Life Could Be a Dream
2026 · Movie
Maeve Dermody
1985-11-02
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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.
Filmography
A Thousand Blows
2025 · TV Show
as Lady Grace
Hilma
2022 · Movie
as Sigrid
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
2022 · TV Show
as Moira Nicholson
The Secret Garden
2020 · Movie
as Alice
The Immortal
2019 · Movie
as Lucy
Love Type D
2019 · Movie
as Frankie
Carnival Row
2019 · TV Show
as Portia Fyfe
Birdie
2018 · Movie
The Space Between
2017 · Movie
as Olivia
2:22
2017 · Movie
as Sandy
SS-GB
2017 · TV Show
as Sylvia
Marcella
2016 · TV Show
as Grace Gibson
The Fear of Darkness
2015 · Movie
as Dr. Sarah Faithfull
Pawno
2015 · Movie
as Kate
And Then There Were None
2015 · TV Show
as Vera Claythorne
The Frankenstein Chronicles
2015 · TV Show
as Esther Rose
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Greg's First Day
2013 · Movie
as Mandy
Serangoon Road
2013 · TV Show
as Claire Simpson
Power Games: The Packer-Murdoch Story
2013 · TV Show
as Anna Murdoch
Dangerous Remedy
2012 · Movie
as Jo Wainer
Almost
2012 · Movie
as Emily
Ripper Street
2012 · TV Show
as Prudence Sumner
Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms
2012 · TV Show
as Lee
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
2012 · TV Show
as Eunice Henderson
Griff the Invisible
2011 · Movie
as Melody
Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo
2011 · TV Show
as Rachel Carr
Magpie
2010 · Movie
as Martha
Beautiful Kate
2009 · Movie
as Toni
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Past Midnight
2009 · Movie
as Ginny
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Shot Open
2009 · Movie
as Amelia Walsh
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At the Breakfast Table
2009 · Movie
Black Water
2008 · Movie
as Lee
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Walnut
2007 · Movie
as Ghyselle
A Fairytale of the City
2006 · Movie
as The Girl
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All Shook Up
2003 · Movie
as Billy
White Collar Blue
2002 · TV Show
as Amanda Payne
Breathing Under Water
1993 · Movie
as Maeve
