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19 Facts About Marie Mullen

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Marie Mullen was born on 1953 and is an Irish actress.

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Marie Mullen is known for co-founding the Druid Theatre Company, located in Galway, Ireland.

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Marie Mullen is known for her performance in the 1998 production of The Beauty Queen of Leenane, for which she received a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play.

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Marie Mullen met Hynes and Mick Lally, and they formed the Druid Theatre Company.

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Marie Mullen originated the role of Maureen in Martin McDonagh's The Beauty Queen of Leenane.

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Marie Mullen appeared on Broadway again in The Beauty Queen of Leenane in 1998, and won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play.

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Marie Mullen appeared Off-Broadway in The Cripple of Inishmaan in December 2008, in a co-production of the Druid Theatre Company and the Atlantic Theatre Company.

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Marie Mullen played the role of "Mary", and 30 years later in 2014, the role of "Mommo", in Tom Murphy's play Bailegangaire, presented by the Druid Theatre Company at the Town Hall Theatre, Galway.

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Marie Mullen acted in DruidSynge, a theatre production of the complete plays of John Millington Synge, performed in the same day, by the Druid Theatre Company in which she played parts in five of the six plays.

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Marie Mullen appeared in DruidShakespeare at the Lincoln Center Festival in 2015, directed by Garry Hynes.

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Marie Mullen is set to star as Mrs Paroo in the upcoming Broadway revival of The Music Man set to open in 2022.

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Marie Mullen appeared in the 1994 film Circle of Friends as "Mrs Foley".

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Marie Mullen appeared in the film Hear My Song as "Mickey's Mom".

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Marie Mullen won the 1998 Tony Award for Best Actress in a play for The Beauty Queen of Leenane.

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Marie Mullen received the 2012 Alumni Award for arts, social sciences and Celtic studies from NUI Galway.

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Marie Mullen received an honorary Doctorate of Arts from her alma mater, NUI Galway, in June 2016.

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In 2018 Druid Theatre launched the Marie Mullen Bursary named in her honour.

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Marie Mullen married Irish actor Sean McGinley in 1990, having first met in 1977; they have two children.

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Marie Mullen's husband has been associated with the Druid Theatre Company many times in the past.