Siobhan Murphy
Siobhan Murphy is a Canadian actress who has appeared in The Smart Woman Survival Guide in 2006, Men with Brooms in 2010, Max & Shred in 2014, Murdoch Mysteries in 2016 and Merry Happy Whatever in 2019.
Early life
From a young age she enjoyed participating at the Young People's Theatre in Toronto. From a young age, Murphy took piano, ballet, voice lessons, but stopped age 16, to focus on acting. Murphy received a BA Fine Arts from York University, Toronto, in the Conservatory Acting program, learning classical and technical characteristics of acting performance. She graduated with a degree in Fine Arts in 2005.Career
In 2006, six months after graduating from university, Murphy landed a lead role as Liz Duncan, in The Smart Woman Survival Guide, making her debut screen appearance on television, in a series where for 36 episodes, Murphy honed her acting talent and confidence towards becoming a comedy actress. In 2009, Murphy starred in the short film Patient for which she received a Best Actress award at the Los Angeles Movie Awards.Murphy appeared in several Hallmark movies, and in 2014, had roles in Max and Shred. In 2016, Murphy made her first appearance as Ruth Newsome in CBC Television's Murdoch Mysteries in season 10 episode 8. In 2019, Murphy was a series regular in the Netflix dark comedy holiday series Merry Happy Whatever alongside Dennis Quaid, who played her father.