Elisabeth Dermot Walsh is an English actress, known for portraying Elizabeth in Falling for a Dancer and Doctor Zara Carmichael in Doctors.
Background
Born in Merton, Surrey, Walsh is the daughter of Irish actor Dermot Walsh (1924–2002) and his third wife, English actress Elisabeth Madeleine Annear (1944–1993). She has a sister, Olivia, and, from her father"s previous marriages, a half-sister, Sally, and a half-brother, Michael.
Education
She attended West Heath School, and later trained at RADA.
Career
Walsh made her television debut in the television film Falling for a Dancer. She has also appeared in Love in a Cold Climate, Unfinished Business, Midsomer Murders and Holby City. She played the lead role of Elinor Carlisle in the 2003 Independent Television adaptation of Agatha Christie"s Sad Cypress.
In 2009 she joined the regular cast of British Broadcasting Corporation soap opera Doctors, playing Doctor Zara Carmichael.
She had a guest role in an episode of Love Soup. Her theatre credits include Ring Round the Moon, The Country Wife, The Misanthrope, The Life of Galileo and Rebecca, opposite Nigel Havers.
The Misanthrope, Gate, February – March 2003 (playing Jennifer) The Life of Galileo, Olivier, July – October 2006 (playing Virginia) The Country Wife, Royal, Haymarket, October 2007 – January 2008 (playing Ms Alithea) Ring Round the Moon, Playhouse, February – March 2008 (playing Diana) The Alchemist, Olivier, September – November 2006 (playing Dame Pilant).