Fionnula Flanagan: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
→Television: Added her appearance in The Bionic Woman, "Road to Nashville" episode. |
m Remove template per TfD outcome |
||
| (59 intermediate revisions by 44 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{short description|Irish actress}} |
{{short description|Irish actress (born 1941)}} |
||
{{EngvarB|date=August 2019}} |
{{EngvarB|date=August 2019}} |
||
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} |
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} |
||
| Line 27: | Line 27: | ||
}} |
}} |
||
'''Fionnghuala Manon''' "'''Fionnula'''" '''Flanagan'''<ref name="Dubhghaill">{{cite web |last1=Doyle |first1=Jim |title=Birth of Actress Fionnghuala Flanagan |url=https://seamusdubhghaill.com/2017/12/10/birth-of-actress-fionnghuala-flanagan/ |website=Seamus Dubhghaill |date=December 10, 2017 |access-date=16 August 2022}}</ref><ref name="ClanFlan">{{cite web |title=Noteworthy Flanagans |url=http://clanflanagan.org/biography/noteworthy.shtml |website=Clan Flanagan |access-date=16 August 2022}}</ref> (born 10 December 1941) is an Irish stage, television, and film actress. Flanagan is known for her roles in the films ''[[James Joyce's Women]]'' (1985), ''[[Some Mother's Son]]'' (1996), ''[[Waking Ned]]'' (1998), ''[[The Others (2001 film)|The Others]]'' (2001), ''[[Four Brothers (film)|Four Brothers]]'' (2005), ''[[Yes Man (film)|Yes Man]]'' (2008), ''[[The Guard (2011 film)|The Guard]]'' (2011) and ''[[Song of the Sea (2014 film)|Song of the Sea]]'' (2014). She is also known for her recurring role as [[List of Lost characters#The Others|Eloise Hawking]] in the series ''[[Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]'' (2007–2010). Notable stage productions she has performed in include ''[[Ulysses in Nighttown]]'' and ''[[The Ferryman (play)|The Ferryman]]'', both of which earned her [[Tony Award]] nominations for [[Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play|Best Featured Actress in a Play]]. |
|||
| ⚫ | |||
| ⚫ | For her contributions to the entertainment industry, she was given the [[Irish Film & Television Academy|IFTA]] Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012. She was honored 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 Award]]s (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.<ref>[https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/the-50-greatest-irish-film-actors-of-all-time-in-order-1.4271988 The 50 greatest Irish film actors of all time – in order], ''[[Irish Times]]'', June 13, 2020</ref> |
||
==Early life and education== |
==Early life and education== |
||
Flanagan was born and raised in [[Dublin]], the daughter of Rosanna (''[[née]]'' McGuirk) and Terence Niall Flanagan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/70/Fionnula-Flanagan.html|title=Fionnula Flanagan Biography (1941–)|publisher=filmreference.com|access-date=22 December 2016}}</ref> Her father was an Irish Army officer and Communist who had fought in the [[International Brigades]] in the [[Spanish Civil War]] against [[Francisco Franco|Franco]].<ref>[http://www.rte.ie/tv/whodoyouthinkyouare/outline_fionnula.html RTE One, My Story: Fionnula Flanagan]. Retrieved 14 June 2016</ref> Although her parents were not |
Flanagan was born and raised in [[Dublin]], the daughter of Rosanna (''[[née]]'' McGuirk) and Terence Niall Flanagan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/70/Fionnula-Flanagan.html|title=Fionnula Flanagan Biography (1941–)|publisher=filmreference.com|access-date=22 December 2016}}</ref> Her father was an Irish Army officer and Communist who had fought in the [[International Brigades]] in the [[Spanish Civil War]] against [[Francisco Franco|Franco's]] [[Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War)|Nationalists]].<ref>[http://www.rte.ie/tv/whodoyouthinkyouare/outline_fionnula.html RTE One, My Story: Fionnula Flanagan]. Retrieved 14 June 2016 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150303182154/http://www.rte.ie/tv/whodoyouthinkyouare/outline_fionnula.html |date=3 March 2015 }}</ref> Although her parents were not Gaelic speakers, they wanted Fionnula and her four siblings to learn the [[Gaeilge|Irish language]]; thus she grew up speaking English and Gaelic fluently. She was educated in Switzerland and England. She trained extensively at the [[Abbey Theatre]] in Dublin and travelled throughout Europe before settling in Los Angeles in early 1968.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}} |
||
==Career== |
==Career== |
||
{{BLP sources section|date=July 2022}} |
|||
