Marin Ireland

 ( 1979 Births ) 

Marin Ireland (born August 30, 1979) is an American actress. Known for her work in theatre and , The New York Times deemed Ireland "one of the great drama queens of the New York stage". She has received nominations for two Independent Spirit Awards and one Tony Awards.

Following a series of guest roles in the Law & Order franchise (2003–2008), Ireland earned praise when she starred in Neil LaBute's Reasons to Be Pretty (2008), for which she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. After parts in films such as The Understudy and Rachel Getting Married (both 2008), Ireland's role in Glass Chin (2014) earned her a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female. Her other film credits include The Family Fang (2015), Hell or High Water (2016), Piercing, The Miseducation of Cameron Post (both 2018), The Irishman (2019), The Dark and the Wicked (2020), and Eileen (2023).

On television, Ireland played Julia Bowman in the Amazon Studios series Sneaky Pete (2015–2019), Sissy Cooper in Netflix's The Umbrella Academy (2020–2022), and Nora Brady in Hulu's (2021).

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Early life A native of Camarillo, California, Ireland was born on August 30, 1979.Wilson, H. W. (2017). "Marin Ireland". Current Biography. November 2017. p. 25. Retrieved April 1, 2025. "Date of birth: August 30, 1979. Occupation: Actor". "YOUR HOROSCOPE, TUESDAY, AUG. 30, 2022: Birthday STAR". The Montreal Gazette. August 30, 2022. p. A11. Retrieved April 1, 2025. "Actor Marin Ireland was born in Camarillo, California, today in 1979. This birthday star has portrayed Sissy Cooper on the series 'The Umbrella Academy' since 2020." She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from The Hartt School, the performing arts music school at the University of Hartford in West Hartford, Connecticut. "Marin Ireland biography" American Repertory Theatre, retrieved April 5, 2010

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Career Ireland made her Off-Broadway debut in Nocturne (2001), a play written by Adam Rapp, which ran at the New York Theatre Workshop. 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.Clay, Carolyn. "The ART's Nocturne hits powerful notes" The Boston Phoenix, October 19–26, 2000 Her other off-Broadway work includes Caryl Churchill's Far Away (2002) at the New York Theatre Workshop.Hernandez, Ernio. "Frances McDormand Opens in Far Away at New York Theatre Workshop, Nov. 11" playbill.com, November 11, 2002 She played the title role in Sabina (2005) by Willy Holtzman at Primary Stages.Murray, Matthew. "'Sabina'" talkinbroadway.com, February 2, 2005 Ireland was featured in the 2008 stage adaptation of The Beebo Brinker Chronicles, a series of lesbian pulp fiction novels by Ann Bannon.Hetrick, Adam. "Fresh Off the Bus: Beebo Brinker Chronicles Arrives Off-Broadway Feb. 19" playbill.com, February 19, 2008 She made her Broadway theatre debut in Reasons to Be Pretty (2009).Brantley, Ben. "First You Shut Up, Then You Grow Up," The New York Times . For this performance, she received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play, and won the Theatre World Award.Lipton, Brian Scott. "Meet the Nominees: reasons to be pretty's Marin Ireland" theatermania.com, May 20, 2009 Theatre World Awards theatreworldawards.org, retrieved April 2, 2010 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.Brantley, Ben. "Theater Review: Seduction by Class Conflict" The New York Times, October 23, 2009 Ireland in the New Group revival of A Lie of the Mind in February and March 2010.Brantley, Ben. "Theater Review:Home Is Where the Soul Aches" The New York Times, February 19, 2010

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. "At Yale Rep: A 'humorous and haunting' world premiere" YaleNews, October 15, 2012 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 dated costar Scott Shepherd. During that period, the couple fought physically at home, with Ireland once appearing at rehearsals with a black eye. Ireland later expressed disappointment that the Wooster Group did not do more to support her, and has lobbied theater unions to create protocols for handling misconduct.

Ireland has gained prominence in television industry, notably for her roles as Julia in the Amazon Studios series Sneaky Pete (2015–2019), Sissy in the Netflix series The Umbrella Academy (2020–2022), and Nora Brady in the Hulu post-apocalyptic drama series (2021). Her leading role in the horror film The Dark and the Wicked (2020) earned her awards from a number of film festivals.

Ireland has narrated several audiobooks, including bestsellers by Fredrik Backman, Anthony Doerr, and Amor Towles. She was awarded an Audie Awards for Best Female Narrator in 2020 for her recording of Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson.

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Filmography

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Film

2004		Army Transcriber
2007	Suburban Girl	Katie
	Mercy	Joyce	Short film
	I Am Legend	Woman Evacuee
2008		Rebecca
	Rachel Getting Married	Angela Paylin
		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
		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		Suzanne Crosby
	This Summer Feeling	Nina
2016	Hell or High Water	Debbie Howard
	In the Radiant City	Laura Yurley
2017		Crystal
	Aardvark	Jenny
	Sollers Point	Kate
	Some Freaks	Georgia
2018	Piercing	Reed's mother
		Bethany
2019	Light from Light	Shelia
		Dolores Sheeran
2020		Louise
		Nora Quail
2023	Eileen	Anne Polk
	Birth/Rebirth	Dr. Rose Casper
	The Boogeyman	Rita Billings
	Somewhere Quiet	Madelin Whitman
2025	Materalists	Violet

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Television

2003		Anais Hutchinson	Episode: "Zoonotic"
2006		Laura Booth	Episode: "Dramma Giocoso"
		Gina Maylor	Episode: "Confrontation"
2008	Law & Order	Mila Hames Lingard	Episode: "Called Home"
2011	Mildred Pierce	Letty	Recurring role; 5 episodes
		Marjorie Garnett	Episode: "In Sickness"
		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		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
		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		Nora Brady	Main role
2022	Gaslit	Judy Hoback	2 episodes
2023		Maureen Downey	8 episodes
2024		Katharine Graham	Episode: "Masquerade 1966"
2025	Dope Thief	Mina	Miniseries
2026	His & Hers	Zoe	Upcoming series

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Theatre

2000	Nocturne	Candice Brown	Adam Rapp	Hasty Pudding Theatre, (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
2001	Nocturne	Candice Brown	Adam Rapp	New York Theatre Workshop (New York City)
2002	Far Away	Joan	Caryl Churchill	New York Theatre Workshop (New York City)
2005	Sabina	Sabina	Willy Holtzman	Primary Stages (New York City)
2008		Laura Chapman	Kate Moira Ryan Linda S. Chapman	Fourth Street Theater (New York City)
	Blasted	Cate	Sarah Kane	Soho Rep (New York City)
2009	Reasons to Be Pretty	Steph	Neil LaBute	Lyceum Theatre (New York City)
	After Miss Julie	Christine	Patrick Marber	American Airlines Theatre (New York City)
2010		Beth	Sam Shepard	Acorn Theatre (New York City)
2011	Three Sisters	Natasha	Anton Chekhov	Classic Stage Company (New York City)
	Margaret and Craig	Margaret Gibson	David Solomon	Powerhouse Theater (New York City)
	Maple and Vine	Katha	Jordan Harrison	Playwrights Horizons (New York City)
2012	Marie Antoinette	Marie Antoinette	David Adjmi	Yale Repertory Theatre (New Haven, Connecticut)
	Troilus and Cressida	Cressida	William Shakespeare	Swan Theatre (Stratford-upon-Avon, UK)
2013		Marion	Clifford Odets	American Airlines Theatre (New York City)
	Marie Antoinette	Marie Antoinette	David Adjmi	Soho Rep (New York City)
2015	Kill Floor	Andy	Abe Koogler	Claire Tow Theater, Lincoln Center (New York City)
2016		Darja	Martyna Majok	Rattlestick Playwrights Theater (New York City)
2017	On the Exhale	Woman	Martin Zimmerman	Black Box Theater (New York City)
2018	Summer and Smoke	Alma Winemiller	Tennessee Williams	Classic Stage Company / Transport Group (New York City)
	Blue Ridge	Alison	Abby Rosebrock	Atlantic Theater Company
2019	Happy Talk	Ljuba	Jesse Eisenberg	The New Group
2021	Morning Sun	Tessa	Simon Stephens	Manhattan Theatre Club
2023	Uncle Vanya	Sonya	Anton Chekhov	A private loft in Flatiron (New York City)
2023	Spain	Helen	Jen Silverman	Second Stage / Tony Kiser Theater (New York City)
2024	Pre-Existing Condition		Marin Ireland	Connelly Theater (New York City)
2025	Ironbound	Darja	Martyna Majok	Ojai Theatre Festival (Ojai, California)

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Accolades

2008	Tony Awards	Best Featured Actress in a Play	Reasons to Be Pretty
	Theatre World Award
2015	Independent Spirit Awards	Best Supporting Female	Glass Chin
2020	Audie Awards	Best Female Narrator	Nothing to See Here
	Florida Film Critics Circle Awards	Pauline Kael Breakout Award	The Dark and the Wicked
	Sitges Film Festival Awards	Best Actress
2021	Fangoria Chainsaw Awards	Best Actress
2023	Audie Awards	Audie Award for Audiobook of the Year	Remarkably Bright Creatures
	Independent Spirit Awards	Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Performance	Eileen

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External links

• Del Signore, John (April 21, 2009). "Marin Ireland, Actor". Gothamist. Accessed January 6, 2010.

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