Sinead O'Connor biopic in the works

Irish Daily Mirror

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A biopic of the late Sinead O'Connor is rumoured to be in the works.
Variety has learned a movie about the life of the Nothing Compares 2 U singer has been commissioned by See-Saw Films, who produced Slow Horses and The Power of the Dog.
The film will tell the story of the early life and career of the Bray musician, who died in 2023 at the age of 56, her rise in the music world, and how she used her platform to challenge powerful institutions.
The biopic aims to capture the story of a young artist whose talent and activism left a lasting global impact.
Behind the project is Irish production company ie: entertainment, which executive-produced the critically-acclaimed O'Connor documentary Nothing Compares, and worked with the singer in the process, alongside fellow Irish banner Nine Daughters (God's Creatures, Lady Macbeth) and See-Saw Films (Slow Horses, The Power of the Dog). Irish pop and rock singer and musician Sinead O'Connor (Image: Star Tribune via Getty Images)
Nine Daughters and See-Saw reunite having previously collaborated on Ammonite.
Sinead was one of Ireland's most influential cultural figures, who rose to international fame with her 1990 album I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got, featuring the global hit Nothing Compares 2 U.
The track earned her a Grammy, multiple international awards, and made her the first woman to win MTV Video of the Year.
Beyond her music, Sinead was a vocal activist, addressing issues such as sexism in the music industry and abuses within the Catholic Church.
Her 1992 appearance on Saturday Night Live, where she tore up a photograph of Pope John Paul II, remains one of her most-discussed moments in television history. Sinead O'Connor in Nothing Compares 2 U music video (Image: YouTube/Sinead O'Connor)
The biopic will explore O'Connor's upbringing in Dublin, her rise in the music world, and how she used her platform to challenge powerful institutions. The film aims to capture the story of a young artist whose talent and activism left a lasting global impact.
It comes after last month her father Sean revealed he visits her grave every week.
The 87-year-old told Oliver Callan on his RTE Radio 1 show: "When Sinéad passed, I cried my eyes out for a fortnight. I still miss her," he told Callan. "Of course it's a comfort (the outpouring of grief by the public), but Sinéad had two personas.
"One was in the public arena and the other was with her family and I saw her funeral as being lovely for her fans. Sean O'Connor with Oliver Callan
"At a personal level, I've never had publicity in respect of Sinéad and it made it all the more hurtful for all of us when she died.
"I visit her grave every week... and we have a conversation and I bring her up to date."
The radio presenter asked what he did for Sinéad when "the fame part was cruel to her", and he replied: "You can't do anything except be there.
"Sinéad could be outrageous in the public world and she could be outrageous in the family, she could be cranky. In the end I always had compassion for her, she was always on the edge.
"We got on very well, most of the time, sometimes she'd fall out with me."
He also recounted the happy memory of the last time he saw Sinéad when they took a three-night holiday in Wexford and said that having so much family around him helped when she died.
"It was a sad time, the extent of the family around me helped," he added.
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