Emily Taaffe
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10 January 1984 (age 42)
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| Born | Emily Anne Taaffe 10 January 1984 (age 42) Skerries, County Dublin, Ireland |
| Other names | Emily Anne Schiffer |
| Alma mater | Trinity College Dublin London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Spouse | |
Emily Anne Taaffe (/ˈtæf/ TAFF;[1] born 10 January 1984;[2] married name Emily Anne Schiffer) is an Irish actress based in South London.[3]
Personal life
The youngest of five children, Emily was born to Noeleen and Eamonn Taaffe in Skerries, County Dublin, Ireland. The family moved when she was an infant to Tullyallen near Drogheda, County Louth where she lived until university. After receiving a First-Class Honours B.A. in 2005 from Trinity College Dublin, she was accepted to train at London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) in London.
In the summer of 2016 she married the writer Ben Schiffer.[4]
Theatre
Taaffe has starred in a number of theatrical productions across the UK and Ireland. Her credits include: Daphne in an adaptation of Terry Pratchett's Nation, Hannah Lambroke in Conor McPherson’s The Veil[citation needed] and Dunyasha in Howard Davies' production of The Cherry Orchard,[5] all at the National Theatre, London. Taaffe played leading roles in The Comedy of Errors, The Tempest and Twelfth Night for The Royal Shakespeare Company[6] in Stratford upon Avon and in London. Other credits include; The Crucible at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, Three Sisters at both the Southwark Playhouse and the Abbey Theatre Dublin, The American Plan[7] at The Theatre Royal Bath, The House of Special Purpose at Minerva Theatre, Chichester and Intemperance at the Liverpool Everyman Theatre.
