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name: "Dervla Kirwan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dervla-kirwan"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "24 October 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:51:23.077310+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Dervla Kirwan

Actor. Born 24 October 1971 in Churchtown, Dublin, Ireland.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 24 October 1971, Churchtown, Dublin, Ireland
- **Active:** 1993–present
- **Also known as:** 데블라 키어완

## Biography

Dervla Kirwan is an Irish actress. She was born on 24 October 1971 in Churchtown, Dublin. She began her career as a teenager with roles in the BBC series Troubles (1988) and stage productions including Billy Roche's Wexford Trilogy.

Kirwan is known for her television roles as Phoebe Bamford in Goodnight Sweetheart (1993–1996) and Assumpta Fitzgerald in Ballykissangel (1996–1998), for which she received a National Television Award. Other credits include Miss Hartigan in the Doctor Who Christmas special The Next Doctor (2008), Maura in Ondine (2009), and Agnes Guinness in House of Guinness (2025). She has won two IFTA Awards, for Ondine and the series Smother (2021–2023).

She is married to actor Rupert Penry-Jones.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, rte.ie.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *House of Guinness* (2025), Fi1m 74, as Agnes Guinness — [page](https://film.one/tv/house-of-guinness.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Goodnight Sweetheart* (1993), Actor

## Also known for

- *The Stranger* (2020), Corinne Price
- *Ondine* (2010), Maura
- *The Keeper* (2018), Clarice Friar
- *Doctor Who: The Next Doctor* (2008), Miss Hartigan
- *Agatha Christie's Marple* (2004), Bundle
- *War of the Buttons* (1994), Adult Marie (Voice)
- *Casualty* (1986), Anna
- *Casanova* (2005), Casanova's Mother

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