
Acting
Jan 9, 1984
Drogheda, Ireland
Emily Taaffe
Acting
Biography
Emily Anne Taaffe (/ˈtæf/ TAFF; born 10 January 1984; married name Emily Anne Schiffer) is an Irish actress based in South London. Her films include Beast (2017) and The Dig (2018). On television, she is known for her roles in the RTÉ One series Paula (2017), the Sky Atlantic series The Rising (2022) and the Channel 4 series Trespasses (2025). Description above from the Wikipedia article Emily Taaffe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Feature Films (12)

Based on the bestselling books by Daisy Meadows, this exciting, all-new Rainbow Magic animation is sure to cast a sparkly spell on all fans of the fairies! Best friends Kirsty and Rachel are reunited on Rainspell Island for another thrilling adventure. This time, their friendship and their belief in fairies are tested to the limits. But the girls’ crisis couldn’t have come at a better time for Jack Frost, who is hatching a plan for world domination with a snowman army! Can Kirsty and Rachel overcome their doubts in time to help their fairy friends foil Jack Frost’s chilling plan?
Rainbow Magic: Return to Rainspell Island

Madame Ranevskaya is a spoiled, aging aristocratic lady who returns from a trip to Paris to face the loss of her magnificent Cherry Orchard estate after a default on the mortgage. In denial, she continues living in the past, deluding herself and her family, while the beautiful cherry trees are being axed down by the re-possessor Lopakhin, her former serf, who has his own agenda.
National Theatre Live: The Cherry Orchard

A parallel world, 1860. Two teenagers thrown together by a tsunami. One wears next to nothing, the other a long white dress. Neither speaks the others language, but somehow they must learn to survive and forge a new nation. One of the first five episodes also released on terrestrial TV on a 2009 BBC TV series titled "National Theatre Live".
National Theatre Live: Nation

A troubled woman living in an isolated community finds herself pulled between the control of her oppressive family and the allure of a secretive outsider suspected of a series of brutal murders.
Beast

After serving fifteen years for murder, Callahan returns home to find Sean, his victim’s father, searching for the body. With no memory of the murder, Callahan soon realises that the only way to get rid of Sean is to help him dig.
The Dig

VS. is an urban rites of passage drama set in the hostile and exciting UK rap battle scene.
VS.

A young woman seeks to expand her limited horizons, set against a backdrop of wartime London.
Little Bird

Mandy is a mother, a writer, a nihilist. Mandy is a modern woman in a crisis. Raising a son in the midst of a female revolution, mining the pain of her parents' separation and professionally writing about a love that no longer exists, she falls upon a troubled man, Pete, who’s searching for a sense of worth, belonging and ‘restored’ Male identity.
Rare Beasts

After making a harrowing escape from war-torn South Sudan, a young refugee couple struggle to adjust to their new life in a small English town that has an unspeakable evil lurking beneath the surface.
His House

Fishboy lives in darkness, his guilt about the past slowly consuming him. His girlfriend Laura is a light of hope in his dark world. But despite his efforts, his past continues to chase him, eventually putting them both in danger.
Fishboy

Driving through the nocturnal streets of London on the eve of her 30th birthday, a night bus driver discovers a supernatural entity who has boarded her vehicle, and threatens to stay.
Night Bus

In 1862, a grieving Abraham Lincoln visits his son Willie's grave, sparking a supernatural moment where ghosts in the "bardo" must help the boy move on before he is trapped forever.
Lincoln in the Bardo
Television & Series (15)

New Tricks is a British comedy-drama that follows the work of the fictional Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad of the Metropolitan Police Service. Originally led by Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman, it is made up of retired police officers who have been recruited to reinvestigate unsolved crimes.
New Tricks

Neve Kelly is dead. She is stuck in limbo and must find out who killed her. This adaptation of the mystery series Beau Séjour impresses on account of its young cast and the breath-taking landscapes of England’s Lake District.
The Rising

An emotionally-driven character drama, set in the thrilling and dangerous world of WWII espionage and covert operations. It follows the stories of five highly skilled young recruits - Canadian, American and British - torn from their ordinary lives to train as agents in an ultra-secret facility on the shores of Lake Ontario. These agents parachute behind enemy lines, where they're fair game for torture and execution. From elegant hotels to hellholes in the field, it's one risky operation after another, masterminded by the brains of Camp X.
X Company

London cop and compulsive gambler Harry Clayton is on the verge of losing everything. On the night when his huge debts are to be called in, he meets the enigmatic Eve, who gives him a mysterious bracelet said to endow the wearer with immense luck. Harry's fortunes suddenly begin to shift, but he also soon finds himself sucked into a sinister crime wave sweeping through the city.