Flanagan made her acting debut as the lead role of Máire in [[Máiréad Ní Ghráda]]'s Irish-language play ''[[An Triail]]'' at the [[Damer Hall|Damer Theatre]] in 1964. She continued the role in the radio version and rose to national prominence in the [[RTÉ One|Teilifís Éireann]] television adaptation, for which she won the 1965 [[Jacob's Award]] for her "outstanding performance".<ref>''The Irish Times'', "Television awards presented", 9 December 1965</ref><ref>{{Cite |
Flanagan made her acting debut as the lead role of Máire in [[Máiréad Ní Ghráda]]'s Irish-language play ''[[An Triail]]'' at the [[Damer Hall|Damer Theatre]] in 1964. She continued the role in the radio version and rose to national prominence in the [[RTÉ One|Teilifís Éireann]] television adaptation, for which she won the 1965 [[Jacob's Award]] for her "outstanding performance".<ref>''The Irish Times'', "Television awards presented", 9 December 1965</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/on-revolutions-and-revelations-1.693233|title = On revolutions and revelations| newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] }}</ref> With her portrayal of Gerty McDowell in the film version of ''[[Ulysses (1967 film)|Ulysses]]'' (1967), Flanagan established herself as one of the foremost interpreters of [[James Joyce]]. She made her Broadway debut in [[Brian Friel]]'s ''[[Lovers (play)|Lovers]]'' (1968), then appeared in ''[[The Incomparable Max]]'' (1971) and such Joycean theatrical projects as ''[[Ulysses in Nighttown]]'' (as Molly Bloom) and ''[[James Joyce's Women]]'' (1977; toured through 1979), a one-woman show written by Flanagan and directed for the stage by [[Burgess Meredith]]. It was subsequently filmed in 1983, with Flanagan both producing and playing all six main female roles (Joyce's wife, Nora Barnacle, as well as fictional characters Molly Bloom, Gerty McDowell, etc.). In 2018 she returned to Broadway in [[Jez Butterworth]]'s ''[[The Ferryman (play)|The Ferryman]]'', directed by [[Sam Mendes]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://royalcourttheatre.com/tickets-released-broadway-transfer-jez-butterworths-ferryman/ |title=Tickets Released for Broadway Transfer of Jez Butterworth's The Ferryman - Royal Court|date=5 March 2018 |work=Royal Court |access-date=13 March 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Clement |first=Olivia |url=http://www.playbill.com/article/tony-winning-the-ferryman-ends-on-broadway-july-7# |title=Tony-Winning 'The Ferryman' Ends on Broadway July 7 |magazine=[[Playbill]] |date=July 7, 2019 }}</ref> |
||
A familiar presence in American television, Flanagan has appeared in several [[Television film|made-for-TV movies]] including ''[[The Legend of Lizzie Borden]]'' (1975) starring [[Elizabeth Montgomery]], ''Mary White'' (1977), ''[[Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure|The Ewok Adventure]]'' (1984) and ''A Winner Never Quits'' (1986). She won an [[Emmy Award]] for her performance as Clothilde in the 1976 network miniseries ''[[Rich Man, Poor Man (miniseries)|Rich Man, Poor Man]]''. Her weekly-series stints have included Aunt Molly Culhane in ''[[How the West Was Won (TV series)|How the West Was Won]]'' (1977), which earned her a second [[Emmy Award]] nomination. She did multiple appearances on ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]'', one of them as Freida, a secretary aiding [[Jessica Fletcher]] in finding a murderer on the episode ''Steal me a Story'' (1987). She played Lt. Guyla Cook in ''[[Hard Copy]]'' (1987), and as Kathleen Meacham, wife of a police chief played by [[John Mahoney]] in ''[[H.E.L.P.]]'' (1990). |
A familiar presence in American television, Flanagan has appeared in several [[Television film|made-for-TV movies]] including ''[[The Legend of Lizzie Borden]]'' (1975) starring [[Elizabeth Montgomery]], ''Mary White'' (1977), ''[[Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure|The Ewok Adventure]]'' (1984) and ''A Winner Never Quits'' (1986). She won an [[Emmy Award]] for her performance as Clothilde in the 1976 network miniseries ''[[Rich Man, Poor Man (miniseries)|Rich Man, Poor Man]]''. Her weekly-series stints have included Aunt Molly Culhane in ''[[How the West Was Won (TV series)|How the West Was Won]]'' (1977), which earned her a second [[Emmy Award]] nomination. She did multiple appearances on ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]'', one of them as Freida, a secretary aiding [[Jessica Fletcher]] in finding a murderer on the episode ''Steal me a Story'' (1987). She played Lt. Guyla Cook in ''[[Hard Copy]]'' (1987), and as Kathleen Meacham, wife of a police chief played by [[John Mahoney]] in ''[[H.E.L.P.]]'' (1990). |
||
She made guest appearances in three of the ''[[Star Trek]]'' series: ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' in episode [[Dax ( |
