Victoria Smurfit - wikipedia Victoria Smurfit Victoria Smurfit Smurfit in 2016 ( 1974 - 03 - 31 ) 31 March 1974 ( age 43 ) Dublin, Ireland Residence Santa Monica, California, United States Occupation Actress Years active 1995 -- present Spouse ( s ) Douglas Baxter ( 2000 -- 2015 ) Children Victoria Smurfit ( born 31 March 1974 ) is an Irish actress. She is known for her role as Cruella De Vil in Once Upon a Time. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Selected credits 5 References 6 External links Early life Victoria Smurfit is part of the Smurfit family, one of the richest in Ireland, through the Smurfit Kappa Group. The family, headed by Victoria 's uncle Michael Smurfit, sponsors a number of sporting events including the Smurfit European Open and the Champion Hurdle. The family is also associated with Smurfit Business School in University College Dublin ( UCD ). She was educated at two Anglican schools, Saint Columba 's College, Dublin and St. George 's School, Ascot, England. She did an A level in theatre studies and then went to the Bristol Old Vic theatre school. Career Smurfit gained fame for her role as Orla O'Connell in the BBC television series Ballykissangel from 1998 -- 99. She was in the 2003 movie Bulletproof Monk. From 2003 -- 09, she played the lead role of DCI Roisin Connor in Trial & Retribution. She also guest starred in the BBC Radio 4 series Baldi. In 2011, Smurfit appeared in the Agatha Christie 's Marple television episode `` The Mirror Cracked From Side to Side ''. In 2013, Smurfit costarred as Lady Jane Wetherby in the NBC television period drama Dracula. In 2014, Smurfit began playing the recurring guest role of villainess Cruella de Vil on ABC 's Once Upon a Time. She is currently shooting for her role in Homecoming, a film she has described as a `` mean girls for grownups. '' She plays Nikki, the `` head mean girl. '' Personal life Smurfit married advertising executive Douglas Baxter on 29 July 2000 in Surrey, England. She gave birth to their first child, daughter Evie Dorothy Baxter in Dublin, Ireland on 2 November 2004. A second daughter, Ridley Belle Baxter was born in May 2007. Their third child, a boy, was born in November 2008 and named Flynn Alexander Baxter. In 2012, the family relocated to Santa Monica, California. In February 2015 it was announced that Smurfit and her husband had filed for divorce. She writes an opinion blog for The Dubliner, which often features anecdotes from her personal life and is a patron of the children 's charity World Vision Ireland. Selected credits Year Title Role Other notes Ivanhoe Rowena TV series 1998 Berkeley Square Hannah Randall TV series 1998 Ballykissangel Orla O'Connell TV series, 1998 -- 1999 2000 The Wedding Tackle Clodagh Feature film 2000 The Beach Weather girl Feature film 2000 North Square Dr. Helen Ferryhough TV series, 10 episodes 2000 Cold Feet Jane Fitzpatrick TV series, recurring role, 2000 -- 2001 2002 About a Boy Suzie Feature film 2003 Bulletproof Monk Nina Feature film 2003 Trial & Retribution DCI Roisin Connor TV series, 2003 -- 2009 2006 The Shell Seekers Olivia Keeling Mini-series 2009 The Clinic Dr. Edel Swift TV Series 2011 Agatha Christie 's Marple Ella Blunt TV series, 1 episode ( `` The Mirror Crack 'd from Side to Side '' ) 2013 Dracula Lady Jayne Wetherby TV series 2014 The Mentalist Monica Giraldi TV series 2014 -- 2016 Once Upon a Time Cruella De Vil Recurring role ( Season 4 & 5 ) : 14 episodes 2015 Homecoming Nikki Feature film References Jump up ^ Sunday Independent 4 May 2008 Jump up ^ Irish Times Magazine, page 10, 10 January 2009 Jump up ^ `` 14 years on, but Ballykissangel fans still stop Victoria Smurfit in the street ''. evoke.ie. 31 August 2015. Jump up ^ Hall, Eva ( 4 February 2013 ). `` Victoria Smurfit To Sink Teeth Into Jonathan Rhys Meyers ' Dracula ''. IFTN. Retrieved 4 February 2013. Jump up ^ `` Once Upon a Time : Victoria Smurfit Talks Cruella de Ville, and Season 4 ''. collider.com. 17 April 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2016. Jump up ^ `` ' Once Upon a Time ' : Victoria Smurfit set to return as Cruella ''. ew.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016. Jump up ^ Butler, Laura. `` Putting divorce aside, actress Victoria Smurfit lines up role after role ''. Evoke.ie. Retrieved 25 August 2015. Jump up ^ http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/property/2005/0901/3342536493RPINDOUG.html Jump up ^ `` ' Cannes - do ' Irish go networking - Independent.ie ''. Jump up ^ `` Exclusive Victoria Smurfit interview : ' It 's me, three kids, two dogs and a cup of tea now ' - Independent.ie ''. Jump up ^ `` Victoria Smurfit & husband Doug Baxter split after 15 years of marriage ''. evoke.ie. 20 February 2015. Jump up ^ `` The Dubliner Magazine : Victoria Smurfit ''. Archived from the original on 5 July 2008. Jump up ^ `` World Vision Ireland ''. External links Victoria Smurfit on IMDb VIAF : 75954227 LCCN : no99061609 Hosts of the Irish Film & Television Awards ceremonies James Nesbitt ( 2003 -- 05 ) Ryan Tubridy ( 2007 -- 09 ) Victoria Smurfit ( 2010 ) Simon Delaney ( 2011 -- 14 ) Laura Whitmore ( 2014 ) Caroline Morahan ( 2015 ) Deirdre O'Kane ( 2016 -- 17 ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Victoria_Smurfit&oldid=801549694 '' Categories : 1974 births Living people Irish film actresses Irish television actresses People educated at St Columba 's College, Dublin People from County Dublin People educated at St. George 's School, Ascot Irish expatriates in the United States Hidden categories : All articles with dead external links Articles with dead external links from August 2013 Use dmy dates from June 2016 Articles with hCards Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Català Deutsch Español فارسی Français Frysk 한국어 Italiano Nederlands Português Русский Svenska Türkçe Edit links This page was last edited on 20 September 2017, at 10 : 37. 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Question: who played cruella deville in once upon a time
Answer: Victoria Smurfit