Elisabeth Dermot-Walsh
Encyclopedia
Elisabeth Dermot Walsh is an English
actress, known for portraying Elizabeth in Falling for a Dancer
and Dr Zara Carmichael
in Doctors.
actor Dermot Walsh
and his third wife, actress Elisabeth Knox (1944–1993). She has a sister Olivia and also a half-sister Sally and half-brother Michael from her father’s previous marriages.
She attended West Heath School
, and later trained at RADA
. She is the fifth generation to act in her family.
Falling for a Dancer
. She has also appeared in Love in a Cold Climate
, Unfinished Business, Midsomer Murders
and Holby City
. In 2009 she joined the regular cast of BBC
soap opera
Doctors, playing Dr Zara Carmichael.
Her theatre credits include Ring Round the Moon
, The Country Wife, The Misanthrope
, The Life of Galileo and Rebecca, opposite Nigel Havers
.
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
actress, known for portraying Elizabeth in Falling for a Dancer
Falling for a Dancer
Falling For a Dancer is a 1998 romantic drama television movie set in rural Ireland in the 1930s. It first aired on BBC One in four 50-minute episodes on September 13, 1998.-Plot:...
and Dr Zara Carmichael
Dr. Zara Carmichael
Dr. Zara Carmichael is a fictional character in the British soap opera Doctors. She is played by Elisabeth Dermot-Walsh and made her first appearance on 4 June 2009.-Character:...
in Doctors.
Background
Born in London, Elisabeth Dermot Walsh is the daughter of IrishIrish people
The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...
actor Dermot Walsh
Dermot Walsh
Dermot Walsh was an Irish stage, film and television actor, known for portraying Richard the Lionheart in the 1962 television series Richard the Lionheart.-Early life:...
and his third wife, actress Elisabeth Knox (1944–1993). She has a sister Olivia and also a half-sister Sally and half-brother Michael from her father’s previous marriages.
She attended West Heath School
The New School at West Heath
The New School at West Heath is an independent school in Sevenoaks, in southeast England. It caters for children for whom mainstream schooling has become insufficient, for varying reasons...
, and later trained at RADA
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art is a drama school located in London, United Kingdom. It is generally regarded as one of the most renowned drama schools in the world, and is one of the oldest drama schools in the United Kingdom, having been founded in 1904.RADA is an affiliate school of the...
. She is the fifth generation to act in her family.
Career
Elisabeth Dermot Walsh made her television debut in the television filmTelevision movie
A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
Falling for a Dancer
Falling for a Dancer
Falling For a Dancer is a 1998 romantic drama television movie set in rural Ireland in the 1930s. It first aired on BBC One in four 50-minute episodes on September 13, 1998.-Plot:...
. She has also appeared in Love in a Cold Climate
Love in a Cold Climate (TV serial)
Love in a Cold Climate is a British television serial drama produced by the BBC in association with WGBH Boston, and first broadcast in two parts on BBC One on 4 and 11 February 2001...
, Unfinished Business, Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders is a British television detective drama that has aired on ITV since 1997. The show is based on the books by Caroline Graham, as originally adapted by Anthony Horowitz. The lead character is DCI Tom Barnaby who works for Causton CID. When Nettles left the show in 2011 he was...
and Holby City
Holby City
Holby City, stylised as Holby Ci+y, is a British medical drama television series that airs weekly on BBC One.The series was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama Casualty, and premiered on 12 January 1999...
. In 2009 she joined the regular cast of BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
Doctors, playing Dr Zara Carmichael.
Her theatre credits include Ring Round the Moon
Ring Round the Moon
Ring Round the Moon is a 1950 adaptation by the English dramatist Christopher Fry of Jean Anouilh's Invitation to the Castle . Peter Brook commissioned Fry to adapt the play and the first production of Ring Round the Moon was given at the Globe Theatre...
, The Country Wife, The Misanthrope
Le Misanthrope
The Misanthrope is a 17th-century comedy of manners in verse written by Molière. It was first performed on 4 June 1666 at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal, Paris by the King's Players....
