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Dervla Kirwan (born 24 October 1971) is an Irish actress famous for roles in television shows such as Ballykissangel and Goodnight Sweetheart

Kirwan was born in Churchtown, Dublin, Republic of Ireland. Her father was an insurance broker and her mother was a French and Latin teacher.

She got her big acting break in 1991 production A Time To Dance. Whilst filming Ballykissangel she became engaged to co-star Stephen Tompkinson, but they later split.

She also sang with Dustin the Turkey on his cover of Fairytale of New York for his album Faith of Our Feathers.

Kirwan stars in School for Seduction
, a 2004 film. She currently lives with actor Rupert Penry-Jones, with whom she has one daughter. She and Rupert both appeared in Casanova in 2005, although they did not share any scenes.

From September 2005, Dervla provided the voice-over for TV adverts for Marks & Spencer food, with the tag line: This is not just food, this is Marks & Spencers food, over music called Albatross by Fleetwood Mac. The advert has been parodied by Radio 4, BBC local radio and CBeebies. The original adverts were created by of London.

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