Person
Olwen Fouéré
Acting · Born 1954-03-02 · Ireland
Biography
Olwen Fouéré is an actress and writer/director in theatre, film and visual arts. She was born on the west coast of Ireland of Breton parents Yann Fouéré and Marie-Magdeleine Mauger. In 2020, she was listed at number 22 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors. Description above from the Wikipedia article Olwen Fouéré, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
The Crown
Oonagh Shanley-Toffolo
Screen Two
Young Nun
Halo
The Mother
Brassic
Margaret
The Tourist
Niamh Cassidy
Derry Girls
Sheila
How to Get to Heaven from Belfast
Nora O'Hara
Above Suspicion
Mrs Hughes
The Northman
Áshildur Hofgythja
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Melusine
Filmography
- 2026How to Get to Heaven from BelfastNora O'Hara
- 2025Four Letters of LoveNora Ni Liathain
- 2025The Reckoning of Erin MorriganErin Morrigan
- 2025The ActorJudge / Old Lady / Neighbor / Wardrobe Woman / Old Man
- 2024Catching DustCopperhead
- 2024The WatchersMadeline
- 2024TarotAlma Astryn
- 2024All You Need Is DeathRita Concannon
- 2024SunriseMa Reynolds
- 2024Cult KillerDottie Evans
- 2023Falling into PlaceJudy
- 2023RadhaAnnie
- 2023The Tower
- 2023Far CallsThe Woman
- 2022JoyrideSideline Sue
- 2022The Ulysses ProjectMolly Bloom
- 2022She WillJean
- 2022The NorthmanÁshildur Hofgythja
- 2022HaloThe Mother
- 2022Holdingas Kitty Harrington
- 2022Texas Chainsaw MassacreSally Hardesty
- 2022The TouristNiamh Cassidy
- 2021Zone 414Royale
- 2021Bardo
- 2021The TideNight Angler
- 2020Sea FeverCiara
- 2020Violet Gibson, the Irish Woman Who Shot MussoliniViolet Gibson
- 2019The FeedJane
- 2019BrassicMargaret
- 2019AnimalsMaureen
- 2018NightflyersConnie
- 2018Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of GrindelwaldMelusine
- 2018MandyMother Marlene
- 2018ProcessionProcession Master
- 2018BeastDetective Theresa Kelly
- 2018Derry GirlsSheila
- 2017Take Me SwimmingEileen
- 2017The Drummer and the KeeperDoctor Assif
- 2017National Theatre Live: SaloméNameless
- 2017Where is Eva Hipsey?Voice Actor
- 2016The CrownOonagh Shanley-Toffolo
- 2016TradersHelen Stynes
- 2015The SurvivalistKathryn
- 2013The Irreducible Difference of the Other
- 20134,000-Year-Old Cold Case: The Body in the BogNarrator
- 2011This Must Be the PlaceMary's Mother
- 2011The Other Side of SleepMaggie
- 2010Artaud on AranSelf
- 2009Above SuspicionMrs Hughes
- 2000SaltwaterTrish Meehan
- 1996Space TruckersBuilding Commander
- 1990Hard Shoulder
- 1986Time After TimeYoung Nun
- 1985Screen TwoYoung Nun
- 1980The Sleep of DeathSecond Maid (as Olwen Fouere)
- —Banquet
- —Sundown
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