Awards & Winners

Garry Hynes

Date of Birth 10-June-1953
Place of Birth Roscommon
(Republic of Ireland, County Roscommon)
Nationality Republic of Ireland
Profession Theatre Director
Garry Hynes is an Irish theatre director. She holds the distinction of being the first female to win the prestigious Tony Award for direction of a play. Hynes was born in Ballaghadereen, Roscommon County and educated at St. Louis Convent at Monaghan, the Dominican Convent at Galway, and the National University of Ireland, Galway. She was a co-founder of the Druid Theatre Company with Mick Lally and Maire Mullen in 1975 after meeting through the drama society of NUI Galway where they studied. She was Druid's artistic director from 1975 to 1991, and again from 1995 to date. Hynes directed for the Abbey Theatre from 1984 and was its artistic director from 1991 to 1994, and also the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal Exchange, Manchester, the Kennedy Center and the Royal Court Theatre, London.

Awards by Garry Hynes

Check all the awards nominated and won by Garry Hynes.

2009


Nominations 2009 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Director of a Play The Cripple of Inishmaan
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play The Cripple of Inishmaan

1999


Nominations 1999 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play The Lonesome West

1998


Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play
Honored for : The Beauty Queen of Leenane

Nominations 1998 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play The Beauty Queen of Leenane
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Director of a Play The Beauty Queen of Leenane
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play The Beauty Queen of Leenane

1985


Nominations 1985 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Director The Playboy Of The Western World