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Eileen Mary Theresa Daly (born 1 June 1963) is an English actress, director, film producer, writer, singer, presenter, songwriter and former adult film performer. She is also a contemporary scream queen, having starred in numerous
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s and fronts her own band Eileen and Ben.


Early life

Daly was born Eileen Mary Theresa Barnes in
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, London, to Mary (née Daly) and James Barnes Her parents split up when she was three, with her taking her mother's surname. The granddaughter of boxer Nipper Pat Daly, Daly grew up in
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,
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with her mother and younger brother Dominic. She briefly attended drama school before dropping out to pursue private acting lessons instead. Daly left home at a young age and started glamour modelling to earn her living. Based in London she began starring in various films and magazines, and one of her first magazine appearances was in 1979 with future
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star and creator Simon Lindsay Honey. She appeared in films produced by
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including "Big Tit Dreamer" and "Lucky Lesbians". Daly has since worked again with Honey on other projects including Loaded TV's sitcom '' Sexxx'' and the quiz show ''Come Again''.


Career

Daly lived for a time with video director
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, who directed promos for
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,
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. She appeared in several videos for the British synthpop duo
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including their hit "
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" released by
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. Tim Pope's videos for the band appeared on the video album
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, a companion release to their debut album
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. The collection was originally issued on VHS in 1982 and Betamax and Laser Disk and later re-issued on DVD. She continued to work as a model throughout the 1980s, and in 1991 starred in Linzi Drew's page 3 Striptacular video. In 1996 ''
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'' newspaper reported that Daly, who at the time was starring in television advertisements for
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, was a "blue movie queen" who had starred in "kinky videos featuring in bondage and lesbian sex scenes" and said the revelations would come as a shock to the bosses of the holiday booking company. In 2014, Daly stated that "When you are a kid, you are a kid. You get led down the wrong path by not very nice people. If I could have my life again I would say: 'OK, but without that part'." Throughout this time, Daly also worked as a stripper as well as appearing on several game shows and TV programmes, including roles in the most expensive BBC2 production ever produced at that time, ''
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''. Daly has also taken part in playreadings at the
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in London. Daly was one of the first models for the
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range of lingerie, and appeared on television on ''
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'' and ''
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'' promoting the brand.


In print

Eileen Daly has been a cover model for a range of magazines including
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, Time Out, Bizarre, The Dark Side, The Chronicles, Redeemer, Bite Me and Bloodstone. Many of these magazines have included features on Daly. She also contributed articles and wrote columns for several magazines in the 1990s. Daly was a regular contributor and columnist for ''the Dark Side'', in which she wrote about low-budget films and interviewed directors, producers (she is herself associate producer on several projects), actors and technicians working in the field. Her column was transferred to DVD and Blu-ray World magazine (itself to cease publication) when the magazine took a break in publication.


Television

Daly has acted in a number of television shows and adverts (Toyota and First Choice among them), and has appeared in programmes such as ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', ''Vampyria'' (documentary), ''Sex & Shopping'', '' Eurotrash'', ''Beck'', ''
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'', ''Kilroy'', ''Fantasy By Gaslight'' and ''
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''. She also had an uncredited role as the "example" human female in the
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written and presented series '' The Human Animal'' about body language, a co-production of the
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and the
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broadcast in 1994. With the formation of
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by her then boyfriend
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, Daly was given the chance to present her own magazine show in which she interviewed musicians, actors, friends and celebrities. Interviewees included the actor and comedian
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, Chris Adamson, Morrigan Hel and the band
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. During the show she often took part in short skits or sketches with her interviewees. Daly also filmed several introductions to European horror and
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films, released by
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, when she appeared in character as the "Dark Angel" in a number of specially shot introductions and promos for the television channel
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(which then showed mostly science-fiction and horror). In late 2012 Daly filmed a sitcom set in a sex shop called '' Sexxx'' for the newly launched Loaded TV channel. The series is ongoing and began transmission in late November 2012. Daly is also a regular celebrity contestant on the Loaded TV game show ''Come Again'', often with former co-star
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In 2012 Eileen started her own production company called Gipsyphilia Productions. With this company she started her career as a director, writer and producer. One of the first shows she directed was "Daly Does the Dead", a ghost hunting show that takes the team to a haunted hotel in
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. Eileen wrote the scripts for all the shows and films, although most of the acting is
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. Her band Eileen Daly and The Courtesans provided all the music for the productions. In its first year Gipsyphilia Productions made several magazine and ghost hunting shows: "Mr Crispin at your Cervix", "Daly Does Webcam Girl", "Daly Does Porn Stars", "Daly Does Ghosts" and also had several feature films and shows in pre-production. Eileen took part in the sixteenth series of '' Big Brother''. She was evicted on 5 June 2015.


