Olwen Fouéré

In 2024 Olwen will perform opposite Hugo Weaving in The President (Dir. Tom Creed), a co-production between Sydney Theatre Company and The Gate Theatre, Dublin.

Her most recent stage work includes her solo performances of iGirl by Marina Carr at the Abbey Theatre in October 2021; the role of Winter in The Last Season by Force Majeure (Sydney Arts Festival 2021); the role of Mother in Marina Carr’s adaptation of Blood Wedding by Lorca (Young Vic Theatre,London, 2019); “Nous l’Europe, Banquet des Peuples”written by Prix Goncourt winner Laurent Gaudé and directed by Roland Auzet for the Avignon Festival 2019 ; the role of 3 in Ballyturk written and directed by Enda Walsh (Abbey Theatre,Dublin and St Ann’s Warehouse, New York 2018) and Unwoman III by Melbourne based company The Rabble (Dublin 2018).

Her acclaimed adaptation and performance of the voice of the river in James Joyce's Finnegans Wake – riverrun - has toured internationally since its premiere in 2013, receiving many awards including the Edinburgh Herald Archangel Award 2014, The Stage Award and the Irish Tiimes Special Tribute Award 2013.

Recent film work includes The Watchers (Dir. Ishana Night Shyamalan), All you Need is Death (Dir. Paul Duane), Sunrise (Dir. Andrew Baird); Horrorscope (Dir. Anna Halberg and Spenser Cohen), The Actor (Dir. Duke Johnson), The Northman (Dir. Robert Eggers), Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Dir. David Blue Garcia), Violet Gibson, the woman who shot Mussolini (Dir. Barrie Dowdall), Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindlewald (Dir. David Yates), Sea Fever (Dir. Neasa Hardiman), Mandy (Dir. Panos Cosmatos), Beast (Dir. Michael Pearce), This Must Be The Place (Dir. Paolo Sorrentino) and The Survivalist (Dir. Stephen Fingleton) for which she received an IFTA nomination.

Television work includes The Tourist S2 (BBC/Netflix), The Crown S5 (Netflix), Holding (ITV), Derry Girls S3 (Channel 4), The Head S2 (HBO).

Recent collaborations with visual artists include The Tower and Tremble Tremble by Jesse Jones, which represented Ireland at Venice Biennale 2017; Two Minutes to Midnight and The Undertaker by Yael Bartana.

Olwen recently co-created the short film Far Calls which has been awarded the Grand Prize in the Experimental Film category of the Rhode Island International Film Festival 2023 and she is attached to direct a feature film adaptation of a Booker nominated novel in the near future.

