Olwen Fouéré

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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

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

Melusine

The Northman

Áshildur Hofgythja

Halo

The Mother

The Crown

Oonagh Shanley-Toffolo

Mandy

Mother Marlene

The Watchers

Madeline

Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Sally Hardesty

Tarot

Alma

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2026	Tall Tales & Murder TV	Lady Fitzgibbon
2026	Sundown MOVIE	Donna
2026	How to Get to Heaven from Belfast TV	Nora O'Hara
2025	The Reckoning of Erin Morrigan MOVIE	Erin Morrigan
2025	Four Letters of Love MOVIE	Nora Ni Liathain
2025	The Actor MOVIE	Judge / Old Lady / Neighbor / Wardrobe Woman / Old Man
2024	Catching Dust MOVIE	Copperhead
2024	The Watchers MOVIE	Madeline
2024	Tarot MOVIE	Alma
2024	All You Need Is Death MOVIE	Rita Concannon
2024	Sunrise MOVIE	Ma Reynolds
2024	Cult Killer MOVIE	Dottie Evans
2023	Falling into Place MOVIE	Judy
2023	Radha MOVIE	Annie
2023	The Tower MOVIE	Self
2023	Far Calls MOVIE	The Woman
2022	Joyride MOVIE	Sideline Sue
2022	The Ulysses Project MOVIE	Molly Bloom
2022	She Will MOVIE	Jean
2022	The Northman MOVIE	Áshildur Hofgythja
2022	Halo TV	The Mother
2022	Holding TV	as Kitty Harrington
2022	Texas Chainsaw Massacre MOVIE	Sally Hardesty
2022	The Tourist TV	Niamh Cassidy
2021	Zone 414 MOVIE	Royale
2021	Bardo MOVIE	Self
2021	The Tide MOVIE	Night Angler
2020	Sea Fever MOVIE	Ciara
2020	Violet Gibson, the Irish Woman Who Shot Mussolini MOVIE	Violet Gibson
2019	The Feed TV	Jane
2019	Brassic TV	Margaret
2019	Animals MOVIE	Maureen
2019	In Orbit MOVIE	Self
2018	Nightflyers TV	Connie
2018	Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald MOVIE	Melusine
2018	Mandy MOVIE	Mother Marlene
2018	Procession MOVIE	Procession Master
2018	Beast MOVIE	Detective Theresa Kelly
2018	Derry Girls TV	Sheila
2017	Take Me Swimming MOVIE	Eileen
2017	The Drummer and the Keeper MOVIE	Doctor Assif
2017	National Theatre Live: Salomé MOVIE	Nameless
2017	Where is Eva Hipsey? MOVIE	Voice Actor
2016	The Crown TV	Oonagh Shanley-Toffolo
2016	Traders MOVIE	Helen Stynes
2015	The Survivalist MOVIE	Kathryn
2013	The Irreducible Difference of the Other MOVIE	Self
2013	4,000-Year-Old Cold Case: The Body in the Bog MOVIE	Narrator
2011	This Must Be the Place MOVIE	Mary's Mother
2011	The Other Side of Sleep MOVIE	Maggie
2010	Artaud on Aran MOVIE	Self
2009	Above Suspicion TV	Mrs Hughes
2000	Saltwater MOVIE	Trish Meehan
1996	Space Truckers MOVIE	Building Commander
1990	Hard Shoulder MOVIE	Self
1987	When Reason Sleeps TV	Celia Dunbar
1986	Time After Time MOVIE	Young Nun
1985	Screen Two TV	Young Nun
1980	The Sleep of Death MOVIE	Second Maid (as Olwen Fouere)
	Banquet MOVIE	Self

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