Teri Hayden, an agent who guided the careers of such notable Irish actors as Gabriel Byrne, Ruth Negga, Brendan Gleeson and his son, Domhnall Gleeson, died April 18 in hospice care in Dublin after a protracted sickness. She was 75.
Within the early Nineteen Eighties, Hayden, coming from a background in finance, anticipated the expansion of Irish theater, tv and movie and with that an rising demand for actors’ illustration at residence. It was Byrne who inspired her to develop into a rep, and she or he launched The Company.
“By no means one to hunt the limelight, she was nonetheless a fearless negotiator, decided to safe the very best deal for her purchasers,” James Byron, a buddy of her household, mentioned in an announcement. “She was additionally liable for anonymously brokering initiatives even when she had no stake within the manufacturing.
“Regardless of the supply of a profitable buyout by a significant Hollywood company, she refused to give up her independence. Teri was inordinately pleased with her occupation and regarded it as a privilege to symbolize her Irish actors each at residence and overseas.”
Final 12 months, Brendan Gleeson devoted the IFTA award he received for his flip in Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees of Inisherin to her. “She has led me by means of this minefield of a occupation that we embrace for years and years,” he mentioned.
Born on April 26, 1948, in Derry, Northern Eire, Teresa Marie O’Connor accomplished her secondary training and moved to Britain, the place she studied economics and finance at Manchester College. She then relocated to Dublin to work at RTE, Eire’s public broadcaster, earlier than opening The Company some 40 years in the past.
Survivors embody her second husband, Brian Palfrey, a author and producer (they have been married for 42 years); her son, Karl, who labored alongside her for 23 years and is now the director of The Company; her daughter, Lisa; and 5 grandchildren.