---
name: "Eileen Walsh"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/eileen-walsh"
fi1m_id: "eileen-walsh"
imdb_id: "nm0909626"
tmdb_id: 53999
wikidata_id: "Q517868"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "16 April 1977"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T19:47:00.403501+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."
---

# Eileen Walsh

## Identity

Eileen Walsh

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/eileen-walsh
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** eileen-walsh
- **IMDb ID:** nm0909626
- **TMDB ID:** 53999
- **Wikidata ID:** Q517868
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eileen_Walsh, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q517868, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0909626/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/53999

Actor. Born 16 April 1977 in Cork, Ireland.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 April 1977, Cork, Ireland
- **Active:** 2018–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 78 (1), 2020s 79 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eileen_Walsh, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q517868, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0909626/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/53999

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Small Things Like These*](https://film.one/film/small-things-like-these.md) (79)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Eileen Walsh is an Irish actress. Born in Cork in 1977, she began her career on stage after following her elder sister Catherine into acting. Her breakthrough came with the role of Runt in the original 1996 stage production of *Disco Pigs* opposite Cillian Murphy.

She made her film debut in *Janice Beard 45 WPM* (1999) and gained wider recognition as Crispina in *The Magdalene Sisters* (2002). Other notable screen roles include *Eden* (2008), for which she won Best Actress at the Tribeca Film Festival, *The Children Act* (2018), *Modern Love* (2019) and *Small Things Like These* (2024), in which she plays Eileen Furlong. She has also appeared in television series including *Death in Paradise* (2011) and *Patrick Melrose* (2018). In 2023 she received the Maureen O’Hara Award at the Kerry Film Festival.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, screenrant.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Small Things Like These* (2024), Fi1m 79, as Eileen Furlong — [page](https://film.one/film/small-things-like-these.md)
- *Patrick Melrose* (2018), Fi1m 78, as Annette — [page](https://film.one/tv/patrick-melrose.md)

## Complete filmography (46)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Lemonade* (2026), as Mags
- *FLINT* (2026), as HENRI
- *The Things We Do* (2025), as Grace
- *Small Town, Big Story* (2025), series, as Catherine Proctor
- *Small Things Like These* (2024), as Eileen Furlong — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/small-things-like-these.md)
- *National Theatre Live: Mnemonic* (2024), Actor
- *The Golden West* (2023), as Noreen
- *Songs of Blood and Destiny* (2023), Actor
- *National Theatre Live: The Crucible* (2023), Actor
- *Ann* (2022), as Patricia
- *Wolf* (2021), as Dr. Angeli
- *The South Westerlies* (2020), series, as Breege
- *Made in Italy* (2020), as Astrid
- *Rialto* (2020), as Paula
- *Modern Love* (2019), series, as Lily De Courcy — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/tv/modern-love.md)
- *Women on the Verge* (2018), series, as Alison
- *The Children Act* (2018), as Naomi Henry
- *Patrick Melrose* (2018), series, as Annette — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/patrick-melrose.md)
- *Rooftop Refugee* (2018), as Martha
- *Maze* (2017), as Kate Marley
- *Delicious* (2016), series, as Marianne Khan
- *How Was Your Day?* (2016), Actor
- *Off the Page: PPE* (2014), as Politician
- *Gold* (2014), as Dr. McHenry
- *Morning* (2012), as Mary
- *Death in Paradise* (2011), series, as Orla Mills
- *Misterman* (2011), as Voice
- *Snap* (2010), as Chris
- *Triage* (2009), as Dr. Christopher
- *The Ballad of Kid Kanturk* (2009), as Mona
- *Storyland* (2009), series, as Martha
- *Eden* (2008), as Breda Farrell
- *The End* (2008), as Jessica
- *33X Around the Sun* (2005), as Ruth
- *Pure Mule* (2005), series, as Therese  Farrell
- *Lula Fantastic* (2003), Actor
- *Nicholas Nickleby* (2002), as The Infant Phenomenon
- *The Magdalene Sisters* (2002), as Crispina
- *When Brendan Met Trudy* (2000), as Siobhan
- *Look* (2000), as Trish
- *Miss Julie* (1999), as Servant
- *Janice Beard 45 WPM* (1999), as Janice Beard
- *The Last Bus Home* (1997), as Carole
- *The Van* (1996), as Crushed Girl
- *Spaghetti Slow* (1996), as 2nd Kid
- *Lucia*, as Nora Barnacle

## Gallery

- ![Eileen Walsh](https://film.one/media/person/10624/gallery-2237ba5c0809.jpg) Eileen Walsh — Elena Ternovaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Eileen_Walsh_at_Berlinale_2024-1.jpg/1280px-Eileen_Walsh_at_Berlinale_2024-1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Eileen Walsh at Berlinale 2024](https://film.one/media/person/10624/gallery-d080f3e60b4b.jpg) Eileen Walsh at Berlinale 2024 — Elena Ternovaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Eileen_Walsh_at_Berlinale_2024.jpg/1280px-Eileen_Walsh_at_Berlinale_2024.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Eileen Walsh at Berlinale 2024](https://film.one/media/person/10624/gallery-679991de8fe0.jpg) Eileen Walsh at Berlinale 2024 — Elena Ternovaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Eileen_Walsh_at_Berlinale_2024_Ausschnitt.jpg/1280px-Eileen_Walsh_at_Berlinale_2024_Ausschnitt.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Eileen Walsh in 2023, from Day 4 of DIFF 2023, uploaded by DIFF March 23, 2023 under CC-BY-3.0 Unported Licence.](https://film.one/media/person/10624/gallery-ac0d74330cf7.jpg) Eileen Walsh in 2023, from Day 4 of DIFF 2023, uploaded by DIFF March 23, 2023 under CC-BY-3.0 Unported Licence. — Dublin International Film Festival, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Eileen_Walsh_in_2023.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![FilmCrew: Drew Vinton, Matt Damon, Enda Walsh, Cillian Murphy, Zara Devlin, Tim Mielants, Eileen Walsh, Emily Watson, Catherine Magee and Alan Moloney of Small  (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/10624/gallery-fc95955d3420.jpg) FilmCrew: Drew Vinton, Matt Damon, Enda Walsh, Cillian Murphy, Zara Devlin, Tim Mielants, Eileen Walsh, Emily Watson, Catherine Magee and Alan Moloney of Small  (2024) — Elena Ternovaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Film_Crew_of_Small_Things_Like_These.jpg/1280px-Film_Crew_of_Small_Things_Like_These.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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