Eva O'Connor is an Irish stage actress and playwright. Her most recent play My Name is Saoirse - a one-woman show in which she plays the eponymous role - will be performed at the 2014 Edinburgh Fringe and 2014 Dublin Fringe Festival. O'Connor has written and performed acclaimed shows in each of the past four years at the Edinburgh Fringe: Substance in 2013; National Student Drama Festival award winner Kiss Me and You Will See How Important I Am in 2012; My Best Friend Drowned in a Swimming Pool in 2011 and Clinical Lies in 2010. O'Connor is noted for her performance in Broken Cro�, Heart Briste during the 2009 Dublin Fringe Festival, for which she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress as part of the Irish Times Theatre Awards.