A new film biopic is set to illuminate the early years and the start of Sinéad O’Connor’s career (1996-2023). According to the trade outlet Variety, the biopic has been in development since the 2022 documentary Nothing Compares. Among the producers behind the project are the executive producers of the earlier documentary. The production company is collaborating with Nine Daughters and See-Saw Films. The directing duties will be handled by American filmmaker Josephine Decker, with a screenplay by Stacey Gregg. A title or release date has not been announced yet.
Direct link | The documentary Nothing Compares, released before her death, focuses on the years 1987 through 1993
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The Career of the Irish Singer
Sinéad O’Connor was born in Dublin and endured a troubled childhood. In her autobiography Rememberings (Amazon affiliate link) she described that her mother abused her. In her early teenage years she moved to live with her father. After getting in trouble at school several times, she was sent to a boarding school run by the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity. There she reportedly experienced abuse at the hands of clergy. She later attended the Newton School in Waterford.
Her music career began in the 1980s when she co-founded the band Ton Ton Macoute. When the band moved to Dublin, she left school and followed them. That period with the band paved the way for her solo career. At 18 she signed her first recording contract. In 1987 her debut album The Lion and the Cobra was released. Her international breakthrough came in 1990 with the ballad Nothing Compares 2 U. Up to her death in July 2023, she released a total of ten studio albums.
O’Connor also became known for her appearance on Saturday Night Live. In 1992, during her performance of Bob Marley’s song “War,” she ripped up a photograph of the then Pope John Paul II—a protest against child abuse in the Catholic Church. In 2018 the singer converted to Islam.
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Sinéad O’Connor had four children and was married four times. She also repeatedly stated that she was not entirely heterosexual and had sexual relations with both men and women. In 2000 she publicly came out with the words “I actually am a dyke.” A year later she walked back the statement: “I have overcompensated when I called myself a lesbian.” In 2005 she finally said: “I am three quarters heterosexual and one quarter gay. I actually prefer hairy guys.” Later she stated that it was “not right” to call herself bisexual. (spot)