Film

Production	Character	Director	Company
THE WATCHERS	Madeline	Ishana Shyamalan	Blinding Edge Pictures/New Line Cinema
FALLING INTO PLACE	Judy	Aylin Tezel	Weydemann Bros
FOUR LETTERS OF LOVE	Nora Ni Liathain	Polly Steele	Genesius Pictures/AX1 Films
CULT KILLER	Dottie Evans	Jon Keeyes	Yale Productions
SUNRISE	Ma Reynolds	Andrew Baird	Sunrise Film Productions Ltd
ALL YOU NEED IS DEATH	Rita Concannon	Paul Duane	1185 Films/XYZ Films
TAROT	Alma	Spenser Cohen	Alloy Entertainment
CATCHING DUST	Copperhead	Stuart Gatt	Catching Dust
THE ACTOR	Old Lady Track	Duke Johnson	FILMS Sisyphus Films
THE RECKONING OF ERIN MORGAN	Erin	Gabrielle Russell
TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (2022)	Sally Hardesty	David Blue Garcia	Legendary Pictures (Netflix)
THE NORTHMAN	Ashildur Hofgythja	Robert Eggers	Universal Pictures
NOSTALGIA RANCH (Short)	Explorer	Daria Martin	SheMakes Productions
JOYRIDE	Sideline Sue	Emer Reynolds	Embankment Films
THE ULYSSES PROJECT	Molly Bloom	Trevor Murphy/Laoisa Sexton	Ten Thousand Hours
VIOLET GIBSON, THE WOMAN WHO SHOT MUSSOLINI	Violet Gibson	Barrie Dowdall and Kevin de la Isla	TG4/BAI
ZONE 414	Royale	Andrew Baird	23ten
SHE WILL	Jean	Charlotte Colbert	Slug Love Films
TIDE (Short)	Night Angler	Dan Hartley	Liam Thomas
A COURSE IN MIRACLES (Short)	Deidre		Miracle Work Productions
SEA FEVER	Ciara	Neasa Hardiman	Sea Fever Productions
FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD	Melusine	David Yates	Warner Bros.
PROCESSION (Short)	Procession Master	Jeda de Brí	925 Productions
ANIMALS	Maureen	Sophie Hyde	Sarah Brocklehurst Productions Ltd
DAWN	Damkiana		Neander Productions
MANDY	Mother Marlene	Panos Cosmatos	SpectreVision
THE DRUMMER AND THE GOALKEEPER	Dr Assij	Nick Kelly	D and G Films DAC
BEAST	Theresa Kelly	Michael Pearce	BFI / Film Four
MELMOTH THE WANDERER (Short)	Melmoth	Eoin Heaney	Highly Stimulating Productions
WOUND (Short)	Luna	Malou Reymann	NFTS
QUARANTINE (Short)		Kelly Campbell & Michael McDonough	Blinder Films Ltd.
THE SURVIVALIST	Kathryn	Stephen Fingleton	The Fyzz Facility/BFI/NIreland Screen
CAMILLO'S IDEA	Solo	Aurelien Froment	Venice Biennale 2013
NO COMPASS IN THE WILDERNESS	The Counsel	Hadi Shuaib	Wigwam Films
THE IRREDUCIBLE DIFFERENCE OF THE OTHER	Artaud and Self	Vivienne Dick
TRADERS	Helen	Rachel Moriarty	Traders The Film Ltd
THE WAKE		Oonagh Kearney	Invisible Thread Films
CASSANDRA: FRAGMENTS OF A PLAYSCRIPT	Cassandra	Olwen Fouere and Kevin Abosch	IMMA/TheEmergencyRoom
HORSE	The Woman	Yvonne McDevitt	Zanzibar Films
THIS MUST BE THE PLACE	Mary's Mother	Paolo Sorrentino	Indigo Film and Element Pictures
THE RAFTERS	Scéalaí	John Carney	Rafters Film productions Ltd
THE OTHER SIDE OF SLEEP	Maggie	Rebecca Daly	Fastnet Films
DA		Matt Clarke	USA
HERE LIES IN FILM	Antonin Artaud	Christopher Doyle	Operating Theatre
ROOM AT FLYING DRAGON		Cavin Floyd	Sweden/USA
SALTWATER	Trish Meehan	Conor McPherson	Treasure Films
SPACETRUCKERS			USA
TAKE ME SWIMMING	Eileen	Claire Dix	Feenish Productions

Television

Production	Character	Director	Company
THE TOURIST S2	Niamh Cassidy	Various	BBC/HBO
DERRY GIRLS	Sheila	Michael Lennox	Hat Trick
THE CROWN	Oonagh Shanley-Toffolo	Erik Richter Strand	Netflix
VOICES OF IRELAND		Maggie Breathnach	Sky
HOLDING	Kitty Harrington	Kathy Burke	ITV
BRASSIC S2	Margaret	Jon Wright & Saul Metzstein	Calmity Films
CURSED	Yeva	Various	Netfllix
SEA FEVER	Ciara	Neasa Hardiman	Bright Moving Pictures
THE FEED	Jane	Tinge Krishnan	Amazon Studios
NIGHTFLYERS	Connie	Andrew McCarthy	SyFy
VIOLET THE IRISH WOMAN WHO SHOT MUSSOLINI	Violet Gibson	Barrie Dowdall	TG4 / Ned Kelly Pictures
STRIKING OUT S1 & S2	Judge Andrews	Lisa James Larsson	Fidelity Productions
WATERLOO	Jenny Jones	Ruan Magan	Waterloo Films
PLAY NEXT DOOR - If Those Lips	Roy Maunsen	Charlie McCarthy	RTE Factual
ABOVE SUSPICION - THE RED DHALIA	Mrs Hughes	Gillies MacKinnon	La Plante Productions for ITV
THE AMBASSADOR		Ken Grieve	Ecosse Film and TV
BALLYKISSANGEL		Chris Harrison	BBC
HARD SHOULDER	Ella	Mark Kilroy	MirrorFilms/RTE/Channel 4
WHEN REASON SLEEPS	Celia	R. Wynne Simmons	RTE/ Channel 4
TIME AFTER TIME	Young Nun	Bill Hays	BBC
THE IRISH RM	Miss Malone	Roy Ward-Baker	BBC/RTE
A PAINFUL CASE	Mary Sinico	John Lynch	RTE/ Channel 4
THE BABYSITTERS		Pat O'Connor	RTE

