Training

Sinéad Matthews trained at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

Theatre

For the National Theatre: Till the Stars Come Down, The Antipodes, Absolute Hell, Hedda Gabler, Evening at the Talk House, Blurred Lines, Our Class, The Women of Troy and The Mandate

In London’s West End: Mad House, The Starry Messenger and The Birthday Party

Other theatre includes: Giving, Wasp and Ecstasy (also West End) at Hampstead; Pests (also Royal Court and on tour) at the Royal Exchange, Manchester; Loot at Park Theatre and the Watermill; Trout Stanley at Southwark Playhouse; A Time to Reap at the Royal Court; The Changeling and The Glass Menagerie at the Young Vic; The Master and Margarita at the Barbican and on tour; Lulu at the Gate for Headlong; Eigengrau and His Ghostly Heart/Little Dolls at the Bush; The Wild Duck at the Donmar; The Way of the World and The Crucible at Sheffield Crucible; and A Midsummer Night’s Dream for the Scottish Symphony Orchestra Prom at Royal Albert Hall

TV

Hullraisers, The Power, Murder is Easy, The Crown, Hang Ups, Chewing Gum, Toast of London, Black Mirror: Be Right Back, Half Broken Things and Ideal

Film

Happy New Year, Colin Burstead, This Family, Jellyfish, Mr Turner, Wreckers, Nanny McPhee 2, The Boat that Rocked, Happy-Go-Lucky, Pride and Prejudice and Vera Drake

Radio

Because I’m a Mother, Tracks, All Those Women, The Poison Frog, Talking to Strangers, The Process, A Girl in Winter and The Diary of a Nobody

(Published January 2024. Photo: James Joyce)