Mná na hÉireann - Julie Ryan

Celebrating Irish women at home and abroad. This week’s guest Julie Ryan is an acclaimed Irish film and television producer.  Julie produced The Young Offenders movie, which ran for 24 weeks in cinemas, and became the fastest Irish film to surpass €1 million at the box office. It inspired the successful RTE and BBC series now in its fifth season. She then founded MK1 Studios, a female-led company and one of Ireland’s leading production companies.Her work expands outside of Ireland with co-productions such as Channel 4’s Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama, starring Michael Sheen, the Sky Original film Finding You, starring Vanessa Redgrave… and she also worked on the true crime drama Maxine, landing at No.1 on Netflix in the UK and Ireland. Wow she has done a lot! She is from Cork and lives in Wicklow. For more information visit: www.mnanaheireann.ieFounder and host: Ciara Riordan - www.ciarariordan.com