Garry Hynes founded Druid in Galway in 1975 with Marie Mullen and Mick Lally and is its Artistic Director.
From 1991 to 1994 she was Artistic Director of the Abbey Theatre, Dublin.
In a long and distinguished career, she has also worked with the Gate Theatre in Dublin and internationally with a range of theatrical institutions, including the Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford-on-Avon.