About Mary
Mary Murray is an Irish film, television and stage actress, best known for The Magdalene Sisters, Love/Hate and Adam & Paul. She is also director of Visions Drama School and Agency in her native Dublin.

Most Recent & Upcoming Projects
Mary most recently played Bessie Burgess in The Abbey Theatre’s centenary production of Plough and the Stars by Sean O Casey and directed by Tom Creed.
After it's sell out and extended runs at Smock Alley, The Viking Theatre, The Pavillion and Bewley's Cafe Theatre Mary's one woman show COSIMA, written by Sheena Lambert (winner of best play at the Zebbie Writers Guild Awards) will be performed at The Pavillion, Dun Laoghaire and Bewleys Cafe Thestre this December 2026. She will also perform a three week long run in London in May 2027.Based on the life of Cosima, the second wife of German composer Richard Wagner and daughter of composer and pianist Franz Liszt this show has garnered rave reviews and is Mary's favourite role to date.
Mary is excited to perform a brand new theatre piece by Deirdre Kinahan in November 2026. More news on that later.
Mary is currently working in Germany this May and June 2026 with Fishamble Theatre Company on a brand new production by Deirdre Kinahan alongside Staattheatre Mainz based on the Palatines in Ireland. She will tour this production at the Dublin Theatre Festival in September/October 2026 before returning to Germany to perform again in late October.
Mary won ‘Best Actress’ at the BBC Audio Drama Awards for the role of Janet in The Pride of Parnell Street by Sebastian Barry. Directed by Jim Culleton of Fishamble Theatre Company and performed alongside Aidan Kelly.
https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2023/bbc-audio-drama-awards-winners.
She is the director of Visions Drama School and Agency in Dublin.
Notable Roles
Mary played Janet in seasons 3, 4 and 5 of the hit TV Series Love/Hate for which she was nominated best leading actress and best supporting actress at the IFTAS.
Other notable productions include The Magdalene Sisters, Adam and Paul and Penny Dreadful.

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