1985, while working as a coal merchant to support his family, Bill Furlong discovers disturbing secrets kept by the local convent and uncovers truths of his own; forcing him to confront his past and the complicit silence of a small Irish town controlled by the Catholic Church.

Small Things Like These

2024

The Magdalene Sisters poster
7.4

Three young Irish women struggle to maintain their spirits while they endure dehumanizing abuse as inmates of a Magdalene Sisters Asylum.

The Magdalene Sisters

2002

Made in Italy poster
6.0

A bohemian artist travels from London to Italy with his estranged son to sell the house they inherited from his late wife.

Made in Italy

2020

The Children Act poster
6.6

In the midst of a marital crisis, a High Court judge must decide if she should order a life-saving blood transfusion for a teen with cancer despite his family's refusal to accept medical treatment for religious reasons.

The Children Act

2018

Nicholas Nickleby poster
6.8

Nicholas Nickleby, a young boy in search of a better life, struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his coldheartedly grasping uncle.

Nicholas Nickleby

2002

Wolf poster
5.3

Jacob, a man who believes he is a wolf trapped in a human body, is sent to a clinic by his family where he is forced to undergo increasingly extreme forms of "curative" therapies at the hands of The Zookeeper. Jacob’s only solace is the enigmatic Wildcat, with whom he roams the hospital in the dead of night. The two form an improbable friendship that develops into infatuation.

Wolf

2021

Maze poster
5.8

Inspired by the true events of the infamous 1983 prison breakout of 38 IRA prisoners from HMP Maze, which was to become the biggest prison escape in Europe since World War II.

Maze

2017

Triage poster
6.0

The wife of a photojournalist sets out to discover why he came home from a recent assignment without his colleague.

Triage

2009

Miss Julie poster
5.8

A footman seduces a count's daughter. Adaptation of August Strindberg's famous play.

Miss Julie

1999

Lemonade poster
NR

Danny, a kind-hearted teen about to age out of the care system is facing adulthood without family or support. After a turbulent childhood and separation from his younger brother, Danny is determined to build a future - but one reckless mistake puts him at risk of prison. As his 18th birthday approaches, Josh - his former social worker and the only adult who ever believed in him - returns, offering guidance when Danny needs it most. With new love, big dreams, and overwhelming challenges, Danny must choose whether to repeat the cycle of his past or fight for the life he deserves.

Lemonade

2026

Morning poster
6.0

Mary's (Eileen Walsh) morning is interrupted by a stranger (Johnny Harris) who causes her to confront what she has been hiding from.

Morning

2012

Ann poster
7.0

Based on what happened to 15-year-old Ann Lovett in 1984. When she wakes up that morning, Ann feels that she is going to give birth that day. She puts on her school uniform, but instead of going to school she is terrified of what is to come and quietly wanders the streets, hoping for human kindness and help, hoping for a miracle, while afraid to approach anyone.

Ann

2022

The Van poster
6.4

In a working-class quarter of Dublin, 'Bimbo' Reeves gets laid off from his job and, with his redundancy payout, buys a van and sells fish and chips with his buddy, Larry. Due to Ireland's surprising success at the 1990 FIFA World Cup, their business starts off well, but the relationship between the two friends soon becomes strained as Bimbo behaves more like a typical boss.

The Van

1996

No artwork available
NR

Based on the life of Lucia Joyce, the talented but troubled daughter of James Joyce. The film follows Lucia as she struggles to fulfil her personal ambition to become a professional dancer, while navigating her complex relationship with her father as his muse and confidant.

Lucia

National Theatre Live: The Crucible poster
4.5

A witch hunt is beginning in Arthur Miller's captivating parable of power with Erin Doherty (The Crown) and Brendan Cowell (Yerma). Raised to be seen but not heard, a group of young women in Salem suddenly find their words have an almighty power. As a climate of fear, vendetta and accusation spreads through the community, no one is safe from trial. Lindsey Turner (Hamlet) directs this contemporary new staging, design by Tony award winner Es Devlin. Captured live from the Olivier stage of the national theater.

National Theatre Live: The Crucible

2023

The Golden West poster
6.5

November, 1849. Having fled the Great Famine, two warring Irish sisters seek their fortunes in the gold rush. But, with winter fast approaching and nothing to show for their efforts, their age-old feud soon threatens to become deadly.

The Golden West

2023

When Brendan Met Trudy poster
4.4

Brendan is an earnest, introverted schoolteacher who, aside from his participation in the local choir, has only one passion in his life -- the movies. That is until he meets Trudy, a woman who is gregarious and adventurous beyond his imagination. His entire persona changes as he becomes enveloped in her carefree and sometimes dangerous world.

When Brendan Met Trudy

2000

Janice Beard 45 WPM poster
5.2

Janice Beard is a dreamer who can't seem to quite make it big. She is working in an auto design company and falls for the mailboy, but he is hiding secrets.

Janice Beard 45 WPM

1999

Spaghetti Slow poster
5.5

A wealthy young Italian man is sent to Ireland to learn English, only to fall in love with the daughter of the host family he is staying with.

Spaghetti Slow

1996

FLINT poster
NR

FLINT returns to his childhood home to heal. He quickly falls back into familiar routines—then into violence.

FLINT

2026

Misterman poster
NR

Enda Walsh's play Misterman, written for a solo performer, is a study of one man’s descent into religious mania in small-town Ireland.

Misterman

2011

The Things We Do poster
NR

Paul, a loving father and husband, struggles with a gambling addiction that spirals out of control. Jeopardising everything the family holds dear.

The Things We Do

2025

Gold poster
6.3

An offbeat comedy about an estranged father who returns to his hometown after an absence of ten years in order to reconnect with his daughter and ex-wife but unwittingly finds himself responsible for almost destroying all their lives.

Gold

2014

The End poster
5.3

A middle class American family must fight for survival in a nation being torn apart by the lack of water.

The End

2008