Actor profile

Olwen Fouéré

2nd March 1954 Ireland Acting

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.

42 Movies 11 TV Shows 58 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Sundown poster

Sundown 6th August 2026

Four Letters of Love poster

Four Letters of Love 18th July 2025 as Nora Ni Liathain

The Actor poster

The Actor 14th March 2025 as Judge / Old Lady / Neighbor / Wardrobe Woman / Old Man

Catching Dust poster

Catching Dust 23rd August 2024 as Copperhead

The Watchers poster

The Watchers 6th June 2024 as Madeline

Tarot poster

Tarot 1st May 2024 as Alma Astryn

All You Need Is Death poster

All You Need Is Death 19th March 2024 as Rita Concannon

Cult Killer poster

Cult Killer 19th January 2024 as Dottie Evans

Sunrise poster

Sunrise 19th January 2024 as Ma Reynolds

Falling into Place poster

Falling into Place 7th December 2023 as Judy

Radha poster

Radha 15th July 2023 as Annie

The Tower poster

The Tower 24th June 2023

Joyride poster

Joyride 29th July 2022 as Sideline Sue

The Ulysses Project poster

The Ulysses Project 16th July 2022 as Molly Bloom

She Will poster

She Will 15th July 2022 as Jean

The Northman poster

The Northman 7th April 2022 as Áshildur Hofgythja

Texas Chainsaw Massacre poster

Texas Chainsaw Massacre 18th February 2022 as Sally Hardesty

Zone 414 poster

Zone 414 3rd September 2021 as Royale

Bardo poster

Bardo 23rd July 2021

The Tide poster

The Tide 14th March 2021 as Night Angler

Sea Fever poster

Sea Fever 6th March 2020 as Ciara

Violet Gibson, the Irish Woman Who Shot Mussolini poster

Violet Gibson, the Irish Woman Who Shot Mussolini 3rd March 2020 as Violet Gibson

Animals poster

Animals 2nd August 2019 as Maureen

In Orbit poster

In Orbit 12th July 2019

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald poster

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald 14th November 2018 as Melusine

Mandy poster

Mandy 13th September 2018 as Mother Marlene

Procession poster

Procession 14th July 2018 as Procession Master

Beast poster

Beast 18th April 2018 as Detective Theresa Kelly

Take Me Swimming poster

Take Me Swimming 18th November 2017 as Eileen

The Drummer and the Keeper poster

The Drummer and the Keeper 8th September 2017 as Doctor Assif

National Theatre Live: Salomé poster

National Theatre Live: Salomé 22nd June 2017 as Nameless

Where is Eva Hipsey? poster

Where is Eva Hipsey? 1st January 2017 as Voice Actor

Traders poster

Traders 11th March 2016 as Helen Stynes

The Survivalist poster

The Survivalist 15th April 2015 as Kathryn

4,000-Year-Old Cold Case: The Body in the Bog poster

4,000-Year-Old Cold Case: The Body in the Bog 1st January 2013 as Narrator

The Irreducible Difference of the Other poster

The Irreducible Difference of the Other 1st January 2013

This Must Be the Place poster

This Must Be the Place 24th August 2011 as Mary's Mother

The Other Side of Sleep poster

The Other Side of Sleep 13th May 2011 as Maggie

Saltwater poster

Saltwater 29th September 2000 as Trish Meehan

Space Truckers poster

Space Truckers 4th October 1996 as Building Commander

Time After Time poster

Time After Time 26th January 1986 as Young Nun

The Sleep of Death poster

The Sleep of Death 1st November 1980 as Second Maid (as Olwen Fouere)

How to Get to Heaven from Belfast poster

How to Get to Heaven from Belfast 12th February 2026 as Nora O'Hara

Halo poster

Halo 24th March 2022 as The Mother

Holding poster

Holding 14th March 2022 as as Kitty Harrington

The Tourist poster

The Tourist 1st January 2022 as Niamh Cassidy

The Feed poster

The Feed 16th September 2019 as Jane

Brassic poster

Brassic 22nd August 2019 as Margaret

Nightflyers poster

Nightflyers 2nd December 2018 as Connie

Derry Girls poster

Derry Girls 4th January 2018 as Sheila

The Crown poster

The Crown 4th November 2016 as Oonagh Shanley-Toffolo

Above Suspicion poster

Above Suspicion 4th January 2009 as Mrs Hughes

Screen Two poster

Screen Two 6th January 1985 as Young Nun