Deirdre Mullins Brief Biography

Deirdre Mullins is an Irish film, television & theatre actor, director and voice artist. She is best known for playing series regular Naomi in Channel 4's Man Down opposite Greg Davies and Rik Mayall. Man Down was nominated for Best New Comedy Programme in the British Comedy Awards 2014. Other notable roles include Rosalind in As You Like It at Shakespeare's Globe, Chekhov's lover, Lika, in the world premier of Marina Carr's 16 Possible Glimpses at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin and Jessie Taite in Sen O'Casey's The Silver Tassie at the National Theatre. Most recently, she's been shooting The Frankenstein Chronicles for ITV Encore playing opposite Sean Bean as his young wife and is currently filming new TV series Will about the life of William Shakespeare, playing Anne Shakespeare. She is represented by The Artists Partnership in the UK and Lisa Richards in Ireland.

Her directing debut, a production of Mary Zimmerman's Metamorphoses, was set in a hotel swimming pool and won her rave reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe 2006 including The Scotsman's top 5 shows to see at the Fringe. It was in Time Out's top 3 shows at the Fringe; giving it 5 stars, Rachel Halliburton said 'This is the kind of unexpected discovery that critics live for at Edinburgh'. A decade later, Mullins directed her second show, an experimental new play by Bea Roberts, Infinity Pool, which won a Toast of the Fringe Award at Plymouth Fringe Festival. Named one of The Independent's 12 most promising shows at the Edinburgh Fringe & International Festival 2016, it went on to enjoy a place on The Guardian's list of recommended shows at the festival, critic Lyn Gardner describing it as 'painfully funny'. Infinity Pool also received 5 stars from The Stage where Stewart Pringle described it as 'utterly unique and exceptional in every way, it"?s a heart-breaking story of a stunted life, told with theatrical verve and palpable compassion'. It was short-listed for the highly prestigious Total Theatre Award.

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