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Karen Ardiff

Karen Ardiff

Karen Ardiff is an Irish actor and writer. Ardiff was born in Dublin and attended Trinity College, Dublin's Samuel Beckett Centre. She has worked as an actress on stage and television as well as in Evelyn and Brooklyn. She has written, In Skagway, her first play, which was produced by Guna Nua Theatre company and won the Irish Playwrights and Screenwriters Guild Best New Play Award as well as the Stewart Parker/BBC Northern Ireland Award. Her first novel The Secret of my Face came out in 2007.

Known for

Wastewater
2019 • Catherine
The Bookshop
The Bookshop
2017 • Mrs. Deben
Brooklyn
Brooklyn
2015 • Mrs. Farrell
Noble
Noble
2014 • Chipper Waitress
A Terrible Beauty
A Terrible Beauty
2013 • Sarah Hughes
Evelyn
Evelyn
2002 • Sister Felicity
Sinners
Sinners
2002 • Nuala
This Is My Father
This Is My Father
1999 • Young Mrs. Kearney

Full filmography

Wastewater
2019 • Catherine
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The Bookshop
The Bookshop
2017 • Mrs. Deben
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Brooklyn
Brooklyn
2015 • Mrs. Farrell
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Noble
Noble
2014 • Chipper Waitress
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A Terrible Beauty
A Terrible Beauty
2013 • Sarah Hughes
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Evelyn
Evelyn
2002 • Sister Felicity
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Sinners
Sinners
2002 • Nuala
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This Is My Father
This Is My Father
1999 • Young Mrs. Kearney
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