Leia Murphy

Leia Murphy
Education	Gaiety School of Acting
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2019–present

Leia Murphy is an Irish television actress. She had a lead role in comedy-horror series Video Nasty (2025). Her television roles also include Small Town, Big Story (2025).

Early life

Murphy is from Lucan, County Dublin, and attended the Gaiety School of Acting. ^{[1] [2]}

Career

Murphy appeared in the 2020 short film The Yellow Dress for which she won the Outstanding Achievement Award (Child/Young Actress) at the Los Angeles short film festival. ^[3] She played troubled teen Vinny Doherty in Irish soap opera Fair City . ^{[4] [5] [6]}

In 2023, she was cast in Chris O'Dowd comedy series Small Town, Big Story . ^[7] In 2025, she could be seen in a lead role in 1980s-set comedy-horror series Video Nasty . ^{[8] [9]}

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes works that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2019–2021	Fair City	Vinny Doherty	Series 30 & 32; 8 episodes
2020	The Yellow Dress	Aisling	Short film
2025	Video Nasty	Zoe	Episodes 1–6
	Small Town, Big Story	Joanne Proctor	Episodes 1–6

References

1. "Leia Murphy". Gaietyschool. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
2. "Its great to play a baddie…deep down Vinny is a bit scared". RTE Guide. 29 August 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
3. "Award Winners of July 2020: Technical categories". Indieshortfest. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
4. "Fair City's Vinny gets stood up by Zak Dillon after night together". rsvplive.ie. 16 August 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
5. "Fair City's Vinny caught running drugs stash house with her friend Michelle". rsvplive.ie. 13 July 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
6. "Fair City's Leia Murphy:Julie Jordan chats to the actress who plays Vinny Doherty about why her character is on a slippery slope". RTE Guide. 23 August 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
7. Goldbart, Max (September 7, 2023). "Chris O'Dowd Penning Sky TV Series About Hollywood Production In Ireland Starring Christina Hendricks & Paddy Considine". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
8. Roy, David (3 January 2025). "Video Nasty: Co Tyrone-shot comedy horror rewinds to VHS boom of early 1980s". Irish News. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
9. McEvoy, Adam (8 January 2025). "In Pics: Rising stars step out at Video Nasty screening". Extra.ie. Retrieved 14 January 2025.

External links

• Leia Murphy at IMDb