About
Amy is an Irish actress and singer.
She graduated with a distinction from the London School of Musical Theatre and studied a BA in Drama and Theatre at Trinity College Dublin.
Amy has appeared in many theatre productions both in Ireland and the UK as well as appearing on RTE's Fair City as Hannah Mark.
She recently finished playing Jackie Kennedy in ‘Jackie’ by Stewart Parker winner Gerard Humphreys. The show successfully ran at the Yeats Memorial, Stephen’s Green, Dublin in October.
When not acting, she works as a producer with The Podcast Studios and The Headstuff Podcast Network, and has worked in radio as a news reader and presenter.
She is represented by Frontline Actors Agency.
Some TV/Stage credits include:
Jackie (The Yeats Memorial), The Moving Bridge (Fightback Festival), A Little Heart (Smock Alley), 24 Hour Plays (Abbey Theatre), Something About Prayers (Filmbase Short), Fair City (RTE), Ledwidge (New Theatre, National Tour), Lockdown (New Theatre, National Tour), Making Dads Army (BBC), Madame Markievicz on Trial (New Theatre, National tour), Peter Pan (Gaiety Theatre), Boys (Cork Arts Theatre), The Last Five Years (Project Arts Centre), If I Were You (Cork Arts Theatre), Immaculate (White Bear Theatre, London), KatieMag (The Everyman Palace/Smock Alley), Who Will Carry The Word (Brockley Jack Theatre, London, Our Town (Camden People’s Theatre, London), Playground Night (Theatre 503, London)
News
“Amy O’Dwyer conjures Jackie charmingly, firstly capturing her girlish energy, and later her political sophistication and nous. ”
“The energy is consistent and O’ Dwyer’s vocal control is especially impressive.”
“Amy O’Dwyer in particular should be commended for creating two extremely different characters despite the restrictive setting of the witness box which prevents huge physicality.”
“O’Farrell is played by Amy O’Dwyer, and having seen her in a number of plays, she has an ability to sink into the role, becoming it in a way that makes her look different, even physically different. Here she holds herself well in the first few seconds. No one could be convinced otherwise that this is not a soldier, a Captain.”