Phillipa Dunne

Born: None

Dunne was born in County Dublin and raised in County Mayo, Ireland. She trained at the Gaiety School of Acting before beginning her professional career in 2009.She made her acting and writing debut in the television film Dublin Stories and appeared in two episodes of Rental Boys. In 2010, she co-wrote and appeared in The Taste of Home. In 2014, she wrote and starred in the RTÉ One comedy The Walshes as Carmel Walsh. Since 2016, Dunne has portrayed Anne Flynn in the BBC Two comedy Motherland, appearing in all 19 episodes. In 2019, she began appearing in the Channel 4 sitcom Derry Girls as Geraldine Devlin, the mother of established character Clare Devlin. Dunne appeared in the series on a recurring basis until its end in May 2022.] Dunne was then cast in the BBC One medical comedy-drama series This Is Going to Hurt as Ria, the receptionist.[13] The series began airing on 8 February 2022.[14] She also appeared as a contestant on Celebrity Mastermind, with her specialist subject being the 1980 Stanley Kubrick film The Shining.[15][16] Dunne is married; she and her husband have one child, born in late 2020. Dunne's infant child appeared in the third series of Motherland as Niamh, the daughter of Dunne's character.[17]


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The Bright Side

as Hospital Receptionist
Released: 2021-08-20

Stand-up comedian Kate thinks her life has no meaning and is not worth continuing. When she’s...

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Wife of the Future

as Mandy
Released: 2024-07-13

Liam, an 18-year-old grappling with unrequited love decides he is going to eat a slug to impress...

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Inside No. 9: The Party's Over

as Self
Released: 2024-12-22

This documentary tells the story of one of TV’s darkest and most celebrated comedies, featuring...

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Inside No. 9

as Elena
First aired: 2014-02-05

An anthology of darkly comic twisted tales, each one taking place behind a door marked 'number 9'.

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The Nevers

as Mrs. Hapslich
First aired: 2021-04-11

In the last years of Victoria's reign, London is beset by the "Touched": people — mostly women —...

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Derry Girls

as Geraldine Devlin
First aired: 2018-01-04

Amidst the political conflict of Northern Ireland in the 1990s, five secondary school students...

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Bodies

as Lorna Dunnet
First aired: 2023-10-19

One victim, found dead on a London street. Four detectives, in four different time periods, must...

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The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin

as Slake
First aired: 2024-03-01

Legendary highwayman Dick Turpin sets out on a series of wildly absurd escapades when he's made...

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The Woman in the Wall

as Niamh
First aired: 2023-08-27

When Lorna Brady, a survivor of one of Ireland's Magdalene Laundries, wakes to find a corpse in...

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The Cleaner

as Margaret
First aired: 2021-09-10

After CSI have done their stuff, the cleaner mops up the grisly remains. For Wicky, a bloodbath...

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This Is Going to Hurt

as Ria
First aired: 2022-02-08

The unvarnished truth of life as a doctor working in obstetrics and gynaecology.

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Motherland

as Anne
First aired: 2017-11-07

Sitcom about navigating the trials and traumas of middle-class motherhood, looking at the...

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The Walshes

as Carmel
First aired: 2014-03-07

The show follows the Walshes, a tight-knit family living in the fictional West Dublin suburb of...

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