Film career

Daly met
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and together they started up a company called
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. The company used an image of Daly as its
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and this became part of its marketing strategy with Daly featuring as Redemption's Dark Angel in specially filmed intros for the many foreign and
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films released on the label. Daly has appeared in films such as ''
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'' for
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, ''
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'', ''Messages'', ''Kannibal'', ''Sentinels of Darkness'', ''N(eon)'', ''Machines of Love & Hate'', ''
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'', ''Witchcraft X'', ''Evil Calls: The Raven'' reuniting her with ''Kannibal'' director
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, ''
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''  and most recently a series of films with the American actor
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culminating in several films with
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director and musician Timo Rose. These later films include ''Darkness Surrounds Roberta'', ''Timo Rose's Beast'', ''Braincell'', ''Unrated'' and ''Karl The Butcher Vs Axe''. She has acted as associate producer on several of her later films. Daly has portrayed a vampire in at least four different characters and has also provided voices for animated characters, notably in ''Monsters of the Id''. She has worked with
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, the artist responsible for the covers of ''
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'' comic and the film ''
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'', on his short film ''N(eon)'' which is available on a DVD collection of short films entitled ''Keanoshow''. Daly starred in the Elisar Cabrera directed ''Demonsoul'' as a vampire's human servant/familiar, in the low-budget
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directed film '' Pervirella'' as the queen of a tribe of Amazon women, in the Elisar Cabrera directed ''Witchcraft X: Mistress of the Craft'' as the leader of a
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of vampires, in ''
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'' as Lilith Silver, the protagonist of the film, a frequently fetish-clad hitwoman and adventurer who also happens to be a
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. Awards for ''Razor Blade Smile'' include the Grand Prize at the Gérardmer Film Festival (2000), Honourable Mention at the Sweden Fantastic Film Festival (1998), a "Vampire Oscar" for Daly at Vampyria II in London, and the film won most of the top awards at the first
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(1999), including Best B-Film, Director (
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), Actress (Eileen Daly), Cinematography and Special Effects.
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voted the character of Lilith Silver the 30th sexiest
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of all time. Daly has also starred in the
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directected ''Kannibal (Headhunter)'' with American scream queen
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where her character was crucified onscreen for the second time (the first being ''Sentinels Of Darkness''), starred in the third segment of
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directed ''Cradle Of Fear'' as the girlfriend of a man who has lost a leg and has lost his sex drive (Daly's song "Plastic Surgery" is included in one scene), in ''Machines of Love and Hate'' as the mother of a young woman accidentally runs down a hitchhiker, in the
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directed ''
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'' where she played Camilla, a flatmate of Anna – one of several films made to appeal to a female audience featuring hardcore sex scenes and scenes of an adult nature. The film complies with a "Puzzy Power Manifesto" which lays down strict guidelines of what should and should not be included in the film in order that it be tailored for female rather than male sensibilities. Daly has also starred in ''Darkness Surrounds Roberta'' as the manager of an escort/model agency three girls from which have been murdered, in ''Timo Rose's Beast'' as the stepmother of lead character Alex (Daly also acted as associate producer on the film), in the
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directed ''Darkness Calls: the Raven (The Legend of Harrow Woods)'' (originally titled "Alone in the Dark" but changed in order not to clash with the film of the popular videogame) as a psychic who accompanies a group of people into woods that have been cursed and may herself be a serial killer, and in the Kemal Yildirim directed ''Rose - The Movie'' a film premiered at the London Independent Film Festival in 2012 and winner of the prestigious "Van Gogh award" at the Amsterdam film festival 2012, as the matriarch in a nightmare world of criminals, drug dealers, street-fighters and pimps.


Music career

Daly formed the band Jezebel in 1998. They played music described by Daly as "an eclectic mix of rock,
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and perverse fairy tales". The first album, ''Forbidden Fruit''  was released on 26 March 2004 on the record label Triple Silence, a music label linked to Redemption. A track off the album, entitled "Plastic Surgery" was featured on the ''
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'' film soundtrack CD. Another track off the album, retitled ''You're So Cute'', is featured in the film ''
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'', performed onscreen by Daly. Daly released a single entitled "Persuasion" and performed it on '' Eurotrash'' on which she was interviewed about her career to date. She worked with producer and musician
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who had provided music for the film '' Visions of Ecstasy'' for Nigel Wingrove. Daly formed her current band 'Eileen and Ben' with her partner Ben Thirkettle, while her other musical project Jezebel was put on hold. The duo play a combination of what they describe as "gypsy, glam and rock". Their debut single featuring "Webcam Girl" was released in 2007 and followed up with an EP entitled ''Elfing Around''. They have often performed around London and
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together with appearances at festivals in
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, Bram Stoker International Film Festival and in
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. They released their self-titled debut album one song at a time for digital download throughout 2013 and 2014. In September 2014 they auditioned and progressed as far as bootcamp on ''
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''.