She made guest appearances in three of the ''[[Star Trek]]'' series: ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' in episode "[[Dax (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode)|Dax]]", playing Enina Tandro; ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' in episode [[Inheritance (TNG episode)|"Inheritance"]], in which she played [[Juliana Soong]] ([[Data (Star Trek)|Data]]'s "mother"); and ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' in episode "[[Fallen Hero]]", playing the [[Vulcan (Star Trek)|Vulcan]] Ambassador V'Lar.<ref name="Tasting">{{cite web |date=April 17, 2014 |author=STARTREK.COM STAFF |title=INTERVIEW: Fionnula Flanagan Talks Trek & Tasting Menu |url=https://www.startrek.com/article/interview-fionnula-flanagan-talks-trek-tasting-menu |website=StarTrek.com }}</ref> |
||
Flanagan guest-starred in several episodes of ''[[Lost (TV series)|Lost]]'' as [[Eloise Hawking]]. She appeared in such films as ''[[The Others (2001 film)|The Others]]'' opposite [[Nicole Kidman]], ''[[The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (film)|The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood]]'' as the eldest Teensy, and ''[[Waking Ned]]''. She appeared in television series and stage productions including the [[Emmy]]-nominated miniseries ''[[Revelations (TV miniseries)|Revelations]]'', starring [[Bill Pullman]] and [[Natascha McElhone]], and in ''[[Transamerica (film)|Transamerica]]'', starring [[Felicity Huffman]]. From 2006 to 2008, she played Rose Caffee, the matriarch of an Irish-American [[Rhode Island]] family on the [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]] drama ''[[Brotherhood (U.S. TV series)|Brotherhood]]''. |
Flanagan guest-starred in several episodes of ''[[Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]'' as [[Eloise Hawking]]. She appeared in such films as ''[[The Others (2001 film)|The Others]]'' opposite [[Nicole Kidman]], ''[[The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (film)|The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood]]'' as the eldest Teensy, and ''[[Waking Ned]]''. She appeared in television series and stage productions including the [[Emmy]]-nominated miniseries ''[[Revelations (TV miniseries)|Revelations]]'', starring [[Bill Pullman]] and [[Natascha McElhone]], and in ''[[Transamerica (film)|Transamerica]]'', starring [[Felicity Huffman]]. From 2006 to 2008, she played Rose Caffee, the matriarch of an Irish-American [[Rhode Island]] family on the [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]] drama ''[[Brotherhood (U.S. TV series)|Brotherhood]]''. |
||
[[File:Fionnula Flanagan (2018) (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|200px|In [[New York City|NYC]], April 2018 |
[[File:Fionnula Flanagan (2018) (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|200px|In [[New York City|NYC]], April 2018]] |
||
==Personal life== |
==Personal life== |
||
Flanagan appeared with [[Helen Mirren]] in ''[[Some Mother's Son]]'', written and directed by [[Terry George]], as the militantly supportive mother of a [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] hunger striker in 1981. Subsequently, she spoke at a memorial hosted by [[Sinn Féin]] at the Citywest Hotel in [[Dublin]] for [[Irish republicans]] and their kin who were killed during the latest episode of [[the Troubles]] in Northern Ireland.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/sinn-fein-honours-ira-dead-at-dublin-event-1.1085065 |title=Sinn Fein honours IRA dead at Dublin event |publisher=[[irishtimes.com]] |access-date=10 November 2020 }}</ref> |
Flanagan appeared with [[Helen Mirren]] in ''[[Some Mother's Son]]'', written and directed by [[Terry George]], as the militantly supportive mother of a [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] hunger striker in 1981. Subsequently, she spoke at a memorial hosted by [[Sinn Féin]] at the Citywest Hotel in [[Dublin]] for [[Irish republicans]] and their kin who were killed during the latest episode of [[the Troubles]] in Northern Ireland.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/sinn-fein-honours-ira-dead-at-dublin-event-1.1085065 |title=Sinn Fein honours IRA dead at Dublin event |publisher=[[irishtimes.com]] |access-date=10 November 2020 }}</ref> Flanagan has made €3000 worth of donations to the party.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hollywood stars among Sinn Fein donors who pledged $€12m to party |url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/herald/news/hollywood-stars-among-sinn-fein-donors-who-pledged-12m-to-party-31043008.html |work=Irish Independent}}</ref> |
||
