Maeve Dermody

Maeve Dermody

Known for
Acting
Born
November 2, 1985 (age 41)
Birthplace
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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.

Known For

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Filmography

2026
Life Could Be a Dream poster

Life Could Be a Dream

Movie

2025
A Thousand Blows poster

A Thousand Blows

TV · as Lady Grace · 3 eps

2022
Hilma poster

Hilma

Movie · as Sigrid

2022
Why Didn't They Ask Evans? poster

Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

TV · as Moira Nicholson · 3 eps

2020
The Secret Garden poster

The Secret Garden

Movie · as Alice

2019
The Immortal poster

The Immortal

Movie · as Lucy

2019
Love Type D poster

Love Type D

Movie · as Frankie

2019
Carnival Row poster

Carnival Row

TV · as Portia Fyfe · 6 eps

2018
Birdie poster

Birdie

Movie

2017
The Space Between poster

The Space Between

Movie · as Olivia

2017
2:22 poster

2:22

Movie · as Sandy

2017
SS-GB poster

SS-GB

TV · as Sylvia · 5 eps

2016
Marcella poster

Marcella

TV · as Grace Gibson · 24 eps

2015
The Fear of Darkness poster

The Fear of Darkness

Movie · as Dr. Sarah Faithfull

2015
Pawno poster

Pawno

Movie · as Kate

2015
And Then There Were None poster

And Then There Were None

TV · as Vera Claythorne · 3 eps

2015
The Frankenstein Chronicles poster

The Frankenstein Chronicles

TV · as Esther Rose · 6 eps

2013
Greg's First Day

Greg's First Day

Movie · as Mandy

2013
Serangoon Road poster

Serangoon Road

TV · as Claire Simpson · 10 eps

2013
Power Games: The Packer-Murdoch Story poster

Power Games: The Packer-Murdoch Story

TV · as Anna Murdoch · 2 eps

2012
Dangerous Remedy poster

Dangerous Remedy

Movie · as Jo Wainer

2012
Almost poster

Almost

Movie · as Emily

2012
Ripper Street poster

Ripper Street

TV · as Prudence Sumner · 1 ep

2012
Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms poster

Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms

TV · as Lee · 6 eps

2012
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries poster

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries

TV · as Eunice Henderson · 1 ep

2011
Griff the Invisible poster

Griff the Invisible

Movie · as Melody

2011
Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo poster

Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo

TV · as Rachel Carr · 2 eps

2010
Magpie poster

Magpie

Movie · as Martha

2009
Beautiful Kate poster

Beautiful Kate

Movie · as Toni

2009
Past Midnight

Past Midnight

Movie · as Ginny

2009
Shot Open

Shot Open

Movie · as Amelia Walsh

2009
At the Breakfast Table

At the Breakfast Table

Movie

2008
Black Water poster

Black Water

Movie · as Lee

2007
Walnut

Walnut

Movie · as Ghyselle

2006
A Fairytale of the City poster

A Fairytale of the City

Movie · as The Girl

2003
All Shook Up

All Shook Up

Movie · as Billy

2002
White Collar Blue poster

White Collar Blue

TV · as Amanda Payne · 1 ep

1993
Breathing Under Water poster

Breathing Under Water

Movie · as Maeve