Derbhle Crotty

Derbhle Crotty was an Irish actress, she was born in County Cavan, Ireland in 1968.

She studied law in UCD in the late 1980s before joining Trinity College Dublin's drama society and then pursued their original performance course at the Samuel Beckett Centre.

She was a member of the Abbey Theatre from 1994 - 2009 where she was involved in many productions.^[1] Amongst her earliest jobs at the Abbey was a role in Marina Carr's breakthrough play The Mai^[2] in 1994,and later the lead in Carr's Portia Coughlan^[3] for Gary Hynes, she also played the title role in a long neglected play from the 1930s by Irish Playwright Teresa Deevy called Katie Roche,^[4] this was directed by Judy Friel.^[5]

Derbhle has worked extensively in London and has appeared in many National Theatre and RSC^[6] productions.

In 2008 she was awarded the Irish Times Theatre Awards for best actress in the Abbey production of Three Sisters^[7] where she played the part of Marsha.

Playography

• The Mai 1994
• Portia Coughlan 1996
• Katie Roche 1994

References

External links

• Derbhle Crotty at The Abbey Theatre
• Derbhle Crotty at Teresa Deevy Archive
• Derbhle Crotty at Irish Playography