Flanagan and her late husband Garrett O'Connor, an Irish nationalist from Dublin,<ref>[http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20071486,00.html How Flanagan and O'Connor met] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927192319/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20071486,00.html |date=27 September 2013 }}, ''People''. Retrieved 21 July 2014.</ref> were known to host parties at their [[Hollywood Hills]] home for people in the Irish community. In July 2009, she joined Sinn Féin president [[Gerry Adams]] for a series of lectures across the US supporting Irish unity. In October 2011, she announced her support for |
Flanagan and her late husband Garrett O'Connor, an Irish nationalist from Dublin,<ref>[http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20071486,00.html How Flanagan and O'Connor met] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927192319/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20071486,00.html |date=27 September 2013 }}, ''People''. Retrieved 21 July 2014.</ref> were known to host parties at their [[Hollywood Hills]] home for people in the Irish community. In July 2009, she joined Sinn Féin president [[Gerry Adams]] for a series of lectures across the US supporting Irish unity. In October 2011, she announced her support for Sinn Féin politician [[Martin McGuinness]] in his unsuccessful bid in Ireland's 2011 [[2011 Irish presidential election|presidential election]].<ref name="McGuinnessYoutube">{{YouTube|H5ZK2DeZ_EM|Fionnuala Flanagan endorsement of Martin McGuinness}}</ref> |
||
==Filmography== |
==Filmography== |
||
| Line 78: | Line 81: | ||
|- |
|- |
||
| 1977 |
| 1977 |
||
| ''Mary White'' |
| ''[[Mary White (film)|Mary White]]'' |
||
| Sallie White |
| Sallie White |
||
| |
| |
||
| Line 98: | Line 101: | ||
|- |
|- |
||
| 1984 |
| 1984 |
||
| ''Scorned and Swindled'' |
| ''[[Scorned and Swindled]]'' |
||
| Margaret |
| Margaret |
||
| |
| |
||
| Line 290: | Line 293: | ||
| ''[[Birthmarked (film)|Birthmarked]]'' |
| ''[[Birthmarked (film)|Birthmarked]]'' |
||
| Mrs. Tridek |
| Mrs. Tridek |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| 2019 |
| 2019 |
||
| Line 297: | Line 300: | ||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|2022 |
|||
| ''[[The Man from Rome]]'' |
|||
| Cruz Bruner |
|||
| ⚫ | |||
| ⚫ | |||
| 2023 |
|||
| ''[[The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes]]'' |
|||
| Grandma'am |
|||
| ⚫ | |||
|- |
|||
| 2024 |
|||
| ''[[Sight (2024 film)|Sight]]'' |
|||
| Sister Marie <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.angel.com/press/sight | title=Sight | Now Streaming for Angel Guild Members }}</ref> |
|||
| |
|||
|- |
|||
|2024 |
|||
|''[[Mr. K (film)|Mr. K]]'' |
|||
|TBA |
|||
|Post-production |
|||
|- |
|||
| 2024 |
|||
| ''[[Four Mothers (upcoming film)|Four Mothers]]'' |
|||
| |
|||
|Post-production<ref>{{cite web|website=RTE|accessdate=24 January 2024|title= Screen Ireland announces film and TV projects for 2024|date=24 January 2024|url= https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2024/0124/1428203-screen-ireland-announces-film-and-tv-projects-for-2024/}}</ref> |
|||
|} |
|} |
||
| Line 340: | Line 367: | ||
| ''[[The Legend of Lizzie Borden]]'' |
| ''[[The Legend of Lizzie Borden]]'' |
||
| Bridget Sullivan |
| Bridget Sullivan |
||
| [[Television film|TV movie]] |
|||
| ⚫ | |||
|- |
|- |
||
| 1976 |
| 1976 |
||
| ''[[Rich Man, Poor Man ( |
| ''[[Rich Man, Poor Man (miniseries)|Rich Man, Poor Man]]'' |
||
| Clothilde |
| Clothilde |
||
| Episode: "Part II: Chapters 3 and 4"<br />[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series]] |
| Episode: "Part II: Chapters 3 and 4"<br />[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series]] |
||
| Line 361: | Line 388: | ||
| Tammy |
| Tammy |
||
| Episode: "Road to Nashville" |
| Episode: "Road to Nashville" |
||
|- |
|||
| 1976 |
|||
| ''[[Nightmare in Badham County]]'' |
|||
| Dulcie |
|||
| TV movie |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| 1978–1979 |
| 1978–1979 |
||
| ''[[How the West Was Won (TV series)|How the West Was Won]]'' |
| ''[[How the West Was Won (TV series)|How the West Was Won]]'' |
||
| Molly Cullhane |
| Molly Cullhane |
||
| |
| Main cast (seasons 2–3)<br />Nominated–[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series]] |
||
|- |
|||
| 1982 |
|||
| ''[[Benson (TV series)|Benson]]'' |
|||
| Rose Sullivan |
|||
| Episode: "Sweet Irish Rose" |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| 1983 |
| 1983 |
||
| Line 375: | Line 412: | ||
| ''[[A Winner Never Quits]]'' |
| ''[[A Winner Never Quits]]'' |
||
| Mrs. Wyshner |
| Mrs. Wyshner |
||
| TV movie |
|||
| ⚫ | |||
|- |
|- |
||
| 1987 |
| 1987 |
||
| Line 395: | Line 432: | ||
| ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' |
| ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' |
||
| Enina Tandro |
| Enina Tandro |
||
| Episode: "[[Dax (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)|Dax]]" |
