Olwen Kelly is Irish.
'Best Actress' in the Irish Times/ESB theatre awards 2011 for "Sodome, My Love" by Laurent Gaud produced by Rough Magic in association with TheEmergencyRoom'Samuel Beckett Award' at the Dublin Theatre Festival for her role as Hester Swane in the world premiere of "By the Bog of Cats" by Marina Carr at the Abbey Theatre 1998
 She worked with artist Andrew Duggan on "unravel_ris" on Inis Oirr, Dublin Biennial and University of Lyon

