Elisabeth Dermot Walsh | |
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Born |
Elisabeth Clare Louise Walsh 15 September 1974 Merton, Surrey, England |
Other names | Elisabeth Dermot Walsh |
Years active | 1998–present |
Partner(s) | Dylan Charles |
Children | 2 |
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 Merton, Surrey, 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.
She attended West Heath School, and later trained at RADA.
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.