Sinéad O'Connor's early life and beginnings in the music industry are set to be explored in a new biopic, Variety reported today, Thursday, August 14.
The new O'Connor biopic "will look to tell the story of how one young woman from Dublin took on the world, examining how her global fame may have been built on her talent, but her name became synonymous with her efforts to draw attention to the crimes committed by the Catholic Church and the Irish state," according to Variety.
Irish production company ie: entertainment, which executive-produced the 2022 O’Connor documentary “Nothing Compares," is involved, as are See-Saw Films and the Irish-founded Nine Daughters.
According to Variety, Josephine Decker is on board to direct, working from a script by Irish writer Stacey Gregg. Tim Clark serving as executive producer on behalf of ie: entertainment. BBC Film is funding the film’s development.
EXCLUSIVE: A Sinéad O’Connor biopic is in development.
The film — from "Slow Horses" banner See-Saw Films and the producers of the 2022 doc "Nothing Compares" — will focus on the early life and career of the iconic Irish musician, who died in 2023. https://t.co/C0cT40sqJj
— Variety (@Variety) August 14, 2025
Dublin native O'Connor - noted for her hit song "Nothing Compares 2 U" - was found dead in her flat in London on July 26, 2023. She was 56 years old. A coroner later ruled that she died of natural causes.
O'Connor's death came after she opened up about her life and career in her 2021 autobiography "Rememberings" and the 2022 documentary "Nothing Compares," both of which received rave reviews.
The Irish singer-songwriter's death was met with widespread tributes both in Ireland and abroad.
Thousands of people lined the streets of Bray, Co Wicklow to pay their respects on the day of the beloved singer's funeral on August 8.
O'Connor was laid to rest in the Garden section of Dublin's Deansgrange Cemetery, the same cemetery where her mother Johanna Marie O'Grady O'Connor, who died in a car accident in 1985, is buried.
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