Emily Taaffe
- Acting
- January 10, 1984 · Drogheda, Ireland
Biography
Emily Taaffe is an Irish actress. She grew up near Drogheda, Co. Louth and studied at Trinity College Dublin, where she received a first class honours degree, reading Drama & Theatre Studies. She then moved to London where she trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. She has worked extensively in British theatre with leading roles on the Olivier and Lyttleton stages at the National Theatre and with the Royal Shakespeare Company amongst others. On screen she is known for her work in 'Atlantis', 'Call the Midwife' and 'Vera'.
Known for
Filmography
- Trespasses · Betty McGeown
- Little Disasters · Mel
- The Rising · Maria Kelly
- Professor T · Phoebe Sanders
- Rare Beasts · Becky
- His House · Dr. Hayes
- Night Bus · Voice of advertisement
- The Dig · Roberta McKenna
- VS. · Lisa
- Fishboy · Laura (Voice)
- Beast · Tamara
- Paula · Laurence
- Little Bird · Prudence Willis, Writer
- Stan Lee's Lucky Man · Mel
- War and Peace · Katya
- X Company · Siobhan
- Atlantis · Elpis
- Ripper Street · Mary Tait
- Call the Midwife · Faye Rawle
- Death in Paradise · Megan Colley / Emer Byrne
- National Theatre Live: The Cherry Orchard · Dunyasha
- Vera · Janna Jeffries
- The Borgias · Gabrielle Visconti / Sforza
- Rainbow Magic: Return to Rainspell Island · Izzy (Voice)
- National Theatre Live: Nation · Daphne
- New Tricks · Emma
- Lincoln in the Bardo · Mary Todd Lincoln