Biography

Eva Birthistle was born on April 16, 1974 in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland. She is an actress and director, known for Imagine Me & You (2005), Breakfast on Pluto (2005) and A Fond Kiss (2004). She is married to Ross John Barr. They have two children. She was previously married to Raife Patrick Burchell.

2004: Named as one of European films' Shooting Stars by European Film Promotion.

Trained at the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin.

Her second husband is fertility expert and acupuncturist Ross John Barr (b. 1978), with whom she has two children. Barr has his own clinic in London and one of his acupuncture clients is Meghan Markle, which led to the couple being invited to attend Markle's wedding ceremony to Prince Harry in 2018.

Following on from a professional acting career of 25 years, she made her debut as a writer-director with the short film Kathleen Was Here (2020).