Fionnghuala Manon "Fionnula" Flanagan (born 10 December 1941) is an Irish actor. For her contributions to the entertainment industry, she was given the IFTA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012.\n', '

Flanagan is known for her roles in the films James Joyce\'s Women (1985) and The Others (2001), for the latter of which she won a Saturn Award. She was also nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards (winning one) and two Tony Awards during her acting career.\n', '

Flanagan was born and raised in Dublin, the daughter of Rosanna (née McGuirk) and Terence Niall Flanagan. Her father was an Irish Army officer and Communist who had fought in the International Brigade in the Spanish Civil War against Franco. Although her parents were not Irish speakers, they wanted Fionnula and her four siblings to learn the Irish language, thus she grew up speaking English and Irish 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.\n', '

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