---
name: "Eleanor Methven"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/eleanor-methven"
fi1m_id: "eleanor-methven"
imdb_id: "nm0582556"
tmdb_id: 211617
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "7 April 1959"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-03T21:27:39.437403+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."
---

# Eleanor Methven

## Identity

Eleanor Methven

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/eleanor-methven
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** eleanor-methven
- **IMDb ID:** nm0582556
- **TMDB ID:** 211617
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0582556/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/211617

Actor. Born 7 April 1959 in Magherafelt, County Derry, Northern Ireland, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 7 April 1959, Magherafelt, County Derry, Northern Ireland, UK
- **Active:** 1993–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as actor, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 75 (2), 2010s 83 (1), 2020s 81 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 79 to 79 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Comedy 3, Mystery 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 3 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $17m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0582556/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/211617

## Biography

Eleanor Methven is an Irish actress. She was born on 7 April 1959 in Magherafelt, County Derry, Northern Ireland. At the age of twenty-three she was one of the co-founders of the Charabanc Theatre Company, which operated until the 1990s; she served as co-artistic director until 1995.

Methven has worked extensively in theatre with companies including the Abbey Theatre. Her screen credits include the role of Patsy in *The Boxer* (1997), appearances in *Disco Pigs* (2001) and *Becoming Jane* (2007), and television roles in *Derry Girls* (as Aunt Bridie), *Normal People* (as Bernie), *Little Women* (as Hannah) and *Hope Street* (as Lois Dunlop). She has received three Irish Times Theatre Awards and an Irish Times Special Tribute Award.

*Sources: imdb.com, unitedagents.co.uk, irishtimes-irishtimes.cdn.zephr.com, abbeytheatre.ie.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *How to Get to Heaven from Belfast* (2026), Fi1m 78, as Mrs. Friel — [page](https://film.one/tv/how-to-get-to-heaven-from-belfast.md)
- *Normal People* (2020), Fi1m 84, as Bernie — [page](https://film.one/tv/normal-people.md)
- *Derry Girls* (2018), Fi1m 83, as Aunt Bridie — [page](https://film.one/tv/derry-girls.md)
- *The Boxer* (1997), Fi1m 68, as Patsy — [page](https://film.one/film/the-boxer.md)
- *The Snapper* (1993), Fi1m 82, as Dr Cook — [page](https://film.one/film/the-snapper.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

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

- *Hope Street: One of Our Own* (2026), as Lois Dunlop — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/hope-street-one-of-our-own.md)
- *How to Get to Heaven from Belfast* (2026), series, as Mrs. Friel — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/how-to-get-to-heaven-from-belfast.md)
- *Faithless* (2024), series, as Dympna
- *Lies We Tell* (2023), as Mrs. Rusk
- *Hope Street* (2021), series, as Lois Dunlop
- *The Deceived* (2020), series, as Mary Mulvery
- *The Lucky Man* (2020), as Eileen the Barflyess
- *Normal People* (2020), series, as Bernie — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/normal-people.md)
- *Come Home* (2018), series, as Judge
- *Derry Girls* (2018), series, as Aunt Bridie — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/derry-girls.md)
- *Little Women* (2017), series, as Hannah
- *The Truth Commissioner* (2016), as Miriam Fenton
- *Wasted* (2013), as Mother
- *The Ice Cream Girls* (2013), series, as Liz Carlisle
- *Titanic: Blood and Steel* (2012), series, as Lady Pirrie
- *Sensation* (2011), as Rosemary
- *The Return* (2003), as Helen Dempsey
- *Disco Pigs* (2001), as Bernie
- *Murphy's Law* (2001), series, as Nursing Matron
- *Mad About Mambo* (2000), Actor
- *The King's Wake* (2000), as Queen Maeve
- *Falling for a Dancer* (1998), series, as Tilly Harrington
- *The Boxer* (1997), as Patsy — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/the-boxer.md)
- *The Disappearance of Finbar* (1997), as Pat Flynn
- *The Snapper* (1993), as Dr Cook — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-snapper.md)
- *The Hen House* (1989), as Della McCloskey
- *The End of the World Man* (1986), as Receptionist
- *ScreenPlay* (1986), series, as Della McCloskey

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