Dearbhla Walsh is an Irish film and television director who has worked on drama series for several television channels in Ireland and the United Kingdom, including episodes of EastEnders, Shameless and The Tudors. She won the 2009 Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special for Part I of the serial Little Dorrit. In her acceptance speech, she acknowledged her domestic partner, RT� television presenter Anna Nolan. Irish Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism Martin Cullen has called her "one of our most accomplished directors." Walsh earned a degree from Dublin City University and has worked in television, including children's programming, for twenty-one years. Her work on the BBC soap opera EastEnders included the murder trial of Little Mo Mitchell. In 2004, Walsh directed The Big Bow Wow for RT�. The following year, she directed Funland for BBC Three, and in 2006, she directed the four-part RT� drama series Hide and Seek. The first episode was described as "extremely stylish visually" by Liam Fay in The Sunday Times.