Marin Ireland
American actress
Marin Ireland
Ireland in 2014
Born Marin Yvonne Ireland
Education University of Hartford (BFA )Occupation Actress Years active 2000–present
Marin Ireland is an American actress. Known for her work in theatre and independent films , The New York Times deemed Ireland "one of the great drama queens of the New York stage".[ 1] She has received nominations for an Independent Spirit Award and a Tony Award .
Following a series of minor roles in the Law & Order franchise (2003–2008), Ireland earned praise for starring in Neil LaBute 's play Reasons to Be Pretty (2008), and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play . After appearing in the films Rachel Getting Married (2008) and The Understudy (2008), her starring role in Glass Chin (2014) earned her a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female . She played Julia Bowman in the Amazon Studios series Sneaky Pete (2015–2019).
Ireland's other film roles include the acclaimed productions The Family Fang (2015), Hell or High Water (2016), Piercing (2018), The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018), and The Irishman (2019). She additionally has played Sissy in the Netflix series The Umbrella Academy (2020–present) and Nora Brady in the Hulu series Y: The Last Man (2021). Her leading role in the horror film The Dark and the Wicked (2020) earned praise.
Early life
Ireland was born and raised in Camarillo, California .[ 2] She studied at the Idyllwild Arts Foundation in Idyllwild-Pine Cove, California and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from The Hartt School , the performing-arts conservatory at the University of Hartford in West Hartford, Connecticut .[ 3]
Career
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Ireland made her off-Broadway theatre debut in Nocturne (2001), a play written by Adam Rapp , which ran at the New York Theatre Workshop.[ 4] She also appeared in the play during its run in the American Repertory Theatre New Stages presentation at the Hasty Pudding Theatre, Cambridge, Massachusetts in October 2000.[ 5] Her other off-Broadway work includes Caryl Churchill 's Far Away (2002) at the New York Theatre Workshop.[ 6] She played the title role in Sabina (2005) by Willy Holtzman at Primary Stages.[ 7]
Ireland (left) and actor Tony Goldwyn (right) at the 2014 Peabody Awards
Ireland was featured in the 2008 stage adaptation of The Beebo Brinker Chronicles , a series of lesbian pulp fiction novels by Ann Bannon .[ 8] She made her Broadway theatre debut in Reasons to Be Pretty (2009).[ 9] For this performance, she received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play , and won the Theatre World Award .[ 10] [ 11] She then appeared in After Miss Julie in a Roundabout Theatre Company presentation of a Donmar Warehouse production at the American Airlines Theatre in September through December 2009.[ 12] Ireland in the New Group revival of A Lie of the Mind in February and March 2010.[ 13]
Ireland's early film roles are the drama Rachel Getting Married (2008) and the comedy The Understudy (2008). In 2012 she played the female lead role in the Matt Ross debut film 28 Hotel Rooms . For playing Ellen Doyle in Glass Chin (2014), she earned a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female . In November 2012, she starred in the title role of Marie Antoinette in the world premiere at the Yale Repertory Theatre.[ 14] She starred in the Lincoln Center Theatre production of Abe Koogler's Kill Floor in 2015. She has also appeared in the films The Family Fang (2015), Hell or High Water (2016), Piercing (2018), The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018), and The Irishman (2019).
In 2012, while working on a Wooster Group production of Troilus and Cressida in London , Ireland was romantically linked to costar Scott Shepherd .[ 15] During that period, the couple fought physically at home, with Ireland once appearing at rehearsals with a black eye . Ireland left the production, and has accused the company of unjustly putting pressure on her to do so.[ 15]
Ireland has gained prominence in television industry, notably for her roles as Julia in the Amazon series Sneaky Pete (2015–2019), Sissy in the Netflix series The Umbrella Academy (2020–present) and Nora Brady in the Hulu post-apocalyptic drama series Y: The Last Man (2021). Her leading role in the horror film The Dark and the Wicked (2020) earned her awards from a number of film festivals.[citation needed ]
Ireland has narrated several audiobooks, including bestsellers by Frederik Backman , Anthony Doerr , and Amor Towles .[ 16] She was awarded an Audie Award for Best Female Narrator in 2020 for her recording of Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson .[ 17]
Filmography
Film
Television
Theatre
Accolades
References
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^ Clay, Carolyn. "The ART's Nocturne hits powerful notes" Archived June 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine The Boston Phoenix , October 19–26, 2000
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^ Hetrick, Adam. "Fresh Off the Bus: Beebo Brinker Chronicles Arrives Off-Broadway Feb. 19" Archived June 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, February 19, 2008
^ Brantley, Ben. "First You Shut Up, Then You Grow Up," The New York Times Archived June 23, 2010, at the Wayback Machine .
^ Lipton, Brian Scott. "Meet the Nominees: reasons to be pretty's Marin Ireland" Archived January 31, 2010, at the Wayback Machine theatermania.com, May 20, 2009
^ Theatre World Awards Archived March 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine theatreworldawards.org, retrieved April 2, 2010
^ Brantley, Ben. "Theater Review: Seduction by Class Conflict" Archived September 3, 2010, at the Wayback Machine The New York Times , October 23, 2009
^ Brantley, Ben. "Theater Review:Home Is Where the Soul Aches" Archived February 25, 2010, at the Wayback Machine The New York Times , February 19, 2010
^ "At Yale Rep: A 'humorous and haunting' world premiere" Archived October 31, 2020, at the Wayback Machine YaleNews , October 15, 2012
^ a b Healy, Patrick (March 15, 2015). "Sex and Violence, Beyond the Script" . UPI . Archived from the original on November 15, 2023. Retrieved November 5, 2023 .
^ "Audiobooks narrated by Marin Ireland | Audible.com" . audible.com . Archived from the original on February 7, 2022. Retrieved February 7, 2022 .
^ "2020 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)" . audiopub.org . Archived from the original on February 3, 2020. Retrieved February 7, 2022 .
^ "Celine Song's 'Materialists' Adds Zoë Winters, Dasha Nekrasova, Marin Ireland and Louisa Jacobson (EXCLUSIVE)" . Variety . Archived from the original on May 8, 2024. Retrieved May 8, 2024 .
^ Petski, Denise (July 11, 2018). " 'Y': Diane Lane To Star In FX Drama Pilot Based On 'Y': The Last Man' Comic Book Series; Barry Keoghan, More Round Out Cast" . Deadline Hollywood . Archived from the original on May 29, 2022. Retrieved July 11, 2018 .
^ "Marin Ireland Cast in 'Sinking Spring' at Apple TV+" . Variety . Archived from the original on May 8, 2024. Retrieved May 8, 2024 .
^ Taylor, Markland (October 31, 2000). "Nocturne" . Variety . Archived from the original on June 27, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2018 .
^ Isherwood, Charles (May 18, 2001). "Nocturne" . Variety . Archived from the original on June 27, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2018 .
^ Isherwood, Charles (November 11, 2002). "Far Away" . Variety . Archived from the original on June 27, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2018 .
^ "Marin Ireland Stars as Sabina in Primary Stages Revival; Opens Off-Broadway Feb. 2 | Playbill" . Playbill . Archived from the original on June 27, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2018 .
^ Rocco, Claudia La (October 12, 2007). "Beebo Brinker Chronicles - Review - Theater" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Archived from the original on May 5, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2018 .
^ Healy, Patrick (November 5, 2008). "At Soho Rep, 'Blasted' Audiences Gasp at Violence; Actors Must Survive It" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Archived from the original on June 27, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2018 .
^ Brantley, Ben (October 9, 2008). "Humanity Gets Only a Bit Part in Sarah Kane's Play" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Archived from the original on June 27, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2018 .
^ Brantley, Ben (April 2, 2009). "Neil LaBute to Antihero: Dude, Shut Up and Listen" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Archived from the original on October 29, 2021. Retrieved June 1, 2018 .
^ "Marin Ireland Completes Cast of After Miss Julie | Playbill" . Playbill . Archived from the original on June 27, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2018 .
^ Brantley, Ben (February 18, 2010). "In Sam Shepard Land, Home Is Where the Soul Aches" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Archived from the original on March 29, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2018 .
^ Brantley, Ben (February 3, 2011). " 'Three Sisters,' Classic Stage Company - Review" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Archived from the original on February 4, 2011. Retrieved June 1, 2018 .
^ "Margaret and Craig | New York | reviews, cast and tickets | TheaterMania" . TheaterMania . Archived from the original on May 5, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2018 .
^ Isherwood, Charles (December 7, 2011). " 'Maple and Vine' at Playwrights Horizons - Review" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Archived from the original on June 27, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2018 .
^ "At Yale Rep: A 'humorous and haunting' world premiere" . YaleNews . October 15, 2012. Archived from the original on October 31, 2020. Retrieved June 1, 2018 .
^ Billington, Michael (August 9, 2012). "Troilus and Cressida – review" . the Guardian . Archived from the original on May 23, 2024. Retrieved June 1, 2018 .
^ Isherwood, Charles (April 16, 2013). "Odets's 'Big Knife,' With Bobby Cannavale" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Archived from the original on June 27, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2018 .
^ Grode, Eric (October 9, 2013). "David Adjmi's 'Marie Antoinette' at Soho Rep" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Archived from the original on June 27, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2018 .
^ "Review: 'Kill Floor,' a Drama About the Beef Dividing a Mother and Son" . The New York Times . November 14, 2015. ISSN 0362-4331 . Archived from the original on June 27, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2018 .
^ "Review: 'Ironbound' Stars Marin Ireland as a Struggling Immigrant" . The New York Times . April 23, 2016. ISSN 0362-4331 . Archived from the original on August 17, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2018 .
^ "Review: 'On the Exhale' Addresses Grief and the Attraction of an Assault Rifle" . The New York Times . April 1, 2017. ISSN 0362-4331 . Archived from the original on June 13, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2018 .
^ "In Rehearsal with Atlantic's Blue Ridge" . Broadwayworld . Archived from the original on July 25, 2023. Retrieved July 25, 2023 .
^ "See the Cast of Jesse Eisenberg's Happy Talk Meet the Press" . Playbill . Archived from the original on July 25, 2023. Retrieved July 25, 2023 .
^ "Marin Ireland, Zachary James, and Erik Lochtefeld Will Star in Spain Off-Broadway for Second Stage" . Playbill . Archived from the original on May 9, 2024. Retrieved May 8, 2024 .
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^ "Brandon Cronenberg's 'Possessor Uncut' Wins the Sitges Festival's Best Film, Director Awards" . Variety . October 18, 2020. Archived from the original on April 16, 2023. Retrieved April 16, 2023 .
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