Fionnula Flanagan

Fionnula Flanagan's multi-award winning career reveals the actress as a versatile, artistic and engaging performer. In drama or comedic roles, Fionnula has deftly portrayed an incredible array of characters in as many different genres - easily inhabiting the lives of Irish women, struggling US immigrants and Lost islanders; telling stories of Joycian Dublin, star wars and the great Western frontier; in settings from modern Ireland to beyond the grave and even deep space.

Fionnula Flanagan has shared the big screen with co-stars including Sandra Bullock and Maggie Smith (The Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood), Jim Carey (Yes Man), Helen Mirren (Some Mother’s Son), Ricky Gervais and Jason Bateman (The Invention of Lying), Nick Nolte (Rich Man, Poor Man), Anthony Hopkins (Slipstream), Mark Wahlberg (Four Brothers) and Bruce Willis (Tears of the Sun) to name but a few; and she has worked extensively in television with appearances in series including Murder She Wrote, The Ewok Adventure, To Have and to Hold, TG4’s Paddywhackery, H.E.L.P and Bonanza. From 2007 to 2010 her recurring role as the enigmatic Eloise Hawking in ABC’s Lost introduced her to brand new generation of dedicated fans, adding to her already established cult following after guest starring roles as a Vulcan ambassador and Data’s mother in the Star Trek series Deep Space and Next Generation respectively.