, The Life of Galileo and Rebecca, opposite Nigel Havers
Nigel Havers
Nigel Allan Havers is an English actor. He is probably best known for his BAFTA-nominated role as Lord Andrew Lindsay in the 1981 British film Chariots of Fire, and for his role as Dr. Tom Latimer in the British TV comedy series Don't Wait Up...
.
Television
| Year | Show | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Falling for a Dancer Falling for a Dancer Falling For a Dancer is a 1998 romantic drama television movie set in rural Ireland in the 1930s. It first aired on BBC One in four 50-minute episodes on September 13, 1998.-Plot:... |
Elizabeth | Television film Television movie A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to... |
| 1999 | Unfinished Business | Rachel (9 episodes) | Sitcom Situation comedy A situation comedy, often shortened to sitcom, is a genre of comedy that features characters sharing the same common environment, such as a home or workplace, accompanied with jokes as part of the dialogue... |
| Cleopatra | Octavia | Television film Television movie A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to... |
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| 2001 | Love in a Cold Climate Love in a Cold Climate (TV serial) Love in a Cold Climate is a British television serial drama produced by the BBC in association with WGBH Boston, and first broadcast in two parts on BBC One on 4 and 11 February 2001... |
Linda Radlett | Television miniseries Miniseries A miniseries , in a serial storytelling medium, is a television show production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. The exact number is open to interpretation; however, they are usually limited to fewer than a whole season. The term "miniseries" is generally a North American term... |
| 2002 | Bertie and Elizabeth Bertie and Elizabeth Bertie & Elizabeth is a 2002 television film produced by Carlton Television. The film explores the relationship between King George VI and his wife Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon from their very first meeting to the King's death in the winter of 1952... |
Lillibet Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Elizabeth II is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize,... |
Television film Television movie A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to... |
| 2003 | Murphy's Law Murphy's Law (TV series) Murphy's Law is a BBC television drama, produced by Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC Northern Ireland, starring James Nesbitt as an undercover police officer, Tommy Murphy. There were five series of the drama, shown on BBC One. The first two were composed of individual stories. Series three, four... |
Kate Jennings - Electric Bill (2003) |
TV series |
| My Hero | Charlotte - It's All in the Mind (2003) |
Sitcom Situation comedy A situation comedy, often shortened to sitcom, is a genre of comedy that features characters sharing the same common environment, such as a home or workplace, accompanied with jokes as part of the dialogue... |
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| Agatha Christie's Poirot Agatha Christie's Poirot Agatha Christie's Poirot is a British television drama that has aired on ITV since 1989. It stars David Suchet as Agatha Christie's fictional detective Hercule Poirot. It was originally made by LWT and is now made by ITV Studios... : Sad Cypress |
Elinor Carlisle | Television film Television movie A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to... |
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| 2004 | The Rivals | Julia Melville | Performance at Bristol Old Vic Bristol Old Vic The Bristol Old Vic is a theatre company based at the Theatre Royal, King Street, in Bristol, England. The theatre complex includes the 1766 Theatre Royal, which claims to be the oldest continually-operating theatre in England, along with a 1970s studio theatre , offices and backstage facilities... , recorded for DVD |
| 2005 | Twenty Thousand Streets Under The Sky 20,000 Streets Under the Sky Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky is a trilogy of semi-autobiographical novels by Patrick Hamilton.The three books are The Midnight Bell , The Siege of Pleasure and The Plains of Cement... |
Mrs Sanderson-Chantry | Television film Television movie A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to... |
| Love Soup Love Soup Love Soup is a British television comedy-drama produced by the BBC and first screened on BBC One in the autumn of 2005. It stars Tamsin Greig as Alice Chenery and Michael Landes as Gil Raymond . The series is written by David Renwick of One Foot in the Grave fame, and was produced by Verity Lambert... |
Roberta Samms - War Is Heck (2005) |
Sitcom Situation comedy A situation comedy, often shortened to sitcom, is a genre of comedy that features characters sharing the same common environment, such as a home or workplace, accompanied with jokes as part of the dialogue... |
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| 2007 | The Commander | Thelma - The Fraudster (2007) |
Police drama Police procedural The police procedural is a subgenre of detective fiction which attempts to convincingly depict the activities of a police force as they investigate crimes. While traditional detective novels usually concentrate on a single crime, police procedurals frequently depict investigations into several... |
| 2008 | Midsomer Murders Midsomer Murders Midsomer Murders is a British television detective drama that has aired on ITV since 1997. The show is based on the books by Caroline Graham, as originally adapted by Anthony Horowitz. The lead character is DCI Tom Barnaby who works for Causton CID. When Nettles left the show in 2011 he was... |
Beth Porteous - Blood Wedding (2008) |
Police drama Police procedural The police procedural is a subgenre of detective fiction which attempts to convincingly depict the activities of a police force as they investigate crimes. While traditional detective novels usually concentrate on a single crime, police procedurals frequently depict investigations into several... |
| Fiona's Story | Emma | Television film Television movie A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to... |
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| 2009 | Holby City Holby City Holby City, stylised as Holby Ci+y, is a British medical drama television series that airs weekly on BBC One.The series was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama Casualty, and premiered on 12 January 1999... |
Elizabeth Farrington - Proceed with Caution (2009) |
Medical drama Medical drama A medical drama is a television program, in which events center upon a hospital, an ambulance staff, or any medical environment.In the United States, most medical episodes are one hour long and, more often than not, are set in a hospital. Most current medical Dramatic programming go beyond the... |
| Doctors | Dr Zara Carmichael Dr. Zara Carmichael Dr. Zara Carmichael is a fictional character in the British soap opera Doctors. She is played by Elisabeth Dermot-Walsh and made her first appearance on 4 June 2009.-Character:... (2009–present) |
Soap opera Soap opera A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,... |
Film
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | From Time to Time From Time to Time (film) From Time to Time is a 2009 British adventure film directed by Julian Fellowes and starring Maggie Smith, Carice van Houten, Alex Etel, Eliza Bennett, Elisabeth Dermot-Walsh, Dominic West, Hugh Bonneville, Kwayedza Kureya and Pauline Collins. It was adapted from the children's novel The Chimneys of... |
Joan - Tolly's mother |
Theatre
- The MisanthropeThe MisanthropeThe Misanthrope is the first EP from metal band Darkest Hour. It was released in 1996 on the defunct label Death Truck Records. It is much more hardcore orientated metalcore unlike their later releases.- Track listing :# "Vise" - 5:30...
, Gate TheatreGate TheatreThe Gate Theatre, in Dublin, was founded in 1928 by Hilton Edwards and Micheál Mac Liammóir, initially using the Abbey Theatre's Peacock studio theatre space to stage important works by European and American dramatists...
, February - March 2003 (playing Jennifer) - Rebecca, tour, 2005 (playing Mrs De Winter)
- The Life of Galileo, Olivier TheatreRoyal National TheatreThe Royal National Theatre in London is one of the United Kingdom's two most prominent publicly funded theatre companies, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company...
, July - October 2006, (playing Virginia) - The Country Wife, Theatre Royal, Haymarket, October 2007 - January 2008, (playing Ms Alithea)
- Ring Round the MoonRing Round the MoonRing Round the Moon is a 1950 adaptation by the English dramatist Christopher Fry of Jean Anouilh's Invitation to the Castle . Peter Brook commissioned Fry to adapt the play and the first production of Ring Round the Moon was given at the Globe Theatre...
, Playhouse TheatrePlayhouse TheatreThe Playhouse Theatre is a West End theatre in the City of Westminster, located in Northumberland Avenue, near Trafalgar Square. The Theatre was built by F. H. Fowler and Hill with a seating capacity of 1,200. It was rebuilt in 1907 and still retains its original substage machinery...
, February - March 2008 (playing Diana) - The Alchemist, Olivier TheatreRoyal National TheatreThe Royal National Theatre in London is one of the United Kingdom's two most prominent publicly funded theatre companies, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company...
, September - November 2006 (playing Dame Pilant)