Garry Hynes (born 10 June 1953) is an Irish theatre director.
She was the first woman to win the prestigious Tony Award for direction of a play.
[1] She is a co-founder of the Druid Theatre Company with Mick Lally and Marie Mullen in 1975 after meeting through the drama society of U.C.G.
[9] Hynes directed DruidSynge, the company's critically acclaimed production of all six of John Millington Synge's plays that premièred at the Galway Arts Festival in 2005 and has since toured to Dublin, Edinburgh, Inis Meáin, Minneapolis and New York.
[14] On 15 June 2006 she was awarded the Freedom of the City of Galway, its highest bestowed honour.