Deirdre Davis

Deirdre Davis (born 1963) is a Scottish actress. She is known for her role as Eileen Donachie in the BBC Scotland soap opera River City, which she starred in for almost 14 years, from its first broadcast on 24 September 2002 until May 2016. She has also appeared in the films Orphans, The Debt Collector (1999), The Magdalene Sisters (2002), and The Rocket Post (2004).

Early life and career Davis was born in Liverpool England, to Glaswegian parents. When she was a toddler, her parents moved back to Cardonald, Glasgow. she got roles in theatre plays and short films.

Theatre Davis has worked for a number of theatre companies, including the Tron Theatre, Perth Rep and 7:84 Theatre.

In autumn 2023, Davis played Edie Rennie in the Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh and Pitlochry Festival Theatre's production of Peter Arnott's Group Portrait in a Summer Landscape.