Deirdre Mullins is an Irish actress, director and activist. In 2017, she won aScottish BAFTA for Best Actress in Film for her role inThe Dark Mile.^[1]

Born inDublin, Mullins grew up inStoneybatter on the city'sNorthside. Her family moved to the suburbHowth when she was 10.^[2] She was head girl atMount Temple Comprehensive School inClontarf. She began her studies in Drama and Theatre atTrinity College Dublin. She then transferred to theUniversity of St Andrews where she studied Anthropology and later graduated with a degree in English Literature in 2006. She participated in the Trinity Players and the St Andrews Mermaids. She went on to train at theBristol Old Vic Theatre School from 2006 to 2008 before moving toLondon.^[3]

Mullins starred as Naomi in theChannel 4 seriesMan Down.^[4] Her theatre work includes playing Rosalind inAs You Like It atShakespeare's Globe,^[5][6][7] Lika inMarina Carr's16 Possible Glimpses at theAbbey Theatre,^[8] and Jessie Taite inSeán O'Casey'sThe Silver Tassie at theNational Theatre.^[9]

Mullins' directing debut, a production of Mary Zimmerman'sMetamorphoses, was set in a hotel swimming pool and won her rave reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe 2006 includingThe Scotsman's top 5 shows to see at the Fringe.^[10][11] It was inTime Out's top 3 shows at the Fringe;^[12] giving it 5 stars, Rachel Halliburton said 'This is the kind of unexpected discovery that critics live for at Edinburgh'.^[13] A decade later, Mullins directed her second show, an experimental new play by Bea Roberts,Infinity Pool, which won a Toast of the Fringe Award^[14] at Plymouth Fringe Festival and went on to enjoy a place onThe Guardian's list of recommended shows at the Edinburgh Fringe & International Festival 2016. The criticLyn Gardner described it as 'painfully funny'.^[15] Giving it 5 stars fromThe Stage, Stewart Pringle said it was 'utterly unique and exceptional in every way, it's a heart-breaking story of a stunted life, told with theatrical verve and palpable compassion'.^[16] The play was short-listed for the highly prestigious Total Theatre Award.^[17]

Mullins is a core committee member of ERA 50:50,^[18] a campaign calling for equal representation of women on screen and stage. She made an impassioned speech about this when picking up her BAFTA (Scotland).^[19][20]

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