| Episode: "[[Dax (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode)|Dax]]" |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| 1993 |
| 1993 |
||
| Line 408: | Line 445: | ||
|- |
|- |
||
| 1993 |
| 1993 |
||
| ''[[Dr. Quinn |
| ''[[Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman]]'' |
||
| Heart |
| Heart |
||
| Episode: "The Circus – The Queen of Hearts" |
| Episode: "The Circus – The Queen of Hearts" |
||
| Line 438: | Line 475: | ||
|- |
|- |
||
| 2003 |
| 2003 |
||
| ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]'' |
| ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]'': ''The Celtic Riddle'' |
||
| Margaret Byrne |
| Margaret Byrne |
||
| |
| TV movie |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| 2004 |
| 2004 |
||
| Line 448: | Line 485: | ||
|- |
|- |
||
| 2005 |
| 2005 |
||
| ''[[Revelations (TV |
| ''[[Revelations (2005 TV series)|Revelations]]'' |
||
| Mother Francine |
| Mother Francine |
||
| [[Miniseries]] |
|||
| ⚫ | |||
|- |
|- |
||
| 2007 |
| 2007 |
||
| ''Paddywhackery'' |
| ''Paddywhackery'' |
||
| [[Peig Sayers]] |
| [[Peig Sayers]] |
||
| |
| Main cast<br />Nominated–[[Irish Film & Television Awards|Irish Film and Television Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Television]] |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| 2006–2008 |
| 2006–2008 |
||
| ''[[Brotherhood ( |
| ''[[Brotherhood (American TV series)|Brotherhood]]'' |
||
| Rose Caffee |
| Rose Caffee |
||
| |
| Main cast<br />[[Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film]]<br />Nominated–[[Irish Film & Television Awards|Irish Film and Television Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role – Television]]<br />Nominated–[[Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film]] |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| 2007–2010 |
| 2007–2010 |
||
| ''[[Lost (TV series)|Lost]]'' |
| ''[[Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]'' |
||
| [[List of Lost characters#The Others|Eloise Hawking]] |
| [[List of Lost characters#The Others|Eloise Hawking]] |
||
| 7 episodes |
| 7 episodes |
||
| Line 470: | Line 507: | ||
| ''[[Defiance (TV series)|Defiance]]'' |
| ''[[Defiance (TV series)|Defiance]]'' |
||
| Nicolette "Nicky" Riordan |
| Nicolette "Nicky" Riordan |
||
| |
| 8 episodes |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| 2017 |
| 2017 |
||
| ''[[Kat & Alfie: Redwater|Redwater]]'' |
|||
| ''[[Redwater (TV series)|Redwater]]''<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/news/a790227/eastenders-spinoff-redwater-casts-lost-and-the-others-star-fionnula-flanagan/|title=EastEnders spinoff Redwater casts Lost and The Others star Fionnula Flanagan in main part|last=Kilkelly|first=Daniel|date=11 April 2016|work=[[Digital Spy]]|access-date=11 April 2016}}</ref> |
|||
| [[Agnes Byrne]] |
| [[Agnes Byrne]] |
||
| Main cast |
|||
| ⚫ | |||
|- |
|- |
||
| 2017 |
| 2017 |
||
| Line 491: | Line 528: | ||
| Mia Anderson |
| Mia Anderson |
||
| Episode: "Funeral Blues" |
| Episode: "Funeral Blues" |
||
|- |
|||
| 2022 |
|||
| ''[[Strike (TV series)|Strike]]'' |
|||
| Oonagh Kennedy |
|||
| Episode: "Troubled Blood: Part 1" |
|||
|- |
|||
| 2023 |
|||
| ''[[Smother (TV series)|Smother]]'' |
|||
| Caro Noonan |
|||
| ⚫ | |||
|- |
|||
| 2023 |
|||
| ''[[Bad Sisters]]'' |
|||
| Dymphna |
|||
| Episode: "This Too Shall Pass" |
|||
|- |
|||
| 2024 |
|||
| ''[[Bodkin (TV series)|Bodkin]]'' |
|||
| Mother Bernadette |
|||
| 3 Episodes |
|||
|} |
|} |
||
| Line 502: | Line 559: | ||
==External links== |
==External links== |
||
{{Commons category}} |
{{Commons category}} |
||
* {{IMDb name |
* {{IMDb name}} |
||
* {{IBDB name}} |
* {{IBDB name}} |
||
* {{Amg name|89947}} |
|||
{{Navboxes |
{{Navboxes |
||
| Line 510: | Line 566: | ||
|list = |
|list = |
||
{{EmmyAward DramaGuestActress 1976-2000}} |
{{EmmyAward DramaGuestActress 1976-2000}} |
||
{{IFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Film}} |
|||
{{Satellite Award Best Supporting Actress Series Miniseries or Television Film}} |
{{Satellite Award Best Supporting Actress Series Miniseries or Television Film}} |
||
{{Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress}} |
{{Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress}} |
||
| Line 519: | Line 576: | ||
[[Category:1941 births]] |
[[Category:1941 births]] |
||
[[Category:Living people]] |
[[Category:Living people]] |
||
[[Category:Irish |
[[Category:Irish expatriate actresses in the United States]] |
||
[[Category:Irish film actresses]] |
[[Category:Irish film actresses]] |
||
[[Category:Irish television actresses]] |
[[Category:Irish television actresses]] |
||
[[Category:Irish stage actresses]] |
[[Category:Irish stage actresses]] |
||
[[Category:Actresses from Dublin (city)]] |
[[Category:Actresses from Dublin (city)]] |
