Biography - Eleanor was co-founder of the award-winning Charabanc Theatre Company. In 1993 she received an EMA Best Actress Award for her work with the company, where she remained as Co-Artistic Director until 1995. Recent theatre credits include 'The Shape of Metal', "Barbaric Comedies", "Tartuffe", "The Wild Duck" and 'Hamlet' at the Abbey and Peacock Theatres, Rough Magic's award-winning production of "Pentecost" (Dublin Theatre Festival, Irish and British Tour, Donmar Warehouse, London). 'Shadow of a Gunman', "Weddins, Weein and Wakes", "The Factory Girls" and "Conversations on a Homecoming" for the Lyric Theatre, Belfast and 'Our Father' (Almeida). She appeared in the Gate Theatre's production of 'Jane Eyre' directed by Alan Stanford and in "All's Well That Ends Well' directed by Andy Hinds for CSI Ireland. Most recently she appeared as Gertrude in Conall Morrisson's production of 'Hamlet' at the Peacock and Lyric Theatres. Eleanor received an Irish Times/ESB Best Actress Award in 2003 for her role as Maggie in "Dancing at Lughnasa" produced by An Grianan Theatre. Television and film work includes: 'Murphy's Law', "The Snapper", "The Disappearance of Finbar", "The Boxer", "Falling For A Dancer", "Just in Time", "Mad About Mambo", "A Love Divided", "The Ambassador", "DDU", "Disco Pigs" 'Baby Wars' and "The Return". Eleanor played Eileen Kirwan in the new TV series 'Love is A Drug' directed by Darren Thornton for RTE for which she was nominated for an IFTA in 2005. Eleanor most recently appeared in Paul Mercier's 'Homelands' at the Abbey Theatre Dublin, and recently completed filming on 'Becoming Jane' directed by Julian Jarrold with Maggie Smith, Anne Hathaway and James Cromwell. She will soon appear in Druid Theatre's production of 'The Year of the Hiker' directed by Garry Hynes for Druid Theatre Company on national tour.