Discography

* ''Forbidden Fruit'' (2004) (with the group ''Jezebel'') * ''Webcam Girl / Burnout'' (Pink Vinyl Single 2007) * ''Elfing Around'' (2009) * ''Next Stop Vegas'' (2015)


Filmography

*''Assassins Revenge'' (2018) .... Elizabeth Bathory *''Tearful Surrender'' (2017) .... Dream Witch (segment "Tearful Surrender") *''Sinema'' (2017) ... Tess Runckle *''The Tombs: Rise of the Damned'' (2016) *''The Curse of the Witches Blood'' (2016) ... Sarah *''Mr Crispin At Your Cervix'' (2014) TV Show *''Daly Does The Dead'' (2014) TV Show *''Daly Does Ghosts'' (2013) TV Show *''Daly Does Webcam Girl'' (2013) TV Show *''Daly Does Porn Stars'' (2013) TV Show featuring
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*''Life.Love.Regret.'' (2013) (Short) .... The Woman *''Quiet Night Out'' (2013) (Short) .... Ice Queen (voice) *''The Amityville Asylum'' (2013) .... Sadie Krenwinkel *''Come Again'' (2012–13) Loaded TV Game Show .... Regular Team captain *''Sexxx'' (2012) Loaded TV Sitcom .... Miss Kitty (6 episodes) *''Silent Cradle'' (2012) .... Chloe *''Rose-The Movie'' (2012) .... Yondra *''The Turning'' (2011) .... Ilsa *''The Horror Vault 3'' (2010) .... Missing Woman (segment "A Christmas Haunting") *''Karl The Butcher Vs Axe'' (2010) .... Queen Scarar *''Unrated'' (2010) .... Cassandra *''Braincell'' (2010) .... Nurse Audra *''Albion Rising'' (2009) .... Charlotte Mew *''Evil Calls: The Raven'' (aka 'Alone in the Dark') (2008) .... Victoria *''Timo Rose's Beast'' (2009) .... Lydia *''Darkness Surrounds Roberta'' (2007) .... Eleanor Maynard *''Monsters of the Id'' (V) .... Jetstream Jenny (an animated feature) *''Messages'' (2007) .... Denise *''Peekaboo Show'' (2006) (TV) .... Herself (on her own show) *''
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'' (2006) (TV) .... Rich Fulcher's date *''
All About Anna ''All About Anna'' is a 2005 Danish erotic film directed by Jessica Nilsson and starring Gry Bay and Mark Stevens. The film is explicit in its exploration of sexual relationships. It is a co-production between Innocent Pictures and Lars von Tri ...
'' (2005) .... Camilla *''Machines of Love and Hate'' (2003) .... Cynthia Marks *''N on' (2002) .... The Ghost *''Sentinels of Darkness'' (2002) .... Velislava *''
Cradle of Fear ''Cradle of Fear'' is a 2001 British horror film, directed by Alex Chandon. It was released direct-to-video on 4 July 2001. Taking inspiration from the anthology films produced by Amicus Productions in the 1970s, it features three separate ha ...
'' (2001) .... Natalie *''Kannibal (2001) .... Tanya Sloveig *''
Sacred Flesh ''Sacred Flesh'' is a 1999 British nunsploitation horror film. It is set in an indeterminate past, and consists of a series of loosely connected vignettes that depict pseudo-lesbian sexuality and some sado-masochistic activity. Plot Sister Eliz ...
'' (2000) .... Repression (but credited as
Catechism A catechism (; from grc, κατηχέω, "to teach orally") is a summary or exposition of doctrine and serves as a learning introduction to the Sacraments traditionally used in catechesis, or Christian religious teaching of children and adult c ...
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Razor Blade Smile ''Razor Blade Smile'' is a 1998 British vampire film written and directed by Jake West. It stars Eileen Daly, Christopher Adamson, and Heidi James. Plot 150 years ago, Lilith Silver is mortally wounded as she attempts to avenge the dueling ...
'' (1998) .... Lilith Silver *''Archangel Thunderbird'' (1998) .... Miki Manson *''Witchcraft X: Mistress of the Craft (1997) .... Raven *'' Pervirella'' (1997) .... Cu-Rare *''Payday'' (1996) .... Dianne *''Our Friends in the North'' (1996) (TV) .... Dancer *''Redemption Films'' (1995) ... The Dark Angel *''Cynthia Payne's House of Cyn'' (1995) *''Demonsoul'' (1995) .... Selena *''The Babysitter'' (1993) .... The Mother *''Sweet Nothing'' (1990) (TV) .... Stripogram


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Eileen's band
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Eileen Daly's Production Company
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