Evan Dow

Marie Mullen, 2026

Oil on steel 

‘Marie Mullen is one of Ireland’s finest actors. I was lucky enough to have a sitting with her while she was playing Lady Macbeth. Her performance was celebrated for its ferocious energy and vitality. In our time speaking together, I was struck by her quiet strength and gentleness. This portrait tries to hold something of that contrast: the presence of the woman sitting before me and the extraordinary force of the performer. It forms part of my ongoing series on Dublin theatre makers.’

Marie Mullen, 2026

Ola ar chruach 

‘Is í Marie Mullen duine de na haisteoirí is fearr in Éirinn. Bhí an t-ádh orm go raibh sí sásta suí dom nuair a bhí sí i mbun páirt Lady Macbeth. Thuill a cur i láthair aitheantas mar gheall ar a fuinneamh agus beocht iontach. Le linn dúinn a bheith i mbun comhrá, tarraingíodh m’aird ar a láidreacht agus cineáltas ciúin. Déantar iarracht gné éigin den chodarsnacht sin a thabhairt chun beochta sa phortráid seo: láithreacht na mná a bhí suite os mo chomhair agus fórsa iontach an aisteora. Is cuid de mo shraith leanúnach faoi amharclannóirí Bhaile Átha Cliath é an saothar seo.’

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