
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Dublin, Ireland
Karen Ardiff
Biography
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

TV
Mya Go
Mama Go (voice)
2020

TV
Bodkin
Shirley
2024

TV
Acceptable Risk
Forensics Officer Bridget MacNally
2017

TV
Storyland
Catherine
2009

Film
The Bookshop
Mrs. Deben
2017

Film
Brooklyn
Mrs. Farrell
2015

Film
Evelyn
Sister Felicity
2002

Film
Noble
Chipper Waitress
2014

Film
This Is My Father
Young Mrs. Kearney
1999

Film
Sinners
Nuala
2002

Film
A Terrible Beauty
Sarah Hughes
2013
Film
Wastewater
Catherine
2019
Filmography
2024TVBodkinas Shirley2020TVMya Goas Mama Go (voice)2019FilmWastewateras Catherine2017FilmThe Bookshopas Mrs. Deben2017TVAcceptable Riskas Forensics Officer Bridget MacNally2015FilmBrooklynas Mrs. Farrell2014FilmNobleas Chipper Waitress2013FilmA Terrible Beautyas Sarah Hughes2009TVStorylandas Catherine2002FilmEvelynas Sister Felicity2002FilmSinnersas Nuala1999FilmThis Is My Fatheras Young Mrs. Kearney