Stage

Production	Character	Director	Company
SALT OF THE EARTH		Sophie Hunter	Officine 800
THE PRESIDENT	First Lady	Tom Creed	The Gate Theatre Dublin/Roslyn Packer Theatre Sydney
THE PENTAGONAL DREAM UNDER SNOW	Various	David Heap	Abbey Theatre
iGirl	iGirl	Caitríona McLaughlin	Abbey Theatre
TO THE LIGHTHOUSE	Carmichael	Annabelle Comyn	The Everyman, Cork
THE LAST SEASON	Solo Performance	Danielle Micich	Force Majeure
NOUS, L'EUROPE		Roland Auzet	L’Archipel – Scène Nationale de Perpignan
FOUR SEASONS		Danielle Micich	Force Majeure
BLOOD WEDDING	Mother	Yaël Farber	Young Vic
UNWOMAN III	Unwoman	Emma Valente & Kate Davis	The Rabble
BALLYTURK	3	Enda Walsh	Landmark Theatre Productions & Galway International Festival
WHAT IF WOMEN RULED THE WORLD	The President	Yael Bartana	Manchester International Festival
SALOME	Nameless Woman	Yael Farber	Shakespeare Theatre Company/National Theatre
LEFT BEHIND: SONGS OF 1916 WIDOWS	Narrator		National Concert Hall, Dublin
THE FEVER			Belfast Festival
DEATH AT INTERVALS	Performer	Kellie Hughes	Galway International Festival / Dublin Theatre Festival
EMBODIED			Junk Ensemble Production
RIVERRUN	Solo performance	Olwen Fouere (with co-director Kellie Hughes)	TheEmergencyRoom/ Galway Arts Festival
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST	Dr. Chausuble	Antony McDonald	NI Opera
A TENDER THING	Juliet	Selina Cartmell	Siren Productions
MARIA DE BUENOS ARIES	El Duende	Conor Hanratty	Cork Opera House.
THE RITE OF SPRING / PETRUSHKA		Michael Keegan-Dolan	Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre
THE BROKEN HEART	Grausis	Selina Cartmell	Theatre for a New Audience
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW	Hostess / Widow	Arin Arbus	Theatre for a New Audience
TERMINUS - International Tour	A	Mark O'Rowe	Abbey Theatre
THE REHEARSAL, PLAYING THE DANE	Gertrude	Gavin Quinn	Pan Pan Theatre
MEDEA		Selina Cartmell	The Samuel Beckett Theatre
SODOME, MY LOVE	Celle De Sodome (Solo)	Lynne Parker	Rough Magic/TheEmergencyRoom
THE RITE OF SPRING	The Cailleach	Michael Keegan-Dolan	Fabulous Beast for the ENO
UNDER GLASS		Suzy Wilson/Paul Clark	The Clod Ensemble
PAULA SPENCER, LA FEMME QUI...	Solo (in French)	Michel Abecassis	France/Ireland 'Project Tandem'
MACBETH	Weird Sister	Selina Cartmell	Siren Productions
WOMAN AND SCARECROW	Woman	Selina Cartmell	Abbey Theatre, Dublin
THE BULL	Maeve	Michael Keegan-Dolan	Fabulous Beast (Barbican BITE 2007)
CATASTROPHE	The Assistant	Selina Cartmell	Gate Theatre/Barbican
TITUS ANDRONICUS	Tamora	Selina Cartmell	Siren Productions (Project Arts Centre, Dublin)
THE BULL	Maeve	Michael Keegan-Dolan	Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre
HERE LIES	Antonin Artaud	Selina Cartmell	Operating Theatre (Galway Arts Festival 2005)
A CRY FROM HEAVEN	Ness	Olivier Py	Abbey Theatre, Dublin
THE PLOUGH AND THE STARS	Mrs Gogan	Ben Barnes	Barbican, Cork Opera House
THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD	Widow Quinn	Ben Barnes	Abbey Theatre, Dublin/USA Tour
PASSADES		Selina Cartmell	Operating Theatre
LA MUSICA		Selina Cartmell	Siren Productions
THE PLOUGH AND THE STARS	Mrs Gogan	Ben Barnes	Abbey Theatre, Dublin
HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA	Augustine	Martin Drury	Abbey Theatre, Dublin
