Deborah Wiseman

Deborah Wiseman is originally from Galway. She trained at the Gaiety School of Acting, Focus Theatre and at Margie Haber Studios in Los Angeles.
Deborah recently finished filming A Belfast Story Playing Colleen by JoltMe Productions starring Colm Meaney and James Nesbitt directed by Nathan Todd Sims. Other film work includes Situations Vacant for Grand Pictures directed by Lisa Mulcahy and 8.5 Hours by Instigator Films by Brian Lally.
Her Television credits include: Mo for Channel 4/ITV playing opposite Julie Walters directed by Phillip Martin; Linda in The Take for ITV/SKY Element Pictures directed by David Drury; Carmel Reynolds in Fair City for RTE and Barbara in How Low Can You Go for RTE.

Recent Theatre Credits include: Freefall: Heroes (Druid) for Galway Theatre Festival; multiple roles in Changing the Ending with Upstate Theatre (Drogheda Arts Festival) Mother in Basin with Anu Productions directed by Louise Lowe (Dublin Fringe); Rock Paper Scissors for Performance Lab directed by Louise Lowe; Falling out of Love for Yew Tree Theatre directed by Mikel Murfi (Civic and National Tour); The Rainstorm by Tyger Theatre (Axis); Laundry & Bourbon ( Focus Theatre); The Glory of Living for AboutFace Theatre (Project Cube & Civic); Christian O Reilly’s Problem Solvers Anonymous and It Won’t be Great (Dublin Debuts and National Tour); Titannia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Public Shakespeare); Only Make Believe (Andrew’s Lane Studio); Scenes from The New World (New Theatre); Digging for Fire (Belfast Fringe); Angels in America (Dublin Fringe).

She has voiced numerous Radio Ads, an award winning web game, an animation for A Man and Ink.
She also recently recorded Volume I and Volume II of Irish Legends and Fairytales with The Sunday World for a National give away. Deborah has also written and perfomed comedy sketches for RTE’s Morning Glory, and been a regular brunch panelist on Newstalk and talked about Gaming on Gerry Ryan, RyanTubridy and Dave Fanning.

Reviews

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The Hen Night Epiphany by Jimmy Murphy

Sunday Times      25.09.11
…it is the excellent ensemble and Murphy’s witty text and diverse characters that  make it a real treat…. Maria Tapper’s costumes and Joe Devlin’s direction give the action-packed piece a coherency….Murphy has reached his Lughnasa moment and we should all be dancing.

Irish Mail on Sunday      25.09.11
…more Ibsen…it is a serious examination of modern sexual relationships from the women’s viewpoint…an awful lot of women will identify with it…characters are sharply drawn…Anne Kent as Olive is the comic relief…strong cast.

Sunday Business Post        25.09.11
…a study of contemporary Irish women.

The Independent  21.09.11
The five women stand out as real, flawed and sometimes appealing characters

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