Credits

An index of Derbhle’s performances from Stage to Screen

Stage / Film / Television / Online

Production

Date

Type

Role

Company

Director

HIDDEN ASSETS

2021

Television

Colette Carolan

Saffron Moon/Facet 4

Thaddeus O’Sullivan

TO THE LIGHTHOUSE

2021

Film

Mrs. Ramsay/Virginia Woolf

Hatch

Annabelle Comyn

THE APPROACH

2021

Online

Denise

Landmark

Mark O’Rowe

MANDRAKE

2020

Film

Mary Laidlaw

Drakeman

Lynne Davison

THE GREAT HUNGER

2020

Stage

Narrator

Abbey Theatre

Catriona McLaughlin

THE CHERRY ORCHARD

2020

Stage

Ranevskaya

Druid

Garry Hynes

THE BRIGHT SIDE

2019

Film

Eileen

– – – –

Ruth Meehan

THEATRE FOR ONE

2019

Stage

May

Landmark

Mark O’Rowe

RICHARD III

2019

Stage

Elisabeth

Headlong

John Haider

COME HOME

2018

Television

Carol Simm

BBC

Andrea Harkin

ROSIE

2018

Film

Anna

Element Pictures

Paddy Breathnach

CITIZEN LANE

2018

Film

Lady Gregory

Mammoth Films

Thaddeus O’Sullivan

THE APPROACH

2018

Stage

Denise

Landmark

Mark O’Rowe

PAULA

2017

Television

Chief Inspector Gillingham

Cuba Pictures

Alex Holmes

HAMLET

2017

Stage

Gertrude

Almeida

Robert Icke

AFTERPLAY

2017

Stage

Sonya

Gate Theatre, Dublin

Mark O’Rowe

ANNA KARENINA

2017

Stage

Princess Sherbatsky

Abbey Theatre

Wayne Jordan

JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK

2016

Stage

Juno

Gate Theatre, Dublin

Mark O’Rowe

THE SEAGULL

2016

Stage

Arkadina

The Corn Exchange

Annie Ryan

DRUID SHAKESPEARE

2015

Stage

Bolingbroke/Henry IV

Druid

Garry Hynes

HECUBA

2015

Stage

Hecuba

Royal Shakespeare Company

Erica Whyman

SIVE

2014

Stage

Mena

Abbey Theatre

Conall Morrison

THE BEST MAN

2014

Stage

Kay

Everyman Palace, Cork

Michael Barker Caven

CHRISTINA NOBLE

2013

Film

Annie Ryan

Destiny Films

Stephen Bradley

13

2013

Stage

Helena Molony

Anu

Louise Lowe

THE BEST MAN

2013

Stage

Kay

Everyman Theatre, Cork

Michael Barker Caven

THE DEAD

2013

Stage

Gretta

Abbey Theatre

Joe Dowling

STELLA DAYS

2012

Film

Julia

– – – – 

Thaddeus O’Sullivan

CRAVE/ ILLUSIONS

2012

Stage

M, First Woman

Actor’s Touring Company

Ramin Gray

DUBLINERS

2012

Stage

– – – – 

Dublin Theatre Festival

Annie Ryan

JOY

2011

Short Film

Louise

Venom Film

Colm Quinn

THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE

2011

Stage

Maureen

The Young Vic

Joe Hill Gibbons

THE FIELD

2011

Stage

Mamie

Gaiety Theatre

Joe Dowling

THE WINTER’S TALE

2011

Stage

Paulina

Corcadorca

Pat Kiernan

THE SILVER TASSIE

2010

Stage

Mrs. Foran

Druid

Garry Hynes

MARBLE

2009

Stage

Anne

Abbey Theatre

Jeremy Herrin

PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD

2009

Stage

Widow Quinn

Druid

Garry Hynes

TALES OF BALLYCUMBER

2009

Stage

Tanya

Abbey Theatre

David Leveaux

THE GIGLI CONCERT

2009

Stage

Mona

Druid Theatre

Garry Hynes

AN IDEAL HUSBAND

2008

Stage

– – – – 

Abbey Theatre

Neil Bartlett

I’LL BE THE DEVIL

2008

Stage

Maryanne

Royal Shakespeare Company

Ramin Gray

THE THREE SISTERS

2008

Stage

– – – – 

Abbey Theatre

David Leveaux

MACBETH/MACBETT/PENELOPAID

2007

Stage

Lady Macbeth/Lady Duncan/Antinous

Royal Shakespeare Company

C. Morrison, S. Purcarete, J. Bushell-Mingo

A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY

2006

Stage

Natalya

Abbey Theatre

Jason Byrne

EVERYDAY

2006

Stage

– – – – 

The Corn Exchange, Dublin

Annie Ryan

THE CLINIC

2006

Television

Evelyn O’Brien

South Circular Television Productions Ltd

– – – – 

NOTES ON A SCANDAL

2005

Film