||
[[Category:Emmy Award winners]] |
[[Category:Primetime Emmy Award winners]] |
||
[[Category:Jacob's Award winners]] |
[[Category:Jacob's Award winners]] |
||
[[Category:20th-century Irish actresses]] |
[[Category:20th-century Irish actresses]] |
||
[[Category:21st-century Irish actresses]] |
[[Category:21st-century Irish actresses]] |
||
[[Category:People from Churchtown, Dublin]] |
[[Category:People from Churchtown, Dublin]] |
||
[[Category:Expatriate actresses in the United States]] |
|||
Latest revision as of 16:29, 22 December 2024
Fionnula Flanagan | |
|---|---|
 Flanagan in 2012 | |
| Born | Fionnghuala Manon Flanagan 10 December 1941 Dublin, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Education | Abbey Theatre School |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1965–present |
| Spouse |
Garrett O'Connor
(m. 1972; died 2015) |
Fionnghuala Manon "Fionnula" Flanagan[1][2] (born 10 December 1941) is an Irish stage, television, and film actress. Flanagan is 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 honored 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.[3]
Early life and education
[edit]Flanagan was born and raised in Dublin, the daughter of Rosanna (née McGuirk) and Terence Niall Flanagan.[4] Her father was an Irish Army officer and Communist who had fought in the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War against Franco's Nationalists.[5] Although her parents were not Gaelic speakers, they wanted Fionnula and her four siblings to learn the Irish language; thus she grew up speaking English and Gaelic fluently. She was educated in Switzerland and England. She trained extensively at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin and travelled throughout Europe before settling in Los Angeles in early 1968.[citation needed]
Career
[edit] | This section of a biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. (July 2022) |
Flanagan made her acting debut as the lead role of Máire in Máiréad Ní Ghráda's Irish-language play An Triail at the Damer Theatre in 1964. She continued the role in the radio version and rose to national prominence in the Teilifís Éireann television adaptation, for which she won the 1965 Jacob's Award for her "outstanding performance".[6][7] With her portrayal of Gerty McDowell in the film version of Ulysses (1967), Flanagan established herself as one of the foremost interpreters of James Joyce. She made her Broadway debut in Brian Friel's Lovers (1968), then appeared in The Incomparable Max (1971) and such Joycean theatrical projects as Ulysses in Nighttown (as Molly Bloom) and James Joyce's Women (1977; toured through 1979), a one-woman show written by Flanagan and directed for the stage by Burgess Meredith. It was subsequently filmed in 1983, with Flanagan both producing and playing all six main female roles (Joyce's wife, Nora Barnacle, as well as fictional characters Molly Bloom, Gerty McDowell, etc.). In 2018 she returned to Broadway in Jez Butterworth's The Ferryman, directed by Sam Mendes.[8][9]
A familiar presence in American television, Flanagan has appeared in several made-for-TV movies including The Legend of Lizzie Borden (1975) starring Elizabeth Montgomery, Mary White (1977), The Ewok Adventure (1984) and A Winner Never Quits (1986). She won an Emmy Award for her performance as Clothilde in the 1976 network miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man. Her weekly-series stints have included Aunt Molly Culhane in How the West Was Won (1977), which earned her a second Emmy Award nomination. She did multiple appearances on Murder, She Wrote, one of them as Freida, a secretary aiding Jessica Fletcher in finding a murderer on the episode Steal me a Story (1987). She played Lt. Guyla Cook in Hard Copy (1987), and as Kathleen Meacham, wife of a police chief played by John Mahoney in H.E.L.P. (1990).
She made guest appearances in three of the Star Trek series: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine in episode "Dax", playing Enina Tandro; Star Trek: The Next Generation in episode "Inheritance", in which she played Juliana Soong (Data's "mother"); and Star Trek: Enterprise in episode "Fallen Hero", playing the Vulcan Ambassador V'Lar.[10]
Flanagan guest-starred in several episodes of Lost as Eloise Hawking. She appeared in such films as The Others opposite Nicole Kidman, The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood as the eldest Teensy, and Waking Ned. She appeared in television series and stage productions including the Emmy-nominated miniseries Revelations, starring Bill Pullman and Natascha McElhone, and in Transamerica, starring Felicity Huffman. From 2006 to 2008, she played Rose Caffee, the matriarch of an Irish-American Rhode Island family on the Showtime drama Brotherhood.
