“The fiery Irene Glezos blazes with intensity, a warrior who throws away her shield so we can see the nakedness beneath.”
— David A. Rosenberg for Connecticut Critics Circle
 

Meet Irene Glezos

Irene Glezos is an award-winning actress, writer and producer. A native of Washington DC, she graduated with a degree in drama from Catholic University and has pursued a career that includes stage, screen and television. Favorite stage roles include Lady in several productions of Tennessee Williams' Orpheus Descending in New York City, Provincetown and New Orleans for which she was nominated Best Actress by the Big Easy Entertainment Awards in NOLA and as Maria Callas in Terrence McNally's Master Class for which she was nominated Outstanding Leading Actress by the Connecticut Critics Circle in 2025.

Other favorite theatrical credits include Fairouz in the U.S. premiere of Naomi Wallace's In the Heart of America (directed by Tony Kushner at the Long Wharf Theatre), Clare in Playhouse Creatures’ Off-Broadway production of Tennessee Williams’ The Two Character Play and Georgie in Simon Stephens' Heisenberg directed by Austin Pendleton at TheaterLab in NYC. Her work in television includes appearances on most of the Law and Orders, FBI, Sex and the City, The Blacklist, And Just Like That and in The Networks streaming series The Artist which stars Mandy Patinkin and Janet McTeer. She's appeared in many films including Woody Allen’s Celebrity, Gravitas Ventures' Delusional now streaming on Amazon and in Tony’s Auto Garage as mob boss mom Belle which opened the SoHo Film Festival.