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Eileen O'Higgins

Eileen O'Higgins

Actor · Born January 22, 1987 (39) · Castlewellan, Northern Ireland

Eileen trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 22, 1987 (39)
From
Castlewellan, Northern Ireland
Works as
Actor
Titles
13 on MovieCove · 16 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 65 days to Oct 28Up 50% in 30 days

What are Eileen O'Higgins' films like?

Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Survival.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
31%
Survival
25%
Morality
17%
Society
17%
Self
9%
Family bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 0 · Dark 3

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 4 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 1

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 3 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 2 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 3

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

1 analyzed role

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
4
Warm
3
Dread
2
Bittersweet
2
Tense
2
Other
3

How their films linger

Bittersweet5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet4
  • Ambiguous1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Eileen O'Higgins' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 13 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (5).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Eileen O'Higgins' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

16 credits, 13 with a MovieCove page.

  • Faraway Home(2026)

    as Roz

  • Banshee (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    as Róise

  • Billy the Kid(2022)

    Show 6 episodes · as Kathleen McCarty

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • Here Before(2021)

    as Marie

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • The Irregulars(2021)

    Show 8 episodes · as Alice

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all shows

  • Nowhere Special(2020)

    as Shona

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Dead Still(2020)

    Show 6 episodes · as Nancy Vickers

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows

  • Misbehaviour(2020)

    as Joan Billings

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Mary Queen of Scots(2018)

    as Mary Beaton

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Grace and Goliath(2018)

    as Lucy

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Genius(2017)

    Show 2 episodes · as Eva Gouel

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • My Mother and Other Strangers(2016)

    Show 5 episodes · as Emma Coyne

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • The Party (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Alison

  • Brooklyn(2015)

    as Nancy Byrne

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Enid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Maid Maggie

  • Emma(2009)

    Show 2 episodes · as Miss Martin 1

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

Career shape

Star power in the 90th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 16 titles from 2009 to 2026; peak year 2019.

Biggest box office

Nowhere Special (2020)

$765K worldwide

Highest rated

Nowhere Special (2020)

Midcredits 94th

Most popular right now

My Mother and Other Strangers (2016)

Film career

20092026

Peak 2019 · at the high point of their film career. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 2009Screen debut· Enid

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting16 of 16: 16 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score68th

By decade

2000s2 · acting2010s6 · acting2020s8 · acting

Billing

usually 9th · top billed in 0% of 6 roles

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

How do Eileen O'Higgins' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 64th percentile, the median of the 6 of 7 with a score; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 67th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

67thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

70thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

56thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 12 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up4
  • 50th to 74th5
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

4 of their 12 titles are Universally Loved.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Crowd Pleaser4
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed2

Most divisive · actor

The Irregulars (2021)

62nd percentile spread · 21% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Brooklyn (2015)

Midcredits 95th · 83% liked

Reviewers score the acting 77/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 86, detractors 48. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Eileen O'Higgins work with?

People who share at least 2 of Eileen O'Higgins' MovieCove titles; Ciarán Hinds shares the most, 2.