Portrait of Dervla Kirwan

Acting

Dervla Kirwan

Career

Active from 1990 to 2022, busiest in 1999 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles
25
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score58/100
Highest rated
Poster for 55 Degrees North
55 Degrees North
GoodWatch score75/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 35 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Dervla Kirwan Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Absurdist Humor
    0.9, average 2.0
  • Physical Comedy
    1.2, average 2.4
  • Coming of Age
    2.0, average 3.0
  • Showbiz
    0.3, average 1.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 4
  • Psychological Suspense 3
  • British Crime Drama 3
  • Moral Dilemmas 3
  • Psychological Thriller 3
  • Romantic Entanglements 2
  • Irish Family Drama 2
  • Slow-Burn Suspense 2
  • Murder Mystery 2
  • Police Procedural 2
  • Intriguing Plot 2
  • Gritty Realism 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

52
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

6 titles ยท average score 46
House of Guinness
House of Guinness (2025)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Agnes Guinness

The Reunion
The Reunion (2022)
GoodWatch score 21

TV show ยท as Annabelle Degalais

Smother
Smother (2021)
GoodWatch score 43

TV show ยท as Val Ahern

Silent Hours
Silent Hours (2021)
GoodWatch score 42

as DI Jane Ambrose

Last Call
Last Call (2021)
GoodWatch score 27

as Leticia

The Stranger
The Stranger (2020)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Corinne Price

2010s

12 titles ยท average score 60
The Keeper
The Keeper (2018)
GoodWatch score 73

as Clarice Friar

Silent Hours
Silent Hours (2017)
GoodWatch score 54

TV show ยท as DI Jane Ambrose

Interlude in Prague
Interlude in Prague (2017)
GoodWatch score 71

as Frau Luptak

Safe House
Safe House (2015)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show ยท as Elizabeth Ellroy

True Detective
True Detective (2014)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Kate McKitterick

Luna
Luna (2014)
GoodWatch score 56

as Christine

Entity
Entity (2012)
GoodWatch score 37

as Ruth Peacock

Blackout
Blackout (2012)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show ยท as Alex

Injustice
Injustice (2011)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Jane Travers

The Silence
The Silence (2010)
GoodWatch score 44

TV show ยท as Maggie

Ondine
Ondine (2010)
GoodWatch score 66

as Maura

Material Girl
Material Girl (2010)
GoodWatch score 46

TV show ยท as Davina Bailey

2000s

18 titles ยท average score 65
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor (2008)
GoodWatch score 73

as Miss Hartigan

True Dare Kiss
True Dare Kiss (2007)

TV show ยท as Phil Tyler

55 Degrees North
55 Degrees North (2004)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as CPS Claire Maxwell

School for Seduction
School for Seduction (2004)
GoodWatch score 40

as Clare

Tetris: From Russia with Love
Tetris: From Russia with Love (2004)
GoodWatch score 70

as Narrator

The Deputy
The Deputy (2004)

as Terri Leonard

Agatha Christie's Marple
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as Bundle

A Tale of Two Wives
A Tale of Two Wives (2003)
GoodWatch score 60

as Charlie Goodman

Pete's Meteor
Pete's Meteor (2002)
GoodWatch score 40

as Carmel

The Bombmaker
The Bombmaker (2001)

as Andrea Hayes

Shades
Shades (2001)

TV show ยท as Maeve Sullivan

Hearts and Bones
Hearts and Bones (2000)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show ยท as Emma Rose

1990s

13 titles ยท average score 65
The Dark Room
The Dark Room (1999)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show ยท as Jinx

With or Without You
With or Without You (1999)
GoodWatch score 57

as Rosie Boyd

The Greatest Store in the World
The Greatest Store in the World (1999)
GoodWatch score 69

as Mum

The Dark Room
The Dark Room (1999)
GoodWatch score 61

as Jane 'Jinx' Kingsley

Eureka Street
Eureka Street (1999)

TV show ยท as Aoirghe Jenkins

The Flint Street Nativity
The Flint Street Nativity (1999)
GoodWatch score 67

as Angel Gabriel/Jaye Dackers

Dalziel and Pascoe
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as Rye Pomona

Ballykissangel
Ballykissangel (1996)
GoodWatch score 49

TV show ยท as Assumpta Fitzgerald

Goodnight Sweetheart
Goodnight Sweetheart (1993)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Phoebe Sparrow

A Time to Dance
A Time to Dance (1992)

TV show ยท as Bernadette Kennedy

December Bride
December Bride (1990)
GoodWatch score 69

as Young Martha

The Lilac Bus
The Lilac Bus (1990)

as Celia

1980s

3 titles ยท average score 54
Troubles
Troubles (1988)

TV show ยท as Viola 'Neill

Casualty
Casualty (1986)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show ยท as Anna

The Fantasist
The Fantasist (1986)
GoodWatch score 46

as Fiona