[2] Auður Íris started her senior career with Haukar in 2009 and helped the team to the Úrvalsdeild finals in 2011, 2014 and 2016.

[9] Auður Íris debuted for the Icelandic national basketball team in 2015.

[10][11] On 23 June 2021, Auður Íris was hired as the head coach of Stjarnan.

[13][14] Auður Íris is the daughter of Ólafur Rafnsson, the former president of FIBA Europe.

[10] Her younger sister, Sigrún Björg Ólafsdóttir, is a member of the Icelandic national team.