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Fionnula Flanagan

1941 - Today

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Fionnghuala Manon "Fionnula" Flanagan (born 10 December 1941) is an Irish stage, television, and film actress. Flanagan is known for her roles in the films James Joyce's Women (1985), Some Mother's Son (1996), Waking Ned (1998), The Others (2001), Four Brothers (2005), Yes Man (2008), The Guard (2011) and Song of the Sea (2014). She is also known for her recurring role as Eloise Hawking in the series Lost (2007–2010). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fionnula Flanagan has received more than 2,705,185 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Fionnula Flanagan is the 1,436th most popular actor (up from 1,525th in 2019), the 80th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 83rd in 2019) and the 12th most popular Irish Actor.

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  • 2.7M

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  • 62.45

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  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Fionnula Flanagan ranks 1,436 out of 13,578Before her are Emilia Clarke, Billy Connolly, Sami Frey, Jaclyn Smith, Soad Hosny, and Dita Parlo. After her are Olivia Colman, Grace Moore, Iain Glen, Loriot, Bernadette Lafont, and Eva Dahlbeck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Fionnula Flanagan ranks 153Before her are George Lakoff, Sergei Dovlatov, Andrei Mironov, David Hemmings, Myron Scholes, and Nora Ephron. After her are Salvatore Accardo, Élisabeth Depardieu, Paavo Lipponen, Bruce Nauman, Luis Alberto Lacalle, and Eleni Karaindrou.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Fionnula Flanagan ranks 80 out of 549Before her are James Barry (1795), Saint Fiacre (607), Vergilius of Salzburg (700), Brigid of Kildare (451), Neil Jordan (1950), and James Hoban (1762). After her are Conor McGregor (1988), George Johnstone Stoney (1826), Maureen O'Sullivan (1911), Eliza Lynch (1833), Andrew Graham (1815), and Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh (1769).

Among ACTORS In Ireland

Among actors born in Ireland, Fionnula Flanagan ranks 12Before her are Gabriel Byrne (1950), Brendan Gleeson (1955), Maureen O'Hara (1920), David Kelly (1929), Colin Farrell (1976), and Brenda Fricker (1945). After her are Maureen O'Sullivan (1911), Liam Cunningham (1961), Edward