_(cropped).jpg)
Personal life
[edit]Flanagan appeared with Helen Mirren in Some Mother's Son, written and directed by Terry George, as the militantly supportive mother of a Provisional Irish Republican Army hunger striker in 1981. Subsequently, she spoke at a memorial hosted by Sinn Féin at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin for Irish republicans and their kin who were killed during the latest episode of the Troubles in Northern Ireland.[11] Flanagan has made €3000 worth of donations to the party.[12]
Flanagan and her late husband Garrett O'Connor, an Irish nationalist from Dublin,[13] were known to host parties at their Hollywood Hills home for people in the Irish community. In July 2009, she joined Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams for a series of lectures across the US supporting Irish unity. In October 2011, she announced her support for Sinn Féin politician Martin McGuinness in his unsuccessful bid in Ireland's 2011 presidential election.[14]
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Ulysses | Gerty MacDowell | |
| 1969 | Sinful Davey | Penelope | |
| 1973 | The Picture of Dorian Gray | Felicia | |
| 1976 | In the Region of Ice | The Sister | |
| 1977 | Mary White | Sallie White | |
| 1980 | Mr. Patman | Abadaba | |
| 1983 | Through Naked Eyes | Dr. Frances Muller | |
| 1984 | Reflections | Mrs. Charlotte Lawless | |
| 1984 | Scorned and Swindled | Margaret | |
| 1984 | Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure | Catarine Towani | |
| 1985 | James Joyce's Women | Harriet Shaw Weaver | |
| 1986 | Youngblood | Miss McGill | |
| 1986 | A State of Emergency | Diane Carmody | |
| 1987 | P.K. and the Kid | Flo | |
| 1991 | Death Dreams | Margaret Neuberger | |
| 1991 | Final Verdict | Pearl Morton | |
| 1992 | Mad at the Moon | Mrs. Hill | |
| 1993 | Money for Nothing | Mrs. Coyle | |
| 1994 | White Mile | Gena Karas | |
| 1996 | Some Mother's Son | Annie Higgins | |
| 1998 | Waking Ned | Annie O'Shea | Nominated–Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture |
| 1999 | With or Without You | Irene | |
| 1999 | A Secret Affair | Drucilla Fitzgerald | |
| 1999 | Deceit | uncredited | |
| 2000 | For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story | Sally | |
| 2001 | The Others | Mrs. Bertha Mills | Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated–Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture |
| 2002 | Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood | "Teensy" Whitman | |
| 2003 | Tears of the Sun | Sister Grace | |
| 2004 | Blessed | J. Lloyd Samuel | |
| 2004 | Man About Dog | Olivia | |
| 2005 | Transamerica | Elizabeth Schupak | Irish Film and Television Award for Best Supporting Actress – Film |
| 2005 | Sexual Life | Grandmother | |
| 2005 | Four Brothers | Evelyn Mercer | |
| 2007 | Slipstream | Bette Lustig | |
| 2008 | Yes Man | Tillie | |
| 2009 | The Invention of Lying | Martha | |
| 2009 | A Christmas Carol | Mrs. Dilber | |
| 2010 | Kill the Irishman | Grace O'Keefe | |
| 2010 | The Guard | Eileen Boyle | Irish Film and Television Award for Best Supporting Actress – Film |
| 2011 | Coming & Going | Irma | |
| 2013 | Angels Sing | Ma | |
| 2013 | Life's a Breeze | Nan | |
| 2014 | Song of the Sea | Granny / Macha | Voices; English and Irish-language versions |
| 2016 | Trash Fire | Violet | |
| 2016 | Havenhurst | Eleanor Mudgett | |
| 2016 | Little Secret | Barbara | |
| 2018 | Birthmarked | Mrs. Tridek | |
| 2019 | Supervized | Madera | |
| 2022 | The Man from Rome | Cruz Bruner | |
| 2023 | The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes | Grandma'am | |
| 2024 | Sight | Sister Marie [15] | |
| 2024 | Mr. K | TBA | Post-production |
| 2024 | Four Mothers | Post-production[16] |
Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Broome Stages | Maud | 3 episodes |
| 1967 | Callan | Rena Clarke | Episode: Goodbye, Nobby Clarke |
| 1972 | Gunsmoke | Sarah Morgan | Episode: "The Drummer" |
| 1972 | Bonanza | Meg Dundee | Episode: "Heritage of Anger" |
| 1972 | Mannix | Gloria Paget | Episode: "The Crimson Halo" |
| 1973 | The Rookies | Judy Karcher | Episode: "Trial by Doubt" |
| 1975 | The Legend of Lizzie Borden | Bridget Sullivan | TV movie |
| 1976 | Rich Man, Poor Man | Clothilde | Episode: "Part II: Chapters 3 and 4" Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series |
| 1976 | The Streets of San Francisco | Emma Simms | Episode: "Requiem for Murder" |
| 1976 | Kojak | Molly Braddock | Episode: "A Summer Madness" |
| 1976 | The Bionic Woman | Tammy | Episode: "Road to Nashville" |
| 1976 | Nightmare in Badham County | Dulcie | TV movie |
| 1978–1979 | How the West Was Won | Molly Cullhane | Main cast (seasons 2–3) Nominated–Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series |
| 1982 | Benson | Rose Sullivan | Episode: "Sweet Irish Rose" |
