Tara Flynn (born 1969)[1] is an Irish actress and writer. She was a member of The Nualas.
Tara Flynn | |
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 Flynn at a pro-choice protest in 2018 regarding the Repeal of the Eighth Amendment | |
| Born | County Cork, Ireland |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, writer |
Career
editFlynn has written three satirical books: You're Grand: The Irishwoman's Secret Guide to Life,[2][3] Giving Out Yards: The Art of Complaint, Irish Style[4][5][6] and Rage-In: Trolls and Tribulations of Modern Life [7]
She was a founding member (with Sue Collins and Anne Gildea) of comedy singing group "The Nualas".[8][9]
She is a voice artist and was the voice of Molly in RTE's The Morbegs.[10][11][5]
She uses satire for activism, as in YouTube sketches such as "Racist B&B", "Armagayddon" and "The Case for Mammy / Daddy Marriage".[12]
In 2010 she brought a one-woman show Big Noise to the Edinburgh Fringe.[13]
In 2015, as part of Amnesty International Ireland's "She is not a Criminal" campaign, she spoke publicly for the first time about travelling to the Netherlands for an abortion (abortion was illegal in Ireland at the time).[14][15] She has since been a vocal campaigner for reproductive rights and the repeal of Ireland's 8th amendment.[5]
In 2017, Flynn provided the voiceover on TV3's remake of Blind Date.[16][17][18] She took over the role first done by Graham Skidmore in the original 1980s show.[16]
In 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 Tara joined Marian Keyes for a BBC Radio 4 programme Now You're Asking, in which they discussed problems sent in by listeners (they called them "askers").
Personal life
editFlynn met her husband, Carl Austin, at a London bar in 2008.[19] In 2013, a Kinsale man called Austin, an African American, a racial slur. This incident led Flynn to create a comedy sketch satirizing racism in Ireland, which gained 85,000 YouTube views in two days.[20]
References
edit- ^ Sweeney, Tanya (11 June 2022). "Tara Flynn: 'It's frustrating to be 53 and still hustling for gigs'". Irish Independent. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ Flynn, Tara (2014). You're grand : the Irishwoman's secret guide to life. Dublin: Hachette Books Ireland. ISBN 978-1-4447-9774-9.
- ^ Flynn, Tara. "You're Grand The Irish Woman's Secret Guide to Life". Goodreads. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ Flynn, Tara (2015). Giving out yards 00436157393: the art of complaint, Irish style. Dublin, Ireland: Hachette Books Ireland. ISBN 978-1-4736-2254-8.
- ^ a b c "Giving Out Yards: Interview with Tara Flynn". UCC Express. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ Flynn, Tara (15 October 2015). "Giving Out Yards". Goodreads. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ Flynn, Tara. "Rage-In: Trolls and Tribulations of Modern Life". Headstuff. Headstuff.org.
- ^ Smith, Andrea (8 December 2014). "Happily, it all turned out grand for Tara and Carl". Independent.ie. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ "The Nualas Official Website".
- ^ "Tara Flynn". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ O'Connor, Amy (11 January 2018). "11 reasons why The Morbegs was the ultimate Irish kids show". The Daily Edge. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ Muir, Hugh (16 June 2013). "Sometimes it's best to just laugh at bigots". The Guardian.
- ^ "Tara Flynn - Big Noise". Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme 2010. Edinburgh Festival Fringe – via issuu.
- ^ Flynn, Tara (14 September 2015). "You don't talk about abortion in Ireland. But I have to". The Irish Times.
- ^ O'Toole, Fintan (15 September 2015). "Shining light on abortion – one of Ireland's 'unknown knowns'". The Irish Times.
- ^ a b Kelly, Aoife (12 July 2017). "'Our Tara' - Irish Blind Date's 'Our Graham' voiceover will be Tara Flynn". Independent.ie. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ "Irish Blind Date's 'Graham' will be female". IrishExaminer.com. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ "'Ta-ra love!" Tara Flynn to voice over TV3's Blind Date". RTE.ie. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ "Happily, it all turned out grand for Tara and Carl". Irish Independent. 8 December 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ "Racist B&B: Rattling the cage of bigotry". The Irish Times. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
External links
edit- Official website
- Tara Flynn at IMDb
- Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn (BBC Radio 4)
