Maeve Dermody

She is the daughter of Susan Murphy Dermody, a film theorist, historian, director, and Zen Roshi (teacher).{{Cite web|title=Roshi Susan Murphy|url=http://zenopencircle.org.au/about/roshi-susan-murphy/|access-date=2021-02-10|website=Zen Open Circle|language=en-US}} 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 5 years old in the film her mother directed Breathing Under Water (1993).{{cite web|url=http://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/who/celebrity-interviews/article/-/6571936/maeve-dermody-gets-all-the-hot-boys|title=Maeve Dermody Gets All the Hot Boys|publisher=Au.lifestyle.yahoo.com|date=10 December 2009 |accessdate=12 September 2010}} Dermody attended Mosman High School in Sydney with a near-perfect UAI. 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.{{cite web|last=Spring|first=Alexandra|title=Actress Maeve Dermody gets lost in her work|url=http://www.vogue.com.au/people/interviews/actress+maeve+dermody+gets+lost+in+her+work,17883|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140225142304/http://www.vogue.com.au/people/interviews/actress+maeve+dermody+gets+lost+in+her+work,17883|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 February 2014|publisher=Vogue|accessdate=25 February 2014|date=5 April 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/lifestyle/sunday-magazine/all-revved-up-for-new-miniseries/story-e6frf039-1226341378437|title=All revved up for new miniseries in Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms|last=Wasley |first=Alice|date=29 April 2012|work=Daily Telegraph|publisher=News Ltd|accessdate=9 May 2012|location=Sydney, New South Wales}} 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.{{cite web|title=Don Hany and Maeve Dermody's Serangoon Road journey|url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/don-hany-and-maeve-dermody8217s-serangoon-road-journey/story-e6frfmyi-1226724336036|publisher=news.com.au|accessdate=25 February 2014}}

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.{{cite news|last=Roach|first=Vicky|title=Maeve Dermody has a genius to act in Griff the Invisible and The Seagull|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/maeve-dermody-has-a-genius-to-act-in-griff-the-invisible-and-the-seagull/story-e6frexmi-1226022061741|newspaper=Daily Telegraph|accessdate=25 February 2014|date=16 March 2011}}

In Christmas 2015, Dermody starred as Vera Claythorne in BBC One's version of Agatha Christie's thriller And Then There Were None.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/2Lzpj0x3CZ6k3tFNNyrNc4C/vera-claythorne|title=One: And then there were none: Vera Claythorne|website=BBC|accessdate=December 26, 2015}}

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