Catherine Walker (born 1975) is an Irish actress. She is notable for British and Irish television appearances including The Clinic (2003–2009), Northanger Abbey and Waking the Dead (2007), Bitter Sweet (2008), Lewis (2009), The Silence (2010), Strike Back (2013), Critical (2015), A Dark Song (2016)[1] and The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw (2020).[2]
Catherine Walker | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1975 (age 48–49) |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Occupation | Actress |
Career
Walker portrayed Madame de Maintenon in series two and three of the TV series Versailles. She also appeared as Alice Brooks in series five of the BBC drama Shetland. In 2020, she appeared in three episodes in the Netflix series Cursed as the recurring character, Lenore, the mother to Nimue from the legends of King Arthur. She also starred in The Deceived as Roisin Mulvery. She had a minor role in the Ridley Scott directed House of Gucci, playing Anna Wintour, the editor-in-chief of Vogue.
Walker won the Irish Times Irish Theatre Award for Best Actress twice, for What Happened Bridgie Cleary by Tom MacIntyre at the Peacock Theatre and for The Talk of the Town at the Project Arts Centre in Dublin.[3] The Talk of the Town was written by Irish novelist Emma Donoghue, whose best-selling novel Room was subsequently filmed by Lenny Abrahamson.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Conspiracy of Silence | Sinead | |
| 2010 | Leap Year | Kaleigh | |
| 2013 | Dark Touch | Maud | |
| 2014 | Patrick's Day | Karen Prescott | |
| 2016 | A Dark Song | Sophia | |
| 2018 | The Delinquent Season | Yvonne | |
| 2018 | We Ourselves | Eimear | |
| 2018 | Cellar Door | Bly | |
| 2019 | Rose Plays Julie | Teres | |
| 2020 | The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw | Agatha Earnshaw | |
| 2021 | House of Gucci | Anna Wintour | |
| 2022 | My Sailor, My Love | Grace | |
| 2023 | Napoleon | Marie Antoinette |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Holby City | Jodie Maxwell | 5 episodes |
| 2007 | Waking the Dead | Lisa Tobin | 2 episodes |
| 2007–2009 | The Clinic | Alice O'Brien | 19 episodes |
| 2007 | Northanger Abbey | Eleanor Tilney | Television film |
| 2009 | Lewis | Fiona McKendrick | Episode: "The Point of Vanishing" |
| 2010 | The Silence | Sarah Casey | Episode #1.4 |
| 2011 | Ferocious Planet | Dr. Karen Fast | Television film |
| 2013 | Life of Crime | Carol Deans | Episode: "2013" |
| 2013 | Strike Back | Mairead McKenna | 3 episodes |
| 2015 | Critical | Fiona Lomas | 9 episodes |
| 2017 | Acceptable Risk | Deirdre Kilbride | 4 episodes |
| 2017–2018 | Versailles | Madame de Maintenon | 19 episodes |
| 2018 | Rig 45 | Andrea | 6 episodes |
| 2018 | Finding Joy | Audrey | 5 episodes |
| 2019 | Rebellion | Constance Butler | 2 episodes |
| 2019 | Resistance | 5 episodes | |
| 2019 | Shetland | Alice Brooks | 6 episodes |
| 2020 | Cursed | Lenore | 3 episodes |
| 2020 | The Deceived | Roisin Mulvery | 4 episodes |