Elisabeth Dermot-Walsh
| Elisabeth Dermot Walsh | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Elisabeth Clare Louise Walsh 15 September 1974 Wimbledon, London, England |
| Other names | Elisabeth Dermot Walsh |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Partner(s) | Dylan Charles |
Elisabeth Dermot Walsh (born Elisabeth Clare Louise Walsh; 15 September 1974) is an English actress, known for portraying Elizabeth in Falling for a Dancer and Dr Zara Carmichael in Doctors.
Born in Wimbledon, London, Walsh is the daughter of Irish actor Dermot Walsh (1924–2002) and his third wife, English actress Elisabeth Madeleine Annear (1944–1993).
She has a sister, Olivia, and, from her father's previous marriages, a half-sister, Sally, and a half-brother, Michael.
Walsh was educated at West Heath School, a former independent boarding school for girls in the town of Sevenoaks in Kent. It was replaced by The New School at West Heath. She later trained at RADA (the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art), in London.
Walsh made her television debut in the television film Falling for a Dancer. She has also appeared in Love in a Cold Climate, Unfinished Business, Midsomer Murders and Holby City. She played the lead role of Elinor Carlisle in the 2003 ITV adaptation of Agatha Christie's Sad Cypress.
In 2009 she joined the regular cast of BBC soap opera Doctors, playing Dr Zara Carmichael. She had a guest role in an episode of Love Soup. Her theatre credits include Ring Round the Moon, The Country Wife, The Misanthrope, The Life of Galileo and Rebecca, opposite Nigel Havers.
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