#124 | Olwen Fouéré | Actor/Artist

This time, joining Mia on Fni Wrapchat is one of Ireland's finest, Actors, performers and visual artists. Olwen Fouéré. Wrapchat is sponsored by Wildcard Distribution, Film Equipment Store and Octovid.com. Mixed by Bedford and hosted on the Headstuff podcast Network.  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. She is the recipient of some of the highest accolades in Irish Theatre over many many years and carries an almost mythical reputation amongst the performing arts. Some recent stage work includes 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 The Rabble (Dublin 2018 and Melbourne, Australia 2019). We don't have enough space to mention them all here.  Recent film work includes Violet Gibson, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindlewald, Mandy, Beast, Sea Fever, and The Survivalist by Stephen Fingleton for which she received an IFTA nomination. Olwen will soon feature in the reboot of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. What an inspirational woman. What an incredible career, What lucky people we are to listen. We also have our brand new national networking evening for Writers/Directors/Producers (Only) on the 30th Oct. THIS FRIDAY, We're also joined by Ciaran Foy (Insidius 2, Eli (Netflix) *Hopin and work the room. Places FLYING SO BOOK HERE ASAP. FREE!! https://hopin.to/events/fni-s-hopin-work-the-virtual-room-a-night-of-networking-for-writers-directors-producers Become a patron/Supporter of Fni on: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/fni Please share with a friend or colleague and Share/Subscribe for more content. Available on Spotify, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts and Stitcher. #WeAreFni #YouAreFNI #StaySafe #StayInformed #StayPositive WWW.WEAREFNI.COM for all things FNI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices