---
name: "Simone Kirby"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/simone-kirby"
fi1m_id: "simone-kirby"
imdb_id: "nm2034064"
tmdb_id: 1307014
wikidata_id: "Q7520340"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "28 October 1976"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 66
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-03T01:06:31.096029+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."
---

# Simone Kirby

## Identity

Simone Kirby

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/simone-kirby
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** simone-kirby
- **IMDb ID:** nm2034064
- **TMDB ID:** 1307014
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7520340
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Kirby, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7520340, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2034064/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1307014

Actor. Born 28 October 1976 in Ireland.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 28 October 1976, Ireland
- **Active:** 2016–present
- **Also known as:** 席夢妮・柯比, 席梦妮·柯比
- **Average Fi1m score:** 66, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 80 (1), 2020s 62 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 66 to 62 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Documentary 1, Family 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $4m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Kirby, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7520340, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2034064/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1307014

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Kneecap*](https://film.one/film/kneecap.md) (80)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Calm with Horses*](https://film.one/film/calm-with-horses.md) (74)

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## Biography

Simone Kirby is an Irish actress born on 28 October 1976. She began her career in Irish theatre and gained early recognition for her role as Geraldine Grehan in the RTÉ series *Pure Mule* (2005) and its follow-up *Pure Mule: The Last Weekend* (2009).

Kirby has appeared in numerous films and television series, including *Jimmy's Hall* (2014) as Oonagh, *Peaky Blinders* (2014) as Irene O'Donnell, *His Dark Materials* (2019–2022) as Mary Malone, and *Kneecap* (2024) as Dolores. Other credits include *Season of the Witch* (2011), *Notes on Blindness* (2016), *The Hole in the Ground* (2019), *Calm with Horses* (2020), *Dating Amber* (2020) and *Artemis Fowl* (2020).

She has performed extensively on stage with companies and venues including the Abbey Theatre, Druid Theatre Company, the Old Vic and Shakespeare's Globe. Kirby has received several Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) award nominations for her screen work.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Kneecap* (2024), Fi1m 80, as Dolores — [page](https://film.one/film/kneecap.md)
- *Artemis Fowl* (2020), Fi1m 32, as Mrs. Byrne — [page](https://film.one/film/artemis-fowl.md)
- *Calm with Horses* (2020), Fi1m 74, as June — [page](https://film.one/film/calm-with-horses.md)
- *Notes on Blindness* (2016), Fi1m 80, as Marilyn Hull — [page](https://film.one/film/notes-on-blindness.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

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

- *You'll Never Believe Who's Dead* (2026), as Rosaleen Meehan
- *An Mháthair* (2026), as Mary
- *Whitetail* (2026), as Mona
- *Irish Blood* (2025), series, Actor
- *Video Nasty* (2025), series, as Ethel Greaves
- *Kneecap* (2024), as Dolores — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/kneecap.md)
- *The Buccaneers* (2023), series, as Miss Laura Testvalley
- *Hidden Assets* (2021), series, as Bibi Melnick
- *Dating Amber* (2020), as Jill
- *Artemis Fowl* (2020), as Mrs. Byrne — Fi1m 32, [page](https://film.one/film/artemis-fowl.md)
- *Calm with Horses* (2020), as June — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/calm-with-horses.md)
- *His Dark Materials* (2019), series, as Mary Malone
- *Oats & Barley* (2019), as Natalie
- *The Hole in the Ground* (2019), as Louise Caul
- *Resistance* (2019), series, as Ursula Sweeney
- *Mother's Day* (2018), as Fran Russell Banks
- *Frida Think* (2018), as Frida
- *England Is Mine* (2017), as Elizabeth Morrissey
- *The Flag* (2016), as Liz
- *Notes on Blindness* (2016), as Marilyn Hull — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/notes-on-blindness.md)
- *Alice Through the Looking Glass* (2016), as Tyva Hightopp
- *Houdini & Doyle* (2016), series, as Sister Grace
- *The Truth Commissioner* (2016), as Maria Walshe
- *Clean Break* (2015), series, as Annette Rane
- *X Moor* (2014), as Patsy
- *Jimmy's Hall* (2014), as Oonagh
- *Peaky Blinders* (2013), series, as Irene O'Donnell — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/peaky-blinders.md)
- *Misterman* (2011), as Voice
- *Season of the Witch* (2011), as Midwife
- *Hamlet* (2005), as Ophelia
- *Pure Mule* (2005), series, as Geraldine Grehan
- *Bad Bridgets*, Actor
- *Reprisal*, as Philomena

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