Charlie Murphy (actress)

Murphy was born in Enniscorthy, the daughter of hair salon owners Brenda and Pat Murphy. She has five siblings. The family moved to Wexford when she was 12 years old.^[1] She trained at the Gaiety School of Acting from 2006 to 2008.^[2]

Murphy has worked across theatre, television and film. She performed the role of Siobhán Delaney in the RTÉ drama series Love/Hate, for which she won Best TV Actress at the 2013 Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTAs),^[1][3] and the renamed Best Actress in a Lead Role at the 2015 IFTAs.^[4][5] She won again at the 2017 IFTAs, taking the award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, for her performance as Ann Gallagher in the BBC One drama series Happy Valley,^[6] and won the same award at the 2018 IFTAs, for her performance as Jessie Eden in the BBC One historical crime drama series Peaky Blinders.^[7]

In 2012, she won the Irish Times Irish Theatre Award for her performance of Eliza Doolittle in a production of Pygmalion at the Abbey Theatre.^[8] She was nominated for Best Actress in a Play at the 2019 WhatsOnStage Awards for her performance as Mairead in The Lieutenant of Inishmore by Martin McDonagh, directed by Michael Grandage.^[9]

As of March 2021^[update], Murphy was in a relationship with British theatre and film director Sam Yates.^[10] In June 2025, after previous rounds of IVF procedures,^[11] the couple welcomed their first child together.^[12]

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