Other recent appearances include:

The role of Mary's Mother opposite Sean Penn in Paolo Sorrentino's THIS MUST BE THE PLACE (Indigo films, Cannes selection in competition for the Palme D'Or 2011), the role of Maggie for Rebecca Daly's THE OTHER SIDE OF SLEEP (Fastnet films, Cannes selection for the Director's Fortnight) and the Scéalaí in John Carney's THE RAFTERS; YELLOW, THE FILM by Amanda Coogan and Paddy Cahill (JDIFF 2012).

Her translation and performance of the new work SODOME,MA DOUCE by French writer Laurent Gaudé premiered in Dublin as SODOME,MY LOVE in March 2010, produced by Rough Magic in association with TheEmergencyRoom (receiving two Irish Times Theatre awards 2011) and a restaged version performed on the ancient site of St Sophia at the Ohrid Festival, Macedonia on 31st July 2010;

The role of The Cailleach in Fabulous Beast's production of THE RITE OF SPRING for the ENO at the London Coliseum; UNDER GLASS with The Clod Ensemble (Village Underground, Shoreditch and British Dance Edition 2010);

Her performances of the French adaptation of Roddy Doyle’s PAULA SPENCER, LA FEMME QUI....which premiered in September 2008 at the Theatre de la Tempete in Vincennes and played several theatres including the Bouffes du Nord, Paris.

Other recent performances of note include her role as Woman in Marina Carr's WOMAN AND SCARECROW directed by Selina Cartmell at the Abbey Theatre for the 2007 Dublin Theatre Festival; as Maeve in THE BULL with Fabulous Beast directed by Michael Keegan-Dolan at the Berlin speilzeiteuropa '08 and at BarbicanBITE '07 where it was nominated for two Olivier Awards; as Tamora in Siren productions' multi-award-winning TITUS ANDRONICUS directed by Selina Cartmell (2005).

Olwen Fouéré features in several works by artist James Coleman which continue to be shown internationally. Their first collaboration So Different and Yet... which was created in 1980 was recently shown at IMMA during March and April 2009 as part of the large James Coleman retrospective exhibition.

As a free-lance actor, Fouéré has worked with most major theatre companies in Ireland and in the United Kingdom, playing leading roles in numerous productions at the Abbey Theatre and at the Gate Theatre in Dublin, with the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company in the UK and in the West End. She created the role of Salomé in Oscar Wilde’s SALOMÉ directed by Steven Berkoff which premiered at the Gate theatre and toured internationally. At the Abbey, she created the title role in THE MAI and the role of Hester Swane in BY THE BOG OF CATS...which were both written for her by Marina Carr and for which she received numerous awards.
She has worked with several international directors including the French director Olivier Py and played the role of Rosaura in LIFE IS A DREAM directed by Catalan director Calixto Bieito which premiered at the Edinburgh International Featival ’98 and transferred to the Barbican Theatre, London, and BAM, New York in '99.

Fouéré has received numerous awards and nominations including Irish Times/ESB Best Actress (2011, 2006, 2000 and 1999), Dublin Theatre Festival Best Actor 2003, and the Dublin Theatre Festival Samuel Beckett Award in 1998.

She has contributed to a number of publications on contemporary theatre and performance including:
The Dreaming Body edited by Melissa Sihra and Paul Murphy (Ulster Editions and Monographs series. Colin Smythe);
Women in Irish Drama edited by Melissa Sihra (Palgrave MacMillan);
Actors Voices: the people behind the performances edited by Patrcik O'Kane (Oberon Books);
The Theatre of Marina Carr edited by Cathy Leeney and Anna McMullan (Carysfort Press);
Theatre Talk edited by Lilian Chambers, Ger Fitzgibbon and Eamonn Jordan (Carysfort Press)
Operating Theatre 1980-2008 designed by Alan Davis and Zero-G

General chronological list:
PRODUCTION(role)/DIRECTOR/PRODUCTION COMPANY/VENUE/WRITER

film
THIS MUST BE THE PLACE (Mary's Mother)/Paolo Sorrentino/Indigo Films
THE OTHER SIDE OF SLEEP (Maggie)/Rebecca Daly/Fastnet Films
YELLOW,THE FILM / Amanda Coogan and Paddy Cahill
THE RAFTERS (Scéalaí)/John Carney/ Rafters Film
SALTWATER (Trish)/Conor McPherson/Treasure Films
SPACETRUCKERS/ Stuart Gordon/ USA
DA/Matt Clarke/USA
HARD SHOULDER/Mark Kilroy/ Mirror Films
ROOM AT FLYING DRAGON /Calvin Floyd/Sweden/USA
ITS HANDY WHEN PEOPLE DON"T DIE /Tom McArdle

television
UNDER SUSPICION: THE RED DAHLIA (Mrs Hughes)/Gillies MacKinnon/ ITV/ by Lynda LaPlante
THE AMBASSADOR /Ken Grieve/ Ecosse Film and TV
BALLYKISSANGEL series one /Chris Harrison / BBC
HARD SHOULDER /MirrorFilms/RTE/Channel 4/ by Mark Kilroy
WHEN REASON SLEEPS (Celia)/ R. Wynne Simmons /RTE/ Channel 4
TIME AFTER TIME (Young Nun) /Bill Hays/ BBC
THE IRISH RM (Miss Malone) /Roy Ward-Baker / BBC/RTE
A PAINFUL CASE (Mary Sinico)/ John Lynch /RTE/ Channel 4
THE BABYSITTERS /Pat O’Connor / RTE

visual arts:

ROIS_UNRAVEL by Andrew Duggan.Created on Inis Oírr and performed at Dublin Biennial Pop-up 2012

YELLOW RE-PERFORMED. A four hour durational perfromance of Amanda Coogan's YELLOW at St Marys Abbey during Dublin Theatre Festival 2010

theatre:

TAMING OF THE SHREW

THE BROKEN HEART and

TERMINUS (A)/Mark O'Rowe/Abbey Theatre World Tour 2011

THE REHEARSAL- PLAYING THE DANE (Gertrude)/Gavin Quinn/Pan Pan theatre

MEDEA (sole Chorus)/Selina Cartmell/Siren productions/trans Robin Robertson

SODOME,MY LOVE (Celle de Sodome)/Lynne Parker/Project Arts Centre, Dublin/by Laurent Gaudé, translated by Olwen Fouéré

THE RITE OF SPRING (the Cailleach)/Michael Keegan-Dolan/Fabulous Beast and ENO/ London Coliseum

UNDER GLASS (the test tube)/Suzy Willson and Paul Clarke/The Clod Ensemble/ text by Alice Oswald

PAULA SPENCER,LA FEMME QUI SE COGNAIT DANS LES PORTES / (solo) / Michel Abécassis/ Théatre de l'Eveil tour including Bouffes du Nord, Paris, and Project Arts Centre, Dublin / by Roddy Doyle, trans. Ian Monk and Isabelle D. Phillippe

WOMAN AND SCARECROW / (Woman) / Selina Cartmell / Abbey Theatre / by Marina Carr

THE BULL / (Maeve) / Michael Keegan-Dolan / Dublin Theatre Festival 2005, Barbicanbite 2007, speilzeiteuropa08 / by Fabulous Beast

CATASTROPHE / (The Assistant) / Selina Cartmell / Gate Theatre Beckett Festival / Barbican / by Samuel Beckett

TITUS ANDRONICUS / (Tamora) / Selina Cartmell /Siren Productions / Project Arts Centre, Dublin / by Shakespeare

HERE LIES / (Antonin Artaud) / Selina Cartmell / Galway Arts Festival 2005, Dublin and Paris 2006/ by Operating Theatre

A CRY FROM HEAVEN / (Ness) / Olivier Py / Abbey Theatre, Dublin / by Vincent Woods

THE PLOUGH AND THE STARS / (Mrs Gogan) / Ben Barnes / Abbey Theatre, Barbicanbite and Cork Opera House / by Seán O'Casey

THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD / (Widow Quinn) / Ben Barnes / Abbey Theatre / USA Tour /by John Millington Synge

PASSADES / (self and explorer) / Selina Cartmell / Operating Theatre / Lee's Cash 'n Carry, Dublin/ by Operating Theatre

LA MUSICA / (Woman)/ Selina Cartmell / Siren Productions / SS Michael and John, Dublin / by Marguerite Duras

THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA / (Augustine) / Martin Drury / Abbey Theatre, Dublin/ by Frederico Garcia Lorca, trans. Sebastian Barry

MACBETH / (Lady Macbeth) / Michael Barker-Caven / Second Age / Dublin and Irish tour / by Shakespeare

LESSNESS / (solo) / Judy Hegarty-Lovett / Gare StLazare Irl / Kilkenny Arts Festival, Cottesloe Theatre, Dublin Fringe Festival / by Samuel Beckett

BAILEGANGAIRE / (Dolly) / Tom Murphy / Abbey Theatre, Dublin / by Tom Murphy

CHAIR / (solo) / Johnny Hanrahan / Operating Theatre / Peacock Theatre, Dublin / by Operating Theatre

THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD / (Pegeen Mike) / Niall Henry / Abbey Theatre,Dublin / by John Millington Synge

PEER GYNT / (Solveig) / Conal Morrison / Royal National Theatre, London/ by Henrik Ibsen, trans. Frank McGuinness

ROMEO & JULIET / (Lady Capulet) / Tim Supple / Royal National Theatre, London/ by Shakespeare

THE TEMPEST / (Ariel) / Conal Morrison / Abbey Theatre, Dublin / by Shakespeare

LIFE IS A DREAM / (Rosaura) / Calixto Bieto / Edinburgh Festival '98, Barbican '99, BAM,'99 / by Caldéron de la Barca, trans. John Clifford

THE WAKE / (Mary Jane) / Patrick Mason / Abbey Theatre '98 and Edinburgh Festival '99/ by Tom Murphy. World Premiere.

BY THE BOG OF CATS / (Hester Swane) / Patrick Mason / Abbey Theatre /Dublin Theatre Festival '98 / by Marina Carr. World Premiere.

ANGEL/BABEL / (solo) / Leon Ingulsrud / Operating Theatre / Project@the mint,Dublin'99 / by Operating Theatre

LADY WINDERMERE’S FAN / (Mrs Erlynne) / Alan Stanford / Gate Theatre Dublin'97,Charleston Spoleto Festival '98 / by Oscar Wilde

THE ELECTROCUTION OF CHILDREN / (Margot) / Brian Brady / Abbey Theatre, Dublin / by Chris Lee

FAIR LADIES AT A GAME OF POEM CARDS / (Empress and Moon) / John Crowley / Royal National Theatre /by Chikamatsu Montsaemon, trans. Peter Oswald

PLAY and COME AND GO / Bairbre Ni Chaoímh / Gate Theatre /Lincoln Centre, New York / by Samuel Beckett/

DOUBLE HELIX / John Crowley / Bickerstaffe / Peacock Theatre, Dublin / written by the company

SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR / (Mme. Pace) / John Crowley / Abbey Theatre, Dublin / by Luigi Pirandello, trans. Tom Kilroy

SLAUGHTER CITY / (Cod) / Ron Daniels / RSC, The Pit / by Naomi Wallace

THE MAI / (The Mai) / Brian Brady / Abbey Theatre, Dublin / by Marina Carr. World Premiere

OLD TIMES / (Anna) / Kevin Billington / Gate Theatre Pinter Festival, Dublin / by Harold Pinter

SHEEP’S MILK ON THE BOIL / (The Inspector of Wrack) / Tom Hickey / Abbey Theatre, Dublin / by Tom Mac Intyre

HAMLET / (Hamlet) / Michael Sheridan / Project Arts Centre, Dublin/ by Shakespeare

THE TEMPEST and MACBETH / (Ariel and Lady Macduff) / Michael Bogdanov / English Shakespeare Co. world tour/ by Shakespeare

THE CHERRY ORCHARD / (Varya) / Michael Bogdanov / Gate Theatre, Dublin / by Anton Chekhov

SALOMÉ / (Salomé) / Steven Berkoff / Gate Theatre '88, Edinburgh Festival '89 & Spoleto '90 /by Oscar Wilde

DANCING AT LUGHNASA / (Agnes) / Patrick Mason / Phoenix and Garrick Theatre, London/by Brian Friel

THE MASTER BUILDER / (Hilde) / Paul Unwin / Bristol Old Vic / by Henrik Ibsen, trans. Michael Meyer

BAJAZET /(Atalide) / Peter Eyre / Almeida Theatre, London / by Racine, trans. Allan Hollinghurst

CATHLEEN NI HOULIHAN & THE CUCHULAINN CYCLE / (Cathleen and Aoife) / Jim Flannery / Abbey Theatre, Dublin/ by William Butler Yeats

PEER GYNT / (Solveig and Anitra) / Patrick Mason / Gate Theatre, Dublin / by Henrik Ibsen, trans. Frank McGuinness

LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES / (La Presidente de Tourvel) / Ben Barnes / Gate Theatre, Dublin/by Christopher Hampton (after Laclos)

UNCLE VANYA / (Sonya) / Paul Unwin / Gate Theatre, Dublin / by Anton Chekhov

FOOL FOR LOVE / (May) / Ray Yeates / Abbey Theatre, Dublin / by Sam Shephard

INNOCENCE / (Caterina) / Patrick Mason / Gate Theatre, Dublin /by Frank McGuinness

THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD / (Pegeen Mike) / Garry Hynes / Druid Theatre New York Tour '86 / by John Millington Synge

THE PENTAGONAL DREAM / (solo) / David Heap / Operating Theatre/Damer Hall Dublin/ by Sebastian Barry

THE DIAMOND BODY / (solo) / Brendan Ellis / Operating Theatre / Dublin, Bush Theatre London '84, Avignon Festival'86, Glasgow Mayfest '87 /by Aidan Mathews

THE ANTIGONE / (Antigone) / Michael Scott / Project Arts Centre, Dublin / by Aidan Mathews

THE OLD WOMAN BROODS / Kazimierz Braun / Project Arts Centre, Dublin / by Tadeusz Rosewicz

EXTREMITIES / (Marjorie) / Julian Plunkett-Dillon / Project Arts Centre, Dublin/ by William Mastrosimone

THE MORNING AFTER OPTIMISM / (Anastasia ) / Michael Scott / Project Arts Centre, Dublin / by Tom Murphy

THREE BUNCHES OF BLOOD AND A LUMP OF FOG / Michael Scott /Project Arts Centre, Dublin/ by Sean MacCarthy

THE THREE SISTERS / (Irina) / Stephen Rea / Field Day 1981/ by Anton Chekhov, trans. Brian Friel

TWELFTH NIGHT / (Viola) / Christopher Fitzsimon / Irish Theatre Company / by Shakespeare

WITHERING HYPES and BUBBLEGUM / Thom MacGinty / Grapevine touring company/by the company

THE GLASS MENAGERIE / (Laura) / Paul Brennan / Gate Theatre, Dublin / by Tennessee Williams

RIDERS TO THE SEA /(Kathleen) / Brendan Ellis / Players Theatre, Dublin/ by John Millington Synge

NOT I / (solo) / Brendan Ellis / Focus Theatre, Dublin / by Samuel Beckett. Irish Premiere

THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER / (Madeleine) / Peter Sheridan / Project Arts Centre, Dublin /by Steven Berkoff (from Edgar Allan Poe)

THE HOSTAGE /(Teresa) / Sean Treacy / Project Arts Centre and Eblana Theatre, Dublin/ by Brendan Behan

MARAT SADE /(Charlotte Corday) / Michael Sheridan /Project Arts Centre, Dublin/ by Peter Weiss

FAMINE /(Maeve)/ Tom Murphy/ Project Arts Centre, Dublin / by Tom Murphy

DEV /(Mrs DeValera)/ Peter Sheridan/ Project Arts Centre, Dublin/

THE RISEN PEOPLE / (Annie) / Jim Sheridan / Project Arts Centre, Dublin /by James Plunkett

A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY / (Vera) / Mary Elizabeth Burke-Kennedy / Focus Theatre, Dublin /by Turgenev

ENDGAME /(Nell) / Sean Treacy / APE Theatre company, Dublin/ by Samuel Beckett

Fouéré's first professional performance, in a five minute play, occurred in June 1976. The above list omits only a small number of productions and is largely in chronological order, beginning with the most recent.