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Fionnula Flanagan is an Irish stage, film, and television actor, as well as a film producer. Born in Dublin in 1941, she began her work period in 1965. She speaks English and Irish.
Flanagan has received a Primetime Emmy Award. She was also nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play.
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Film & TV
Dublin, Ireland
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Fionnghuala Manon Flanagan (born 10 December 1941) is an Irish actress who has worked extensively in theatre, film and television.
Known for
- Mr. K — Ruth Monchien2025
- Four Mothers — Alma2025
- Brown Bread — Betty2025
- Small Town, Big Story — Wendy's Mother2025
- Bodkin — Mother Bernadette2024
- The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes — Grandma’am2023
- Sight — Sister Marie2023
- SisterS — Dymphna2023
- The Santa Stories — Narrator2023
- The Man from Rome — Duchess Cruz Bruner2022
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Key facts
- Born
- Fionnghuala Manon Flanagan , ( 1941-12-10 ) December 10, 1941 (age 84) , Dublin , Ireland
- Education
- Abbey Theatre School
- Occupation
- Actress
- Years active
- 1965–present
- Works
- Filmography
- Spouse
- Garrett O'Connor ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1972 ; died 2015 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Flanagan
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Republic of Ireland
- Place of birth
- Dublin
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- Irish
- Award
- Primetime Emmy Award
- Image
- Fionnula Flanagan (2018) (cropped).jpg
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- Fionnula Flanagan
- date of birth
- 1941-12-10
- nominated for
- Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play
- start of work period
- 1965-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Fionnghuala Manon "Fionnula" Flanagan (born 10 December 1941) is an Irish actress. Flanagan is best known for her roles in the films James Joyce's Women (1985), Some Mother's Son (1996), Waking Ned (1998), The Others (2001), Four Brothers (2005), Yes Man (2008), The Guard (2011) and Song of the Sea (2014). She is also known for her recurring role as Eloise Hawking in the series Lost (2007–2010). Notable stage productions she has performed in include Ulysses in Nighttown and The Ferryman, both of which earned her Tony Award nominations for Best Featured Actress in a Play.
For her contributions to the entertainment industry, she was given the IFTA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012. She was honoured with the Maureen O'Hara Award at the Kerry Film Festival in 2011, the award is offered to women who have excelled in their chosen field in film. She was also nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards (winning one) and won a Saturn Award. In 2020, she was listed at #23 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors.
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