Olwen Fouéré

Olwen Fouéré

Known for
Acting
Born
March 2, 1954 (age 72)
Birthplace
Ireland

Biography

Olwen Fouéré (born 2 March 1954) is an Irish actress and writer/director in theatre, film and visual arts. In 2020, she was listed at number 22 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors. She is best known for her role in The Watchers (2024).

Known For

Filmography

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Banquet

Banquet

Movie

2026
Sundown poster

Sundown

Movie · as Donna

2026
How to Get to Heaven from Belfast poster

How to Get to Heaven from Belfast

TV · as Nora O'Hara · 1 ep

2026
Tall Tales & Murder poster

Tall Tales & Murder

TV · as Lady Fitzgibbon · 1 ep

2025
The Actor poster

The Actor

Movie · as Judge / Old Lady / Neighbor / Wardrobe Woman / Old Man

2025
Four Letters of Love poster

Four Letters of Love

Movie · as Nora Ni Liathain

2025
The Reckoning of Erin Morrigan

The Reckoning of Erin Morrigan

Movie · as Erin Morrigan

2024
All You Need Is Death poster

All You Need Is Death

Movie · as Rita Concannon

2024
The Watchers poster

The Watchers

Movie · as Madeline

2024
Sunrise poster

Sunrise

Movie · as Ma Reynolds

2024
Cult Killer poster

Cult Killer

Movie · as Dottie Evans

2024
Tarot poster

Tarot

Movie · as Alma

2024
Catching Dust poster

Catching Dust

Movie · as Copperhead

2023
Far Calls

Far Calls

Movie · as The Woman

2023
Radha poster

Radha

Movie · as Annie

2023
The Tower poster

The Tower

Movie

2023
Falling into Place poster

Falling into Place

Movie · as Judy

2022
Joyride poster

Joyride

Movie · as Sideline Sue

2022
She Will poster

She Will

Movie · as Jean

2022
The Ulysses Project poster

The Ulysses Project

Movie · as Molly Bloom

2022
The Northman poster

The Northman

Movie · as Áshildur Hofgythja

2022
Texas Chainsaw Massacre poster

Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Movie · as Sally Hardesty

2022
Holding poster

Holding

TV · as as Kitty Harrington · 4 eps

2022
The Tourist poster

The Tourist

TV · as Niamh Cassidy · 6 eps

2022
Halo poster

Halo

TV · as The Mother · 4 eps

2021
Bardo poster

Bardo

Movie

2021
The Tide poster

The Tide

Movie · as Night Angler

2021
Zone 414 poster

Zone 414

Movie · as Royale

2020
Sea Fever poster

Sea Fever

Movie · as Ciara

2020
Violet Gibson, the Irish Woman Who Shot Mussolini poster

Violet Gibson, the Irish Woman Who Shot Mussolini

Movie · as Violet Gibson

2019
Animals poster

Animals

Movie · as Maureen

2019
In Orbit poster

In Orbit

Movie

2019
Brassic poster

Brassic

TV · as Margaret · 1 ep

2019
The Feed poster

The Feed

TV · as Jane · 4 eps

2018
Beast poster

Beast

Movie · as Detective Theresa Kelly

2018
Mandy poster

Mandy

Movie · as Mother Marlene

2018
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald poster

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

Movie · as Melusine

2018
Procession poster

Procession

Movie · as Procession Master

2018
Derry Girls poster

Derry Girls

TV · as Sheila · 1 ep

2018
Nightflyers poster

Nightflyers

TV · as Connie · 1 ep

2017
National Theatre Live: Salomé poster

National Theatre Live: Salomé

Movie · as Nameless

2017
The Drummer and the Keeper poster

The Drummer and the Keeper

Movie · as Doctor Assif

2017
Where is Eva Hipsey? poster

Where is Eva Hipsey?

Movie · as Voice Actor

2017
Take Me Swimming poster

Take Me Swimming

Movie · as Eileen

2016
Traders poster

Traders

Movie · as Helen Stynes

2016
The Crown poster

The Crown

TV · as Oonagh Shanley-Toffolo · 1 ep

2015
The Survivalist poster

The Survivalist

Movie · as Kathryn

2013
The Irreducible Difference of the Other poster

The Irreducible Difference of the Other

Movie

2013
4,000-Year-Old Cold Case: The Body in the Bog poster

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

Movie · as Narrator

2011
This Must Be the Place poster

This Must Be the Place

Movie · as Mary's Mother

2011
The Other Side of Sleep poster

The Other Side of Sleep

Movie · as Maggie

2010
Artaud on Aran

Artaud on Aran

Movie · as Self

2009
Above Suspicion poster

Above Suspicion

TV · as Mrs Hughes · 1 ep

2000
Saltwater poster

Saltwater

Movie · as Trish Meehan

1996
Space Truckers poster

Space Truckers

Movie · as Building Commander

1990
Hard Shoulder

Hard Shoulder

Movie

1987
When Reason Sleeps

When Reason Sleeps

TV · as Celia Dunbar · 1 ep

1986
Time After Time poster

Time After Time

Movie · as Young Nun

1985
Screen Two poster

Screen Two

TV · as Young Nun · 1 ep

1980
The Sleep of Death poster

The Sleep of Death

Movie · as Second Maid (as Olwen Fouere)