| 1983 | Voyagers! | Molly Brown | Episode: "Voyagers of the Titanic" – Episode 15 |
| 1986 | A Winner Never Quits | Mrs. Wyshner | TV movie |
| 1987 | Murder, She Wrote | Freida Schmidt | Episode: "Steal Me a Story" |
| 1989 | Columbo | Louise | Episode: "Murder: A Self Portrait" |
| 1990 | Beauty and the Beast | Jessica Webb | 2 episodes |
| 1993 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Enina Tandro | Episode: "Dax" |
| 1993 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Juliana Tainer | Episode: "Inheritance" |
| 1993 | Murder, She Wrote | Fiona Griffith | "A Killing in Cork" |
| 1993 | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | Heart | Episode: "The Circus – The Queen of Hearts" |
| 1995 | Murder, She Wrote | Eileen O'Bannon | 2 episodes |
| 1998 | Nothing Sacred | Helen Reyneaux | Episode: "The Coldest Night of the Year" |
| 1998–1999 | Poltergeist: The Legacy | Older Woman | 3 episodes |
| 2002 | Star Trek: Enterprise | V'Lar | Episode: "Fallen Hero" |
| 2003 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Sheila Baxter | Episode: "Escape" |
| 2003 | Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle | Margaret Byrne | TV movie |
| 2004 | Nip/Tuck | Sr. Rita Claire | Episode: "Agatha Ripp" |
| 2005 | Revelations | Mother Francine | Miniseries |
| 2007 | Paddywhackery | Peig Sayers | Main cast Nominated–Irish Film and Television Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Television |
| 2006–2008 | Brotherhood | Rose Caffee | Main cast Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Nominated–Irish Film and Television Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role – Television Nominated–Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film |
| 2007–2010 | Lost | Eloise Hawking | 7 episodes |
| 2013 | Defiance | Nicolette "Nicky" Riordan | 8 episodes |
| 2017 | Redwater | Agnes Byrne | Main cast |
| 2017 | American Gods | Essie's Grandmother/Old Essie Macgowan | Episode: "A Prayer for Mad Sweeney" |
| 2018 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Madeline Jane Thomas | Episode: "Mama" |
| 2018 | Origin | Mia Anderson | Episode: "Funeral Blues" |
| 2022 | Strike | Oonagh Kennedy | Episode: "Troubled Blood: Part 1" |
| 2023 | Smother | Caro Noonan | 6 episodes |
| 2023 | Bad Sisters | Dymphna | Episode: "This Too Shall Pass" |
| 2024 | Bodkin | Mother Bernadette | 3 Episodes |
Awards and recognition
[edit]- IFTA Lifetime Achievement gong at the 9th Irish Film and Television Awards[17]
- NUI Galway honorary doctorate awarded for her services to theatrical and film arts
References
[edit]- ^ Doyle, Jim (10 December 2017). "Birth of Actress Fionnghuala Flanagan". Seamus Dubhghaill. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ "Noteworthy Flanagans". Clan Flanagan. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ The 50 greatest Irish film actors of all time – in order, Irish Times, June 13, 2020
- ^ "Fionnula Flanagan Biography (1941–)". filmreference.com. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
- ^ RTE One, My Story: Fionnula Flanagan. Retrieved 14 June 2016 Archived 3 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Irish Times, "Television awards presented", 9 December 1965
- ^ "On revolutions and revelations". The Irish Times.
- ^ "Tickets Released for Broadway Transfer of Jez Butterworth's The Ferryman - Royal Court". Royal Court. 5 March 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- ^ Clement, Olivia (7 July 2019). "Tony-Winning 'The Ferryman' Ends on Broadway July 7". Playbill.
- ^ STARTREK.COM STAFF (17 April 2014). "INTERVIEW: Fionnula Flanagan Talks Trek & Tasting Menu". StarTrek.com.
- ^ "Sinn Fein honours IRA dead at Dublin event". irishtimes.com. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- ^ "Hollywood stars among Sinn Fein donors who pledged $€12m to party". Irish Independent.
- ^ How Flanagan and O'Connor met Archived 27 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine, People. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
- ^ Fionnuala Flanagan endorsement of Martin McGuinness on YouTube
- ^ "Sight | Now Streaming for Angel Guild Members".
- ^ "Screen Ireland announces film and TV projects for 2024". RTE. 24 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
- ^ "Flanagan to receive IFTA honour". RTÉ Ten. Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 10 January 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
External links
[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fionnula Flanagan.
Categories:
- 1941 births
- Living people
- Irish expatriate actresses in the United States
- Irish film actresses
- Irish television actresses
- Irish stage actresses
- Actresses from Dublin (city)
- Primetime Emmy Award winners
- Jacob's Award winners
- 20th-century Irish actresses
- 21st-century Irish actresses
- People from Churchtown, Dublin