Eileen O'Higgins

Eileen O'Higgins is an Irish actress, born on January 22, 1987, in Castlewellan, County Down, Northern Ireland. She attended St. Malachy's Primary School and Assumption Grammar School in Ballynahinch, County Down before studying at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff. After graduating, O'Higgins appeared in the BBC television miniseries adaptation Emma and the television film Enid alongside Helena Bonham Carter in 2009. She also performed in various theatre productions, including Alice Birch's And Then There Were Four Little Beats of Four Little Hearts on the Edge of the World at The Old Vic. O'Higgins gained recognition for her supporting roles in the films Brooklyn (2015) and Mary Queen of Scots (2018).