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Maeve Dermody

Acting Born Nov 2, 1985 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 24 credits

Biography

Maeve Dermody (mayv DUR-mə-dee; born 2 November 1985) is a UK-based Australian actress. After a film appearance at 5 years old, her adult acting career has included work in Australian and British television, theatre, short films, and movies.

While still in high school, Dermody began getting roles in Australian television series such as All Saints (1998), and in short films. Her first major film role was in the independent thriller Black Water (2007), which earned her multiple nominations for Best Supporting Actress awards in the Australian film industry.

Her next major film role was in Beautiful Kate (2009), for which she was again nominated for the AFI Best Supporting Actress Award.

She had a lead role in the 2010 film Griff the Invisible, and in the 2012 miniseries Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms. In 2013, Dermody starred as Claire Simpson in the 10-part Australian-Singaporean TV drama series Serangoon Road. In Christmas 2015, Dermody starred as Vera Claythorne in BBC One's version of Agatha Christie's thriller And Then There Were None.

She is also active in the Australian theatre, having appeared in productions such as Killer Joe, Measure for Measure, Our Town, and The Seagull, for major theatre companies in Sydney.

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Known for

Carnival Row

as Portia Fyfe

Ripper Street

as Prudence Sumner

White Collar Blue

as Amanda Payne

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries

as Eunice Henderson

And Then There Were None

as Vera Claythorne
Film

Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13!

as Rachel Carr

Full filmography

  • Carnival Row (2019) as Portia Fyfe
  • Ripper Street (2012) as Prudence Sumner
  • White Collar Blue (2002) as Amanda Payne
  • Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (2012) as Eunice Henderson
  • A Thousand Blows (2025) as Lady Grace
  • Marcella (2016) as Grace Gibson
  • And Then There Were None (2015) as Vera Claythorne
  • SS-GB (2017) as Sylvia
  • Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (2022) as Moira Nicholson
  • The Frankenstein Chronicles (2015) as Esther Rose
  • 2:22 (2017) as Sandy
  • Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms (2012) as Lee
  • The Secret Garden (2020) as Alice
  • Black Water (2008) as Lee
  • Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo (2011) as Rachel Carr
  • Serangoon Road (2013) as Claire Simpson
  • Beautiful Kate (2009) as Toni
  • Power Games: The Packer-Murdoch Story (2013) as Anna Murdoch
  • Hilma (2022) as Sigrid
  • Love Type D (2019) as Frankie
  • Griff the Invisible (2011) as Melody
  • The Immortal (2019) as Lucy
  • Shot Open (2009) as Amelia Walsh
  • Pawno (2015) as Kate