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Trained at Dublin's Abbey Theatre, she came to prominence in An Trial, the Dublin Theatre Festival's 1965 Gaelic production. The Playboy of the Western World and The Taming of the Shrew at Bristol's Old Vic followed. She originated Maggie in Brian Friel's Lovers which took her to Broadway in 1968. She created Molly Bloom (Tony nom.) in Burgess Meredith's 1973 Broadway production Ulysses in Nighttown, subsequently writing/starring in her award-winning production James Joyce's Women (dir. Meredith). Films: The Others, The Guard, Four Brothers, Some Mother's Son, the forthcoming Supervized. Emmy, three IFTAs, Saturn, Golden Satellite Awards.
[1980]Mr. Patman Abadaba
[1982]Voyager from the Unknown Molly Brown
[1984]Reflections Mrs. Charlotte Lawless
[1985]James Joyce's Women Nora, Harriet Shaw Weaver, others
[1985]A State of Emergency Diane Carmody
[1986]Youngblood Miss McGill
[1987]P.K. and the Kid Flo
[1992]Mad at the Moon Mrs. Hill
[1993]Money for Nothing Mrs. Coyle
[1996]Some Mother's Son Annie Higgins
[1998]Waking Ned Devine Annie O Shea
[1999]With or Without You Irene
[2001]The Others Mrs. Mills
[2002]Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood Teensy
[2003]Tears of the Sun Sister Grace
[2004]Man About Dog Olivia
[2004]Blessed J. Lloyd Samuel
[2004]Sexual Life Grandmother
[2005]Four Brothers Evelyn Mercer
[2005]Transamerica Elizabeth
[2006]The Payback Galina
[2007]Slipstream Bette Lustig
[2008]Yes Man Tillie
[2009]The Invention of Lying Martha Bellison
[2009]A Christmas Carol Mrs. Dilber
[2011]Coming & Going Irma
[2011]Kill the Irishman Grace O Keefe
[2011]The Guard Eileen Boyle
[2013]Angels Sing Ma
[2013]Tasting Menu Comptessa
[2013]Life's a Breeze Nan
[2014]Song of the Sea Granny, Macha
[2015]Come Simi Aunt Maxine
[2016]Havenhurst Eleanor
[2016]Little Secret Barbara
[2016]Trash Fire Violet
[2018]Birthmarked Mrs. Tridek
[2019]Radioflash Maw
[2019]Sing Me Back Home Marie
[2019]Supervized Madera
[2022]The Man from Rome Duquesa Cruz Bruner
[2023]The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Grandma am
Brotherhood Rose Caffee
Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street Mrs. Hudspith
How the West Was Won Molly Culhane
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Madeline 'Maddie' Thomas, Sheila Baxter
Lost Eloise 'Ellie' Hawking, Eloise 'Ellie' Widmore, Eloise Hawking
Marcus Welby, M.D. Barbara Brendan, Maggie
Murder, She Wrote Eileen O'Bannon, Fiona Delaney Griffith, Freida Schmidt
Poltergeist: The Legacy The Older Woman, Narrator
Simon & Simon Dr. Barbara Bryson, Lydia, Becky
Fionnula Flanagan, The Ferryman
Fionnula Flanagan, The Ferryman
Fionnula Flanagan, Ulysses in Nighttown
Fionnula Flanagan has appeared on Broadway in 1 shows.
Fionnula Flanagan has not appeared in the West End
Fionnula Flanagan has been nominated for several awards throughout her career. She was nominated for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for her role in "The Ferryman." Additionally, she received nominations for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play at the Tony Awards for both "The Ferryman" and "Ulysses in Nighttown." These nominations highlight her exceptional talent and contribution to the theater industry.