Maeve Dermody

Maeve Dermody is an Australian actress who started performing as a child, appearing at five in Breathing Under Water, a 1993 film directed by her mother, and grew up in Sydney. She won television parts while still in high school, among them All Saints, then took her first major film role in the independent thriller Black Water (2007), which brought several Best Supporting Actress nominations in Australian film. Beautiful Kate (2009) earned her another, this time an AFI Best Supporting Actress nomination. She led Griff the Invisible (2010), the miniseries Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms in 2012, and the 2013 drama series Serangoon Road, and played Vera Claythorne in the BBC One adaptation of And Then There Were None at Christmas 2015. Her stage work for Sydney companies includes Killer Joe, Measure for Measure, Our Town and The Seagull.