Culture
‘I’ve always been interested in the solitary and the free’
Actor, writer, director, musician – Olwen Fouéré defies genres and lives on her own terms. She talks individuality and boundlessness with Edel Coffey.
Photography Doreen Kilfeather
Styling Aisling Farinella
Olwen Fouéré has one of the most recognisable faces in Irish film and theatre, acting in everything from big budget Hollywood films like the Harry Potter-inspired Fantastic Beasts to acclaimed plays by Enda Walsh and Marina Carr. With her ice-white hair, clear blue eyes, and luminous skin that bears no relation to her chronological age (she is now in her sixties), I realise I am expecting Fouéré’s character to ...