Mrs Connolly

Scott Rudin Productions

Richard Eyre

THE ALICE TRILOGY

2005

Stage

– – – – 

Royal Court Theatre

Ian Rickson

THE HOME PLACE

2005

Stage

Margaret

Dublin Gate Theatre/Comedy Theatre London

Adrian Noble

INSIDE I’M DANCING

2004

Film

Bernadette O’Brien

Momentum Pictures

Damien O’Donnell

DANCING AT LUGHNASA

2004

Stage

Maggie

Dublin Gate Theatre

Joe Dowling

SIVE

2003

Stage

Mena

Druid Theatre/Gaiety Theatre

Garry Hynes

THE GOOD FATHER

2003

Stage

Jane

Druid Theatre & Project, Dublin

Garry Hynes

THE PLOUGH & THE STARS

2003

Stage

Mrs Gogan

Dublin Abbey Theatre

Ben Barnes

BAILEGANGAIRE

2002

Stage

Dolly

Dublin Peacock Theatre

Tom Murphy

THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD

2001

Stage

Pegeen Mike

Royal National Theatre

Fiona Buffini

THE MERCHANT OF VENNICE

2000

Film

Portia

– – – – 

Trevor Nunn

SAMHAIN

2000

Stage

– – – – 

Mighty Fine Films

Karen Stowe

SUMMERFOLK

2000

Stage

Kaleria

Royal National Theatre

Trevor Nunn

THE MERCHANT OF VENICE

2000

Stage

Portia

Royal National Theatre

Trevor Nunn

HAMLET

1999

Stage

Ophelia

Royal Shakespeare Company

Matthew Warchus

CAMINO REAL

1998

Stage

La Madrecita

Royal Shakespeare Company

Stephen Pimlott

LITTLE EYOLF

1998

Stage

Asta

Royal Shakespeare Company

Adrian Noble

THE WEIR

1998

Stage

Valerie

Royal Court Theatre

Ian Rickson

ANY TIME NOW

1998

Television

Nuala Morris

Nora Films Ltd

– – – – 

POORHOUSE

1997

Short Film

Anna Magee

Ocean Film Productions

Frank Stapleton

PORTIA COUGHLAN

1996

Stage

Portia

Abbey/Royal Court

Garry Hynes

THE WELL OF THE SAINTS

1996

Stage

Molly Byrne

Abbey Theatre, Dublin

Patrick Mason

KATIE ROCHE

1995

Stage

Katie

Abbey

Judy Friel

MISS JULIE

1995

Stage

Julie

Vesuvius

Vanessa Fielding

THE MAI

1995

Stage

Millie

Abbey

Brian Brady

GOLD IN THE STREETS

1995

Television

– – – – 

R.T.E.

Thaddeus O’Sullivan

RUPEE

– – – – 

Stage

Doop

– – – – 

– – – – 

“Theatre makes you feel alive, in a very profound way. And there’s the thrill of knowing that the audience are alive too. That they are actually real people, sitting there in front for you and that you could reach out and touch them, and they could reach out and touch you.
Derbhle Crotty
REVIEWS

Press

There is no one you would trust more with this task than Crotty, who as well as being the finest Irish actor of her generation is also the bravest. She seems always to walk a millimetre above the ground on an invisible high wire, giving her a taut alertness that commands absolute attention.
Fintan O'Toole, The Irish Times
It’s no surprise that Crotty’s process is so immersive. Renowned for the power and emotion she brings to her characters, she has twice won best actress at the Irish Theatre Awards - in 2008 for Masha in The Three Sisters and in 2015 for Henry IV in DruidShakespeare, a gender-blind reworking of four of Shakespeare’s history plays.
Joanne Hayden, Irish Independent
Once in a while an actor comes along who, from the start, has that indefinable something extra in the revered cliche he or she displaces air on stage. Derbhle Crotty is such a performer, noted from her first appearances at the Abbey as a talent with a difference, an edge of danger.
Gerry Colgan, The Irish Times
Derbhle Crotty in particular shines in an intimate, captivating scene. Her aliveness to the words, her movement, her expressiveness are a wonder – a reminder of the great hunger within us all for the kind of moments only theatre can deliver.
Alan O'Riordan, The Irish Examiner