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Marin Ireland
Ireland in 2014
Born
Marin Yvonne Ireland

Camarillo, California, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Hartford (BFA)
OccupationActress
Years active2000–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

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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

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2004 The Manchurian Candidate Army Transcriber
2007 Suburban Girl Katie
Mercy Joyce Short film
I Am Legend Woman Evacuee
2008 The Understudy Rebecca
Rachel Getting Married Angela Paylin
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond Esmeralda
If You Could Say It in Words Sadie Mitchell
Revolutionary Road Party Guest
2009 Brief Interviews with Hideous Men Samantha
2010 Megafauna Anna Short film
2012 28 Hotel Rooms Woman
Future Weather Tanya
Allison Allison Short film
Hope Springs Molly
The Letter Anita
Stars in Shorts Wife Film: "Sexting"
Sparrows Dance Woman in Apartment
2013 Side Effects Upset Visitor
Bottled Up Sylvie
2014 Glass Chin Ellen Doyle
Take Care Laila
Kill Me Lucy Short film
2015 The Family Fang Suzanne Crosby
This Summer Feeling Nina
2016 Hell or High Water Debbie Howard
In the Radiant City Laura Yurley
2017 The Strange Ones Crystal
Aardvark Jenny
Sollers Point Kate
Some Freaks Georgia
2018 Piercing Reed's mother
The Miseducation of Cameron Post Bethany
2019 Light from Light Shelia
The Irishman Dolores Sheeran
2020 The Dark and the Wicked Louise
The Empty Man Nora Quail
2023 Eileen Anne Polk
Birth/Rebirth Dr. Rose Casper
The Boogeyman Rita Billings
Somewhere Quiet Madelin Whitman
TBA Materalists Post-production[18]

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2003 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Anais Hutchinson Episode: "Zoonotic"
2006 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Laura Booth Episode: "Dramma Giocoso"
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Gina Maylor Episode: "Confrontation"
2008 Law & Order Mila Hames Lingard Episode: "Called Home"
2011 Mildred Pierce Letty Recurring role; 5 episodes
The Good Wife Marjorie Garnett Episode: "In Sickness"
A Gifted Man Elena Episodes: "Pilot", "In Case of Discomfort", "In Case of Exposure"
Prime Suspect Jodi Barrett Episode: "Gone to Pieces"
2011–2012 Homeland Aileen Morgan Recurring role; 5 episodes
2012 Unforgettable Sarah Green Episode: "Heartbreak"
Boss Claire Mann Episodes: "The Conversation", "Consequence", "Clinch", "True Enough"
2012–2014 The Killing Liz Holder Episode: "Off the Reservation" & "The Good Soldier"
2013 The Following Amanda Episode: "Love Hurts"
2014 The Divide Christine Rosa Recurring role; 8 episodes
Masters of Sex Pauline Masters 3 episodes
Madam Secretary Gina Fisher Episode: "The Operative"
2015 The Slap Sandi Apostolou 8 episodes
Girls Logan 3 episodes
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Bella Carisi Episode: "Parole Violations"
Elementary Alta Von See Episode: "Evidence of Things Not Seen"
2015–2019 Sneaky Pete Julia Bowman Main role
2017 Flint Melissa Mays Television film
2018 Bull Maya Whitbeck Episode: "Survival Instincts"
2020 The Good Doctor Vera Episodes: "Hurt", "I Love You"
2020–2022 The Umbrella Academy Sissy Cooper 11 episodes
2021 Y: The Last Man Nora Brady Main role[19]
2022 Gaslit Judy Hoback 2 episodes
2023 Justified: City Primeval Maureen Downey 8 episodes
2024 Feud: Capote vs. The Swans Katharine Graham Episode: "Masquerade 1966"
2025 Dope Thief Kristy Lynne Upcoming Apple TV+ miniseries[20]

Theatre

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Year Title Role Playwright Venue Ref.
2000 Nocturne Candice Brown Adam Rapp Hasty Pudding Theatre, (Cambridge, Massachusetts) [21]
2001 Nocturne Candice Brown Adam Rapp New York Theatre Workshop (New York City) [22]
2002 Far Away Joan Caryl Churchill New York Theatre Workshop (New York City) [23]
2005 Sabina Sabina Willy Holtzman Primary Stages (New York City) [24]
2008 The Beebo Brinker Chronicles Laura Chapman Kate Moira Ryan
Linda S. Chapman 		Fourth Street Theater (New York City) [25]
Blasted Cate Sarah Kane Soho Rep (New York City) [26][27]
2009 Reasons to Be Pretty Steph Neil LaBute Lyceum Theatre (New York City) [28]
After Miss Julie Christine Patrick Marber American Airlines Theatre (New York City) [29]
2010 A Lie of the Mind Beth Sam Shepard Acorn Theatre (New York City) [30]
2011 Three Sisters Natasha Anton Chekhov Classic Stage Company (New York City) [31]
Margaret and Craig Margaret Gibson David Solomon Powerhouse Theater (New York City) [32]
Maple and Vine Katha Jordan Harrison Playwrights Horizons (New York City) [33]
2012 Marie Antoinette Marie Antoinette David Adjmi Yale Repertory Theatre (New Haven, Connecticut) [34]
Troilus and Cressida Cressida William Shakespeare Swan Theatre (Stratford-upon-Avon, UK) [35]
2013 The Big Knife Marion Clifford Odets American Airlines Theatre (New York City) [36]
Marie Antoinette Marie Antoinette David Adjmi Soho Rep (New York City) [37]
2015 Kill Floor Andy Abe Koogler Claire Tow Theater, Lincoln Center (New York City) [38]
2016 Ironbound Darja Martyna Majok Rattlestick Playwrights Theater (New York City) [39]
2017 On the Exhale Woman Martín Zimmerman Black Box Theater (New York City) [40]
2018 Summer and Smoke Alma Winemiller Tennessee Williams Classic Stage Company / Transport Group (New York City) [1]
Blue Ridge Alison Abby Rosebrock Atlantic Theater Company [41]
2019 Happy Talk Ljuba Jesse Eisenberg The New Group [42]
2023 Spain Helen Jen Silverman Second Stage / Tony Kiser Theater (New York City) [43]

Accolades

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Year Association Category Work Result Ref.
2008 Tony Awards Best Featured Actress in a Play Reasons to Be Pretty Nominated [44]
Theatre World Award Won
2015 Independent Spirit Awards Best Supporting Female Glass Chin Nominated [45]
2020 Audie Awards Best Female Narrator Nothing to See Here Won
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards Pauline Kael Breakout Award The Dark and the Wicked Nominated
Sitges Film Festival Awards Best Actress Special Mention [46]
2021 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards Best Actress Nominated
2023 Audie Awards Audie Award for Audiobook of the Year Remarkably Bright Creatures Nominated [47]
Independent Spirit Awards Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Performance Eileen Nominated

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