MACBETH	Lady MacBeth	Michael Barker-Caven	Second Age Theatre Company
LESSNESS	Solo	Judy Hegarty	Gare St Lazare Players, Ireland
BAILEGANGAIRE	Dolly	Tom Murphy	Abbey Theatre, Dublin
CHAIR	Solo Performance	Johnny Hanrahan	Operating Theatre/ Peacock, Abbey Theatre, Dublin
THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD	Pegeen Mike	Niall Henry	Abbey Theatre, Dublin
PEER GYNT	Solveig	Conal Morrison	Royal National Theatre
ROMEO & JULIET	Lady Capulet	Tim Supple	Royal National Theatre
THE TEMPEST	Ariel	Conal Morrison	Abbey Theatre, Dublin
LIFE IS A DREAM	Rosaura	Calixto Bieto	Edinburgh Fest.98, Barbican & BAM, New York 99
THE WAKE	Mary Jane	Patrick Mason	Abbey Theatre and Edinburgh Festival '99
ANGEL/BABEL	Solo Performance	Leon Ingulsrud	Operating Theatre, Dublin
BY THE BOG OF CATS	Hester Swane	Patrick Mason	Abbey Theatre, Dublin (World premiere)
LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN	Mrs Erlynne	Alan Stanford	Gate Theatre, Dublin & Spoleto Festival USA
THE ELECTROCUTION OF CHILDREN	Margot	Brian Brady	Abbey Theatre, Dublin
FAIR LADIES AT A GAME OF POEM CARDS	Empress and Moon	John Crowley	Royal National Theatre
THE TEMPEST	Conal	Morrison Ariel	Abbey Theatre
PLAY and COME AND GO		BairbreNiChaoimh	Gate Theatre, Lincoln Centre, New York
DOUBLE HELIX		John Crowley	Bickerstaffe, Abbey Theatre, Dublin
SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR	Mme. Pace	John Crowley	Abbey Theatre, Dublin
SLAUGHTER CITY	Cod	Ron Daniels	RSC, The Pit
THE MAI	Title role	Brian Brady	Abbey Theatre, Dublin
OLD TIMES	Anna	Kevin Billington	Gate Theatre. Pinter Festival
SHEEP'S MILK ON THE BOIL		Tom Hickey	Abbey Theatre, Dublin
HAMLET	Hamlet	Michael Sheridan	Project Theatre, Dublin
THE TEMPEST and MACBETH	Ariel and Lady Macduff	Michael Bogdanov	English Shakespeare Co.
THE CHERRY ORCHARD	Varya	Michael Bogdanov	Gate Theatre, Dublin
SALOME	Salome	Steven Berkoff	Gate Theatre, Edinburgh Fest. '89 & Spoleto '90
DANCING AT LUGHNASA	Agnes	Patrick Mason	Phoenix and Garrick Theatre
THE MASTER BUILDER	Hilde	Paul Unwin	Bristol Old Vic
BAJAZET	Atalide	Peter Eyre	Almeida Theatre
CATHLEEN NI HOULIHAN & THE CUCHULAINN CYCLE		Jim Flannery	Abbey Theatre, Dublin
PEER GYNT	Solveig/ Anitra	Patrick Mason	Gate Theatre, Dublin
LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES	La Presidente de Tourvel	Ben Barnes	Gate Theatre, Dublin
UNCLE VANYA	Sonya	Paul Unwin	Gate Theatre, Dublin
FOOL FOR LOVE	May	Ray Yeates	Gate Theatre, Dublin
INNOCENCE	Caterina	Patrick Mason	Gate Theatre, Dublin
THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD	Pegeen Mike	Garry Hynes	Druid Theatre, New York Tour
THE DIAMOND BODY	Solo Performance	Brendan Ellis	Operating Theatre, Bush Theatre, Glasgow Mayfest
THE PENTAGONAL DREAM	Solo Performance	David Heap	Operating Theatre, Dublin
THE THREE SISTERS	Irina	Stephen Rea	Field Day Theatre, Northern Ireland Tour
TWELFTH NIGHT	Viola	Christopher Fitsimons	Irish Theatre Company (The National touring theatre)
MARAT SADE	Charlotte Corday	Michael Sheridan	Project Theatre Company (Jim and Peter Sheridan)

Radio

Production	Character	Director	Company
QUIET CITY			RTÉ

Short Film

Production	Character	Director	Company
MESPIL IN THE DARK	Olive	Gavin Quinn	Pan Pan