Bono's daughter and actress Eve Hewson has hit back at The New York Times after they made a blooper about her nationality.
This week a group of Irish actresses which included Eve and Eva Birthistle were left bewildered when The New York Times labelled them as being British. In an end of year list of the best TV of 2022, the newspaper highlighted Sharon Horgan’s comedy Bad Sisters, writing: “A quintet of British actresses - Eva Birthistle, Ann Marie-Duff, Sarah Greene, and Eve Hewson and Sharon Horgan . . . “
However, Eve Hewson who is a daughter of U2 frontman Bono, tweeted back to The New York Times about the error. She wrote: "OH DEAR @nytimesarts. WE ARE IRISH, PLEASE AND THANK YOU.”
Read more: The Dublin-born actress is known for her roles in Bad Sisters and Netflix series Behind Her Eyes
The Dublin native added, “P.S. Anne Marie is Irish/ English but… still.” Hewson is best known for her roles in Bad Sisters and Netflix's hit thriller series Behind Her Eyes.
The article in The New York Times has since been amended, but it comes on the heels of Irish artists and sports people often having their success claimed by British broadcasters and journalists.
After the 2020 Emmy nominations, UK newspapers memorably described Kildare-born actor Paul Mescal and Dubliner Andrew Scott as being British. Meanwhile, in 2016 Irish people were left annoyed when Sky News described Saoirse Ronan as “one of our own”.
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