| Birth Name: | Siobhán Kate Cullen |
| Birth Date: | 31 January 1990 |
| Birth Place: | Dublin, Ireland |
| Alma Mater: | Trinity College Dublin |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Yearsactive: | 1998–2007; 2011–present |
Siobhán Kate Cullen (born 31 January 1990) is an Irish actress. She began her career as a child actress, making her debut in Marina Carr's By the Bog of Cats (1998) at the Abbey Theatre. She landed her first major screen role in Eoin Macken's horror film The Inside (2012).
Cullen had roles in the RTÉ1 and BBC One miniseries Paula (2017), the ITV adaptation of The Long Call (2021), the BritBox series The Dry (2022), the RTÉ series Obituary (2023), and the Netflix series Bodkin (2024). She was named a 2022 Screen International Star of Tomorrow.[1]
Cullen grew up in Rathfarnham, a Southside suburb of Dublin.[2] She attended Loreto High School Beaufort and took classes at Ann Kavanagh's Young People's Theatre.[3] [4] She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Drama and Theatre Studies from Trinity College Dublin.[5]
Cullen was about eight when she was cast in her first professional play as Josie Kilbride in Marina Carr's By the Bog of Cats at the Abbey Theatre.[6] This was followed in 2001 by her feature film debut in The Crooked Mile and another Abbey Theatre role in Ariel, and in 2003, she played young Jane Eyre at the Gate Theatre. She made her television debut as Kristen in the fifth season of the RTÉ One medical drama The Clinic, which aired in 2007.
Cullen returned to the Gate Theatre in the 2011 production of A Woman of No Importance, the 2012 production of An Enemy of the People, and the 2014 production of An Ideal Husband. Also in 2012, she starred in Eoin Macken's horror film The Inside and made her New York stage debut in The Life and Sort of Death of Eric Argyle at 59E59 Theater. She appeared in the 2013 biopic .
In 2016, Cullen appeared in the films The Randomer and The Limehouse Golem, and made her London stage debut with a small role in The Plough and the Stars at the National Theatre in 2016. She returned to television the following year as Morgan in the RTÉ1 and BBC One miniseries Paula. She starred in the YouTube Premium science fiction web series Origin.
For her lead performance in The Cherry Orchard in Galway, Cullen was nominated for an Irish Theatre Award. She starred opposite Gemma-Leah Devereux in the film The Bright Side, had a main role in the ITV crime drama The Long Call as Caroline Reasley, and made a guest appearance in an episode of Dalgliesh on Channel 5.
In 2022, Cullen starred as Caroline Sheridan in the RTÉ One and BritBox comedy-drama The Dry.[7] She originated the role of Finnuala Connell in the Straight Line Crazy at London's Bridge Theatre and appeared in Good Sex at the Dublin Theatre Festival.[8] Cullen appeared in the Netflix series Bodkin (or On Record) and the Hulu series Obituary.[9]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | The Crooked Mile | Jenny | |
| 2012 | The Inside | Corina | |
| 2013 | Jenny | ||
| 2016 | The Randomer | Roberta | |
| The Limehouse Golem | Sister Mary | ||
| Glen of the Downs | Short film | ||
| 2020 | The Bright Side | Tracy | |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | The Clinic | Kristen | 3 episodes (season 5) | |
| 2017 | Paula | Morgan | Miniseries | |
| 2020 | The Split | Carrie Scanlon | 2 episodes (season 2) | |
| 2021 | The Long Call | Caroline Reasley | Main role | |
| Dalgliesh | Josephine Fallon | "Shroud for a Nightingale" | ||
| 2022 | The Dry | Caroline Sheridan | Main role | |
| 2023 | Obituary | Elvira Clancy | Lead role | |
| 2024 | Bodkin | Dove | Main role |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | By the Bog of Cats | Josie Kilbride | Abbey Theatre, Dublin |
| 2001 | Ariel | Young Elaine | |
| 2003 | Jane Eyre | Young Jane | Gate Theatre, Dublin |
| 2011 | A Woman of No Importance | Maid | |
| Monster/Clock | Toby | Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin | |
| 2012 | The Life and Sort of Death of Eric Argyle | Gillian | 59E59 Theater, New York |
| An Enemy of the People | Randine | Gate Theatre | |
| Assassins | Emma Goldman | Rough Magic Theatre Company | |
| 2014 | An Ideal Husband | Mabel Chiltern | Gate Theatre |
| 2016 | The Plough and the Stars | Nora Cover / Ensemble | Royal National Theatre, London |
| 2017 | The Effect | Connie | Project Arts Centre, Dublin |
| Crestfall | Alison | The Mick Lally Theatre, Galway (as part of Galway International Arts Festival); Abbey Theatre, Dublin[11] [12] | |
| 2018 | Richard III | Lady Anne | Lincoln Center White Light Festival, New York |
| 2020 | The Cherry Orchard | Varya | Black Box Theatre, Galway (recorded) |
| 2021 | Once Upon a Bridge | A Woman | The Mick Lally Theatre, Galway (livestreamed)[13] [14] |
| 2022 | Straight Line Crazy | Fionnuala Connell | Bridge Theatre, London |
| Good Sex | Samuel Beckett Centre, Trinity College Dublin (as part of Dublin Theatre Festival)[15] | ||
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Irish Theatre Awards | Best Supporting Actress | The Cherry Orchard | [16] | |
| 2024 | Irish Film & Television Awards | Lead Actress – Drama | Obituary | ||
| Gotham Awards | Outstanding Performance in a Comedy Series | Bodkin | |||