Emily Taaffe

Emily Taaffe
Taaffe in 2012
Born
Emily Anne Taaffe

10 January 1984 (1984-01-10) (age 42)
Skerries, County Dublin, Ireland
Other nameEmily Anne Schiffer
Alma materTrinity College Dublin
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
OccupationActress
Years active2008–present
Spouse
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(m. 2016)​

Emily Anne Taaffe (/ˈtæf/ TAFF;[1] born 10 January 1984;[2] married name Emily Anne Schiffer) is an Irish actress based in South London.[3]

Early life and education

The youngest of five children, Emily was born to Noeleen and Eamonn Taaffe in Skerries, County Dublin, Ireland. The family moved when she was an infant to Tullyallen near Drogheda, County Louth where she lived until university. After receiving a First-Class Honours B.A. in 2005 from Trinity College Dublin, she was accepted to train at London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) in London.

Personal life

In the summer of 2016 she married the writer Ben Schiffer.[4]

Theatre

Taaffe has starred in a number of theatrical productions across the UK and Ireland. Her credits include: Daphne in an adaptation of Terry Pratchett's Nation, Hannah Lambroke in Conor McPherson’s The Veil[citation needed] and Dunyasha in Howard Davies' production of The Cherry Orchard,[5] all at the National Theatre, London. Taaffe played leading roles in The Comedy of Errors, The Tempest and Twelfth Night for The Royal Shakespeare Company[6] in Stratford upon Avon and in London. Other credits include; The Crucible at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, Three Sisters at both the Southwark Playhouse and the Abbey Theatre Dublin, The American Plan[7] at The Theatre Royal Bath, The House of Special Purpose at Minerva Theatre, Chichester and Intemperance at the Liverpool Everyman Theatre.

Television

Having begun to expand into screen work,[8] Taaffe had a role in the CBC series X Company, an emotionally driven character drama set in World War II, and in the Victorian era detective drama, Ripper Street. Additional TV credits include a role in the BBC's War and Peace, as well as guest roles in the BBC programmes New Tricks, Call the Midwife, Atlantis, Death in Paradise, and Informer. She has also appeared in ITV’s Vera and The Borgias. In 2025, she appeared in the Paramount production Little Disasters and the Channel 4 drama series Trespasses.

References

  1. ^ Mitchell, David (4 May 2013). "'Welsh sheep-shagger'? I can hardly think of a less hurtful remark". The Observer – via The Guardian.
  2. ^ Makkad, Suhel. "Emily Taaffe". Metflix.
  3. ^ "Emily Anne SCHIFFER". gov.uk.
  4. ^ "Irish actress Emily Taafe reveals the family secret that inspired her to write hit short film Little Bird". Irish Independent. 17 July 2017.
  5. ^ Hemming, Sarah (20 May 2011). "The Cherry Orchard, National Theatre, London". The Financial Times Limited. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  6. ^ Billington, Michael (26 April 2012). "The Comedy of Errors/Twelfth Night/The Tempest – review". Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  7. ^ Billington, Michael (17 March 2013). "The American Plan – review". Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  8. ^ Emily Taaffe at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata

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