Maeve Dermody

• Name — Maeve Dermody • Birthplace — Australia • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1991–present • Known for — Black Water (2007)

Maeve Dermody is the daughter of Susan Murphy Dermody, a film theorist, historian, director, and Zen Rōshi. Her father is a psychologist. Dermody's family encouraged a love of literature and the arts, and supported performing as well - her mother gave Dermody her first part when she was five years old in the film her mother directed Breathing Under Water, released in 1993. Dermody attended Mosman High School in Sydney, completing year 12 with a near-perfect Universities Admission Index. During high school she was active in drama classes, as well as the Australian Theatre for Young People, and furthered her acting education with several courses at the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney.

While still in high school, Dermody began getting roles in Australian television series such as All Saints (1998), and in short films. Her first major film role was in the independent thriller Black Water (2007), about a trio of people trapped in the mangroves of the Northern Territory by a menacing saltwater crocodile. Dermody's performance in Black Water earned her multiple nominations for Best Supporting Actress awards in the Australian film industry. Her next major film role was in Beautiful Kate (2009), for which she was again nominated for the AFI Best Supporting Actress Award. She had a lead role in the 2010 film Griff the Invisible, and in the 2012 miniseries Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms. In 2013, Dermody starred as Claire Simpson in the 10-part Australian-Singaporean TV drama series Serangoon Road. Dermody is also active in the Australian theatre, having appeared in productions such as Killer Joe, Measure for Measure, Our Town, and The Seagull, for major theatre companies in Sydney. At Christmas 2015, Dermody starred as Vera Claythorne in BBC One's version of Agatha Christie's thriller And Then There Were None. In 2016 she played the lead role as Kate in Pawno. She plays the lead role as Sarah, a woman escaping domestic violence with her teenage son, in the 2026 film Life Could Be a Dream.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2003 — White Collar Blue — Amanda Payne — 1 episode • 2006 — All Saints — Taylor Patterson — Episode: "Truth Hurts" • Monarch Cove — Charlotte Lee — Miniseries, 1 episode • 2007 — The Chaser's War on Everything — 1 episode • 2009 — My Place — Evelyn — Episode: "1918 Bertie" • 2011 — Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo — Rachel Carr — Miniseries • 2012 — Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries — Eunice Henderson — Episode: "Murder on the Ballarat Train" • Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms — Lee — Miniseries, series regular • Rake — Polly Nesbitt — 2 episodes • Dangerous Remedy — Joanne Bertram — Telemovie • 2013 — Power Games: The Packer-Murdoch War — Anna Murdoch — Miniseries • Serangoon Road — Claire Simpson — Series regular • 2015 — And Then There Were None — Vera Elizabeth Claythorne — Miniseries • 2016 — Ripper Street — Prudence Sumner — Episode: "All the Glittering Blades" • 2016-2018 — Marcella — Grace Gibson — 4 episodes • 2017 — SS-GB — Sylvia Manning — Miniseries • The Frankenstein Chronicles — Esther Rose — Season 2, series regular • 2019 — Carnival Row — Portia Fyfe — Season 1, series regular • Gold Digger — Emily — Miniseries, episode: "Her Daughter" • 2020-2021 — The Beast Must Die — Violet — Series regular • 2022 — Why Didn't They Ask Evans? — Moira Nicholson — Miniseries, 3 episodes • 2025 — A Thousand Blows — Lady Grace

• Year — Title — Artist — Role • 2009 — "Warning" — Incubus — Lead Girl

• Year — Play — Role — Venue / Company • 2004 — Vincent in Brixton — Eugenie Loyer — Ensemble Theatre, Sydney • 2005 — The Girl on the Sofa — The Girl — New Theatre, Sydney • 2006 — The Peach Season — Zoe — Griffin Theatre Company, Sydney • 2008 — Killer Joe — Dottie — Downstairs Theatre, Sydney • 2010 — Measure for Measure — Juliet — Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney with Company B • Our Town — Emily Webb — Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company • 2011 — The Seagull — Nina Mikhailovna Zarechniy — Belvoir St Theatre Sydney with Company B