Fionnula Flanagan

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Fionnghuala Manon Flanagan (born 10 December 1941) is an Irish actress who has worked extensively in theatre, film and television.

Known For

Yes Man

Tillie

The Others

Mrs. Bertha Mills

Lost

Eloise Hawking

A Christmas Carol

Mrs. Dilber (voice)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Sheila Baxter

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Maddie Thomas

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

Grandma’am

Tears of the Sun

Sister Grace

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2025	Brown Bread MOVIE	Betty
2025	Four Mothers MOVIE	Alma
2025	Small Town, Big Story TV	Wendy's Mother
2025	Mr. K MOVIE	Ruth Monchien
2024	Sight MOVIE	Sister Marie
2024	Bodkin TV	Mother Bernadette
2023	The Santa Stories TV	Narrator
2023	The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes MOVIE	Grandma’am
2023	SisterS TV	Dymphna
2022	The Man from Rome MOVIE	Duchess Cruz Bruner
2021	Zone 414 MOVIE	Jane's maintenance provider
2021	Smother TV	Caro Noonan
2020	Sol MOVIE	None (voice)
2019	Radioflash MOVIE	Maw
2019	Supervized MOVIE	Madera
2019	Sing Me Back Home MOVIE	Marie
2019	Late Afternoon MOVIE	Emily (voice)
2019	2019 Oscar Nominated Shorts: Animation MOVIE	Emily
2018	Birthmarked MOVIE	Mrs. Tridek
2018	The Young Offenders TV	Bridget Mac Sweeney
2017	Strike TV	Oonagh Kennedy
2017	Kat & Alfie: Redwater TV	Agnes Byrne
2016	Little Secret MOVIE	Barbara
2016	Trash Fire MOVIE	Violet
2016	Havenhurst MOVIE	Eleanor
2015	Come Simi MOVIE	Aunt Maxine
2014	Fearless MOVIE	Margaret
2014	Song of the Sea MOVIE	Granny / Macha (voice)
2013	Angels Sing MOVIE	Ma
2013	Life's a Breeze MOVIE	Nan
2013	Tasting Menu MOVIE	Condesa
2013	Defiance MOVIE	Nicolette Riordin
2013	Defiance TV	Nicky
2013	Men at Lunch MOVIE	Self - Narrator (voice)
2012	Pass the Salt, Please MOVIE	Self
2011	Muide Éire MOVIE	Self
2011	Coming & Going MOVIE	Irma
2011	The Guard MOVIE	Eileen Boyle
2011	Kill the Irishman MOVIE	Grace O'Keefe
2010	Three Wise Women MOVIE	Beth
2009	A Christmas Carol MOVIE	Mrs. Dilber (voice)
2009	The Invention of Lying MOVIE	Martha Bellison
2008	Yes Man MOVIE	Tillie
2007	Slipstream MOVIE	Bette Lustig
2006	Brotherhood TV	Rose Caffee
2006	The Payback MOVIE	Galina
2005	Four Brothers MOVIE	Evelyn Mercer
2005	Revelations TV	Mother Francine
2005	Transamerica MOVIE	Elizabeth Schupak
2005	Sexual Life MOVIE	Grandmother
2004	Man About Dog MOVIE	Olivia
2004	Lost TV	Eloise Hawking
2004	Blessed MOVIE	J. Lloyd Samuel
2003	Nip/Tuck TV	Sister Rita-Claire
2003	Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle MOVIE	Margaret Byrne
2003	Tears of the Sun MOVIE	Sister Grace
2002	Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood MOVIE	Teensy Whitman
2001	Star Trek: Enterprise TV	Vulcan Ambassador V'Lar
2001	The Others MOVIE	Mrs. Bertha Mills
2001	Deceit MOVIE	Self
2000	For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story MOVIE	Sally Lewis
1999	A Secret Affair MOVIE	Drucilla Fitzgerald
1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit TV	Sheila Baxter
1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit TV	Maddie Thomas
1999	With or Without You MOVIE	Irene
1998	Waking Ned MOVIE	Annie O'Shea
1998	To Have & to Hold TV	Fiona McGrail
1998	Kings in Grass Castles TV	Bridget Durack
1996	Some Mother's Son MOVIE	Annie Higgins
1995	919 Fifth Avenue MOVIE	Brydie
1994	Chicago Hope TV	Robin O'Hara
1994	White Mile MOVIE	Gena Karas
1994	The Pornographer MOVIE	Self
1993	Money for Nothing MOVIE	Mrs. Coyle
1993	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine TV	Enina Tandro
1993	Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman TV	Heart
1992	Mad at the Moon MOVIE	Mrs. Hill
1991	Final Verdict MOVIE	Pearl Morton
1991	Death Dreams MOVIE	Margaret Neuberger
1987	Star Trek: The Next Generation TV	Dr. Juliana Tainer
1987	Beauty and the Beast TV	Self
1987	Hard Copy TV	Self
1987	P.K. and the Kid MOVIE	Flo
1986	A State of Emergency MOVIE	Diane Carmody
1986	A Winner Never Quits MOVIE	Antoniette Wyshner
1986	Youngblood MOVIE	Miss McGill
1985	James Joyce's Women MOVIE	Harriet Shaw Weaver
1984	The Ewok Adventure MOVIE	Catarine Towani
1984	Scorned and Swindled MOVIE	Margaret
1984	Murder, She Wrote TV	Eileen O'Bannon
1984	Murder, She Wrote TV	Freida Schmidt
1984	Murder, She Wrote TV	Fiona Delaney Griffith
1984	Hunter TV	Maureen Delaney
1984	Reflections MOVIE	Mrs. Charlotte Lawless
1984	Voyager from the Unknown MOVIE	Molly Brown
1983	Through Naked Eyes MOVIE	Dr. Frances Muller
1982	Voyagers! TV	Self
1982	Cagney & Lacey TV	Self
1982	Fame TV	Self
1981	Simon & Simon TV	Self
1981	Here's Boomer TV	Self
1981	Mr. Patman MOVIE	Abadaba
1980	Palmerstown, U.S.A. TV	Self
1979	Young Love, First Love MOVIE	Audrey Gibson
1979	Trapper John, M.D. TV	Self
1977	Mary White MOVIE	Sallie White
1977	How the West Was Won TV	Molly Culhane
1976	Nightmare in Badham County MOVIE	Dulcie
1976	In the Region of Ice MOVIE	Self
1976	Rich Man, Poor Man TV	Clothilde
1976	The Bionic Woman TV	Self
1975	The Legend of Lizzie Borden MOVIE	Bridget Sullivan
1974	The Godchild MOVIE	Virginia
1974	Movin' On TV	Self
1973	Kojak TV	Molly Braddock
1973	The Picture of Dorian Gray MOVIE	Felicia
1973	Police Story TV	Self
1972	The Streets of San Francisco TV	Ellen Simms
1972	The Rookies TV	Self
1971	Columbo TV	Louise
1969	Medical Center TV	Self
1969	Marcus Welby, M.D. TV	Self
1969	Marcus Welby, M.D. TV	Maggie
1969	Some Women MOVIE	Dianne Richards
1969	Sinful Davey MOVIE	Penelope
1968	Cold Comfort Farm TV	Mary Smiling
1967	Mannix TV	Self
1967	Callan TV	Self
1967	Ulysses MOVIE	Gerty MacDowell
1965	Deirdre MOVIE	Self
1964	The Wednesday Play TV	Mona
1959	Bonanza TV	Meg Dundee
1956	Tony Awards TV	Self - Nominee
1955	Gunsmoke TV	Sarah Morgan
	The Body Is Water MOVIE	Self

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