# Charlie Murphy (actress)

Charlotte Murphy (born 19 April 1984) is an Irish actress, best known for her role as Ann Gallagher in the BBC series Happy Valley (2014–2023).

## Early life

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 Award, and Best Actress in a Lead Role at the 2015 Irish Film and Television Awards. She won a further two IFTA Awards in 2017, for Best Actress in a Supporting Role as Ann Gallagher in the BBC One drama series Happy Valley, and in 2018 for Best Actress in a Supporting Role as Jessie Eden in the BBC One historical crime drama series Peaky Blinders.
She won the Irish Times Irish Theatre Award for her performance of Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw 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

She is in a relationship with British theatre and film director Sam Yates.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role |
| 2013 | Philomena | Kathleen |
| 2014 | '71 | Brigid |
| 2014 | Northmen: A Viking Saga | Inghean |
| 2017 | The Foreigner | Maggie Dunn / Sara McKay |
| 2019 | The Corrupted | DS Gemma Connelly |
| 2019 | Dark Lies the Island | Sarah |
| 2020 | The Winter Lake | Elaine |
| 2021 | Creation Stories | Kate Holmes |
| 2024 | Joy | Trisha Johnson |

### 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 episodes |
| 2016 | Rebellion | Elizabeth Butler | Miniseries; 5 episodes |
| 2016 | To Walk Invisible | Anne Brontë | Television film |
| 2017–2019 | Peaky Blinders | Jessie Eden | 8 episodes |
| 2022 | Deadline | Natalie | 4 episodes |
| 2022 | The Capture | Simone Turner | 6 episodes |
| 2022–2024 | Halo | Makee | Main role |
| 2023 | Obsession | Anna Barton | 4 episodes |
| 2025 | Atomic | TBA | Post-production |
| 2025 | Safe Harbor | Sloane | Main role |

### Stage

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2010 | 4:48 Psychosis by Sarah Kane | Woman | Granary Theatre, Cork |
| 2010 | The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare | Bianca | Shakespeare in the Park |
| 2011 | The Seagull by Anton Chekhov | Nina | Loose Canon |
| 2011 | This Is Our Youth by Kenneth Lonergan | Jessica | Director Jimmy Fay |
| 2011 | The Silver Tassie by Sean O'Casey | Jessie Taite | Director Garry Hynes, Druid Theatre Company, Lincoln Centre, New York |
| 2011 | Big Maggie by John B. Keane | Katie | Director Garry Hynes, Druid Theatre Company |
| 2011 | Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw | Eliza Doolittle | Director Andrea Ainsworth, Abbey Theatre Irish Times Theatre Award for Best Actress |
| 2011 | 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 | Won |
| 2015 | Irish Film and Television Awards | Best Actress in a Lead Role | Love/Hate | Won |
| 2017 | Irish Film and Television Awards | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Happy Valley | Won |
| 2018 | Irish Film and Television Awards | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Peaky Blinders | Won |

### 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 | Won |
| 2019 | WhatsOnStage Awards | Best Actress in a Play | Maraid in The Lieutenant of Inishmore by Martin McDonagh directed by Michael Grandage | Nominated |