Jade O’Connor is a theatre maker, writer, singer and actor.
She collaborates and devises with various directors, artists, musicians and theatre companies both nationally & internationally and works across film, theatre, music and dance.
She is delighted to be a 2024 associate artist at THISISPOPBABY.
Jade is a recipient of the Arts Council of Ireland’s Next Generation Award 2023. She was selected to take part in the 2023 Next Stage Programme as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival.
Jade has just completed writing residencies at Tyrone Guthrie Centre and Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris. She has also received an Arts Council of Ireland Commissions Award to develop her new theatre work Dancehall.
She has taken up residency at the National Folk Theatre of Ireland, Siamsa Tire throughout May 2024.
As an screen and stage actor, Jade most recently played the role of Maria Pavlena on the Acorn TV Series Harry Wild, starring Jane Seymour.
In 2021 she made her cinema debut in the film Joyride, starring Olivia Coleman and directed by Emer Reynolds. Jade plays a character called ‘Gunn’ in Seasons 2 & 3 of the MGM/Netflix Show Vikings: Valhalla.
