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Maia Dunphy
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Maia Dunphy is a writer and broadcaster who stepped in front of the camera after over a decade writing and producing behind it. Maia has worked with many RTÉ comedy heroes, including Podge & Rodge, Dustin the Turkey, Zig & Zag, Katherine Lynch and others.
Her first venture on screen was From Boom to Maternity in 2012, which she wrote and hosted for RTÉ as part of the Reality Bites Series. Her second documentary Merlot & Me, about women’s changing relationship with alcohol, aired on RTÉ in January 2013. The critically acclaimed documentary was the highest rating Reality Bites series that year. Following the success of her first two documentaries, Maia went on to make the four-part series Maia Dunphy's What Women Want airing on RTÉ in 2013. Each episode covered an aspect of modern life or society affecting women, from the pressures to stay looking young to 21st century relationships and the importance of female sexuality. The ratings and success of the first series saw a second series quickly re-commissioned and in Autumn 2014, Maia looked at food fads, the psychology of shopping, perceptions of beauty and the ongoing cult of celebrity. “Maia Dunphy’s Truth About…” aired on RTÉ in their 2015 Autumn schedule. To coincide with the birth of her son Tom in the same year, Maia discussed the truth about childbirth and what women really go through.
In addition to her documentaries, she has featured on many other shows including Craig Doyle Live, The Late Late Show, Late Lunch Live, The Today Show and The Six O’Clock Show. She has also featured as a contestant on a number of popular Irish and UK programmes including Mr & Mrs on ITV, and Celebrity MasterChef Ireland on RTÉ. Maia took part in season two of the hugely successful RTÉ’s Dancing with the Stars. Since 2020 Maia has presented three consecutive seasons of the hit RTE1 series ‘What Planet Are You On?’, and in 2024 took over as co-host of Zoo Live.
Also, no stranger to the airwaves, Maia is a regular contributor to many radio stations and her podcast “Read the Room” with Paddy C Courtney proved a hit.
As a writer Maia set up and wrote her own award winning blog, The M Word - a hub for women who happen to be parents, and subsequently wrote a book of the same name. Maia also wrote a monthly column for Image Magazine, and has written regularly for The Dubliner Magazine, the Irish Independent Insider Magazine, State, The Sun, the Evening Herald and the Sunday Independent among others. She ghost wrote the Mr. Tayto spoof autobiography The Man in the Jacket in 2009 which famously kept former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern off the Christmas No.1 spot in the book charts.
Maia is a popular Master of Ceremonies and she has hosted many events including the Stellar Awards, the VIP Style Awards, The Power of Women Awards, the BIM Awards and the Dogs Trust Ball amongst others.
She is a supporter of many charities including Childline, Dogs Trust, Dublin Zoo and Sepilok Orangutan Sanctuary in Sabah, where she spent a year working in 2000.
Maia is a previous recipient of the much-coveted Irish Tatler Woman of the Year award for Entertainment.
For more information please contact: [email protected] or 35319061011
Her first venture on screen was From Boom to Maternity in 2012, which she wrote and hosted for RTÉ as part of the Reality Bites Series. Her second documentary Merlot & Me, about women’s changing relationship with alcohol, aired on RTÉ in January 2013. The critically acclaimed documentary was the highest rating Reality Bites series that year. Following the success of her first two documentaries, Maia went on to make the four-part series Maia Dunphy's What Women Want airing on RTÉ in 2013. Each episode covered an aspect of modern life or society affecting women, from the pressures to stay looking young to 21st century relationships and the importance of female sexuality. The ratings and success of the first series saw a second series quickly re-commissioned and in Autumn 2014, Maia looked at food fads, the psychology of shopping, perceptions of beauty and the ongoing cult of celebrity. “Maia Dunphy’s Truth About…” aired on RTÉ in their 2015 Autumn schedule. To coincide with the birth of her son Tom in the same year, Maia discussed the truth about childbirth and what women really go through.
In addition to her documentaries, she has featured on many other shows including Craig Doyle Live, The Late Late Show, Late Lunch Live, The Today Show and The Six O’Clock Show. She has also featured as a contestant on a number of popular Irish and UK programmes including Mr & Mrs on ITV, and Celebrity MasterChef Ireland on RTÉ. Maia took part in season two of the hugely successful RTÉ’s Dancing with the Stars. Since 2020 Maia has presented three consecutive seasons of the hit RTE1 series ‘What Planet Are You On?’, and in 2024 took over as co-host of Zoo Live.
Also, no stranger to the airwaves, Maia is a regular contributor to many radio stations and her podcast “Read the Room” with Paddy C Courtney proved a hit.
As a writer Maia set up and wrote her own award winning blog, The M Word - a hub for women who happen to be parents, and subsequently wrote a book of the same name. Maia also wrote a monthly column for Image Magazine, and has written regularly for The Dubliner Magazine, the Irish Independent Insider Magazine, State, The Sun, the Evening Herald and the Sunday Independent among others. She ghost wrote the Mr. Tayto spoof autobiography The Man in the Jacket in 2009 which famously kept former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern off the Christmas No.1 spot in the book charts.
Maia is a popular Master of Ceremonies and she has hosted many events including the Stellar Awards, the VIP Style Awards, The Power of Women Awards, the BIM Awards and the Dogs Trust Ball amongst others.
She is a supporter of many charities including Childline, Dogs Trust, Dublin Zoo and Sepilok Orangutan Sanctuary in Sabah, where she spent a year working in 2000.
Maia is a previous recipient of the much-coveted Irish Tatler Woman of the Year award for Entertainment.
For more information please contact: [email protected] or 35319061011