Charlie Murphy

Academy Member

A graduate of the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin, Charlie is an award winning Theatre and Screen actress. Following appearances on Irish dramas The Clinic and Single Handed, Charlie broke through with the role of Siobhan over five seasons on the hugely popular RTÉ TV Drama Love/Hate, for which she won the IFTA Award for Best Actress in 2013 and 2015.

In recent years she has appeared on screen in films such as ’71, the Oscar nominated Philomena and Northmen: A Viking Saga. Murphy has also starred on British television screens in drama series such as Misfits, Quirke, Ripper Street, and critically adored and BAFTA Nominated shows The Village and Happy Valley.

Charlie won a further two IFTA awards in 2017, for Best Actress in a Supporting Role as Ann Gallagher in the BBC One drama series Happy Valley, and in 2018 for Best Actress in a Supporting Role as Jessie Eden in the BBC One historical crime drama series Peaky Blinders.

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"I can't believe I'm standing here, especially being in the mix with such amazing actresses who I've always looked up to and admired"

Charlie Murphy
(on receiving her IFTA Win)

Awards & Recognition

Dark lies the Island

IFTA Nominee, Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Film (2020)

Peaky Blinders

IFTA Winner, Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Drama (2018)

Happy Valley

IFTA Winner, Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Drama (2017)

Love/Hate

IFTA Winner, Best Actress in a Lead Role - Drama (2015)
IFTA Winner, Best Actress (2013)

Pygmalion

Irish Times Theatre Award Winner, Best Actress (2011)

Key Credits

Safe harbour (2025) Sloan Walsh
Joy (2024) Trisha Johnston
Halo (2022) Makee
Peaky Blinders (2017-2019) Jessie Eden
The Foreigner (2017) Maggie/Sara McKay
Rebellion (2016) Elizabeth Butler
To Walk Invisible (2016) Anne Brontë
Happy Valley (2014-2016) Ann Gallagher
The Last Kingdom (2015) Iseult
Northmen – A Viking Saga (2014) Inghean
The Village (2013-2014) Martha Allingham / Martha Lane
Quirke (2014) Deirdre Hunt
'71 (2014) Brigid
Love/Hate (2010-2014) Siobhain
Ripper Street (2013) Evelyn Foley
Philomena (2013) Kathleen
Misfits (2012) Grace
Single-Handed (2010) Mairead O'Sullivan
The Clinic (2009) Natasha Halpin

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