# Emily Taaffe

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{{Short description|Irish actress}}
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{{Infobox person
| name          = Emily Taaffe
| image         = Emily Rehearsal Shot.jpg
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| caption       = Taaffe in 2012
| birth_name    = Emily Anne Taaffe
| birth_date    = {{birth-date and age|10 January 1984}}
| birth_place   = [Skerries, County Dublin](/source/Skerries%2C_County_Dublin), Ireland
| death_date    = 
| death_place   = 
| other_names   = Emily Anne Schiffer
| occupation    = Actress
| years_active  = 2008–present
| known_for     = 
| notable_works = 
| alma_mater = [Trinity College Dublin](/source/Trinity_College_Dublin)<br>[London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art](/source/London_Academy_of_Music_and_Dramatic_Art)
| spouse  = {{marriage|[Ben Schiffer](/source/Ben_Schiffer)|2016}}
}}
'''Emily Anne Taaffe''' ({{IPAc-en|'|t|ae|f}} {{respell|TAFF}};<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/may/05/david-mitchell-racism-insults-wales|title='Welsh sheep-shagger'? I can hardly think of a less hurtful remark|first=David|last=Mitchell|newspaper=The Observer |date=4 May 2013|via=The Guardian}}</ref> born 10 January 1984;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://metflix.suhelmakkad.com/|title=Emily Taaffe|first=Suhel|last=Makkad|website=Metflix}}</ref> married name '''Emily Anne Schiffer''') is an Irish actress based in [South London](/source/South_London).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/gMJckd5ByGBb5DPby0o87MIiWCM/appointments|title=Emily Anne SCHIFFER|website=gov.uk}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
The youngest of five children, Emily was born to Noeleen and Eamonn Taaffe in [Skerries, County Dublin](/source/Skerries%2C_County_Dublin), [Ireland](/source/Ireland). The family moved when she was an infant to [Tullyallen](/source/Tullyallen%2C_County_Louth) near [Drogheda](/source/Drogheda), [County Louth](/source/County_Louth) where she lived until university. After receiving a [First-Class Honours](/source/British_undergraduate_degree_classification) [B.A.](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) in 2005 from [Trinity College Dublin](/source/Trinity_College_Dublin), she was accepted to train at [London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art](/source/London_Academy_of_Music_and_Dramatic_Art) (LAMDA) in [London](/source/London).

===Personal life===
In the summer of 2016 she married the writer Ben Schiffer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/movies/irish-actress-emily-taafe-reveals-the-family-secret-that-inspired-her-to-write-hit-short-film-little-bird/35932407.html|title=Irish actress Emily Taafe reveals the family secret that inspired her to write hit short film Little Bird|date=17 July 2017|website=Irish Independent}}</ref>

==Theatre==
Taaffe has starred in a number of theatrical productions across the UK and Ireland. Her credits include: Daphne in an adaptation of Terry Pratchett's ''[Nation](/source/Nation)'', Hannah Lambroke in [Conor McPherson](/source/Conor_McPherson)’s ''The Veil''{{citation needed|date=April 2020}} and Dunyasha in [Howard Davies](/source/Howard_Davies_(director))' production of ''[The Cherry Orchard](/source/The_Cherry_Orchard)'',<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hemming|first1=Sarah|title=The Cherry Orchard, National Theatre, London|url=https://www.ft.com/content/2a78e682-8267-11e0-8c49-00144feabdc0|accessdate=3 January 2015|publisher=The Financial Times Limited|date=May 20, 2011}}</ref> all at the [National Theatre](/source/Royal_National_Theatre), London. Taaffe played leading roles in ''[The Comedy of Errors](/source/The_Comedy_of_Errors)'', ''[The Tempest](/source/The_Tempest)'' and ''[Twelfth Night](/source/Twelfth_Night)'' for [The Royal Shakespeare Company](/source/The_Royal_Shakespeare_Company)<ref>{{cite news|last1=Billington|first1=Michael|title=The Comedy of Errors/Twelfth Night/The Tempest – review|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2012/apr/26/comedy-errors-twelfth-night-tempest-review|accessdate=3 January 2015|publisher=Guardian News and Media Limited|date=26 April 2012}}</ref> in [Stratford upon Avon](/source/Stratford_upon_Avon) and in London. Other credits include; ''[The Crucible](/source/The_Crucible)'' at [Regent's Park Open Air Theatre](/source/Regent's_Park_Open_Air_Theatre), ''[Three Sisters](/source/Three_Sisters_(play))'' at both the [Southwark Playhouse](/source/Southwark_Playhouse) and the [Abbey Theatre](/source/Abbey_Theatre) Dublin, ''[The American Plan](/source/The_American_Plan)''<ref>{{cite news|last1=Billington|first1=Michael|title=The American Plan – review|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2013/mar/17/american-plan-review|accessdate=3 January 2015|publisher=Guardian News and Media Limited|date=17 March 2013}}</ref> at The [Theatre Royal Bath](/source/Theatre_Royal_Bath),  ''The House of Special Purpose'' at [Minerva Theatre, Chichester](/source/Minerva_Theatre%2C_Chichester) and ''Intemperance'' at the Liverpool [Everyman Theatre](/source/Everyman_Theatre%2C_Liverpool).

==Television==
Having begun to expand into screen work,<ref>{{IMDb name}}</ref> Taaffe had a role in the [CBC](/source/Canadian_Broadcasting_Corporation) series ''[X Company](/source/X_Company)'', an emotionally driven character drama set in [World War II](/source/World_War_II), and in the [Victorian era](/source/Victorian_era) detective drama, ''[Ripper Street](/source/Ripper_Street)''.  Additional TV credits include a role in the [BBC](/source/BBC)'s ''[War and Peace](/source/War_and_Peace_(2016_TV_miniseries))'', as well as guest roles in the BBC programmes ''[New Tricks](/source/New_Tricks)'', ''[Call the Midwife](/source/Call_the_Midwife)'', ''[Atlantis](/source/Atlantis_(TV_series))'', ''[Death in Paradise](/source/Death_in_Paradise_(TV_series))'', and ''[Informer](/source/Informer_(TV_series))''. She has also appeared in [ITV](/source/ITV_(TV_network))’s ''[Vera](/source/Vera_(TV_series))'' and ''[The Borgias](/source/The_Borgias_(2011_TV_series))''. In 2025, she appeared in the [Paramount](/source/Paramount_Pictures) production ''[Little Disasters](/source/Little_Disasters)'' and the [Channel 4](/source/Channel_4) drama series ''[Trespasses](/source/Trespasses_(TV_series))''.

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7cQKJH5e_Y YouTube]
* [http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/news/backstage-pass/article/item110837/introducing-emily-taaffe/ Introducing Emily Taaffe] from ''Official London Theatre''
* [http://www.ayoungertheatre.com/shipwrecked-emily-taaffe-takes-on-shakespeare-trilogy/ A Younger Theatre]

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Category:Irish stage actresses
Category:Irish television actresses
Category:Living people
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Category:People from Skerries, County Dublin
Category:Actresses from County Dublin

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