Charlotte Murphy (born ) is an Irish actress, best known for her roles as Ann Gallagher in the BBC series Happy Valley (2014–2023), Siobhán Delaney in RTÉ’s Love/Hate (2010-2014), as Queen Iseult in the BBC series The Last Kingdom and as Jessie Eden in the BBC series Peaky Blinders (2017–2019).
Early life and education Murphy was born in Enniscorthy, the daughter of hair salon owners Brenda and Pat Murphy. She has five siblings. The family moved to Wexford when she was 12 years old. She trained at the Gaiety School of Acting from 2006 to 2008.
Career Murphy has worked across theatre, television and film. She performed the role of Siobhán Delaney in the RTÉ drama series Love/Hate, for which she won Best TV Actress at the 2013 Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTAs), and the renamed Best Actress in a Lead Role at the 2015 IFTAs. She won again at the 2017 IFTAs, taking the award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, for her performance as Ann Gallagher in the BBC One drama series Happy Valley, and won the same award at the 2018 IFTAs, for her performance as Jessie Eden in the BBC One historical crime drama series Peaky Blinders.
In 2012, she won the Irish Times Irish Theatre Award for her performance of Eliza Doolittle in a production of Pygmalion at the Abbey Theatre. She was nominated for Best Actress in a Play at the 2019 WhatsOnStage Awards for her performance as Mairead in The Lieutenant of Inishmore by Martin McDonagh, directed by Michael Grandage.
Personal life , Murphy was in a relationship with British theatre and film director Sam Yates. In June 2025, after previous rounds of IVF procedures, the couple welcomed their first child together.
Acting credits Film Year Title Role Notes 2013 Philomena Kathleen 2014 '71 Brigid Northmen: A Viking Saga Inghean 2017 The Foreigner Maggie Dunn / Sara McKay 2019 The Corrupted DS Gemma Connelly Dark Lies the Island Sarah 2020 The Winter Lake Elaine 2021 Creation Stories Kate Holmes 2024 Joy Trisha Johnson 2026 Post-production
Television Year Title Role Notes 2009 The Clinic Natasha Halpin Episode #7.3 2010 Single-Handed Mairead O'Sullivan 3 episodes 2010–2014 Love/Hate Siobhan Delaney Main role 2012 Misfits Grace Episode #4.5 2013 Ripper Street Evelyn Foley Episode: "Dynamite and a Woman" 2013–2014 The Village Martha Lane / Martha Allingham Main role 2014 Quirke Deirdre Hunt Miniseries; episode: "The Silver Swan" 2014–2023 Happy Valley Ann Gallagher Main role 2015 The Last Kingdom Iseult 3 episodes2016 Rebellion Elizabeth Butler Miniseries; 5 episodes To Walk Invisible Anne Brontë Television film 2017–2019 Peaky Blinders Jessie Eden 8 episodes2022 Deadline Natalie 4 episodes The Capture Simone Turner 6 episodes 2022–2024 Halo Makee Main role 2023 Obsession Anna Barton Main role, 4 episodes 2025 Atomic Laetitia Supporting role Safe Harbor Sloane Main role
Theatre Year Title Role Notes2010 4:48 Psychosis by Sarah Kane Woman Granary Theatre, Cork The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare Bianca Shakespeare in the Park2011 The Seagull by Anton Chekhov Nina Loose Canon This Is Our Youth by Kenneth Lonergan Jessica Director Jimmy Fay The Silver Tassie by Sean O'Casey Jessie Taite Director Garry Hynes, Druid Theatre Company, Lincoln Centre, New York Big Maggie by John B. Keane Katie Director Garry Hynes, Druid Theatre Company Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw Eliza Doolittle Director Andrea Ainsworth, Abbey TheatreIrish Times Theatre Award for Best Actress Disco Pigs by Enda Walsh Runt Director Cathal Cleary, Young Vic Theatre 2014 Our Few and Evil Days by Mark O'Rowe Adele Director Mark O'Rowe, Abbey Theatre 2016 Arlington by Enda Walsh Isla Director Enda Walsh, Black Box Theatre, Galway International Arts Festival 2017 Arlington by Enda Walsh Isla Director Enda Walsh, St Ann's Warehouse, New York 2018 The Lieutenant of Inishmore by Martin McDonagh Mairead Director Michael Grandage, Noël Coward Theatre
Awards and nominations Film and TV Year Award Category Work Result 2013 Irish Film and Television Awards Best TV Actress Love/Hate 2015 Irish Film and Television Awards Best Actress in a Lead Role, Television Drama Love/Hate 2017 Irish Film and Television Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Television Drama Happy Valley 2018 Irish Film and Television Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Television Drama Peaky Blinders
Theatre Year Award Category Work Result 2011 Irish Times Theatre Awards Best Actress in a Leading Role Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw at the Abbey Theatre 2019 WhatsOnStage Awards Best Actress in a Play Maraid in The Lieutenant of Inishmore by Martin McDonagh directed by Michael Grandage
See also List of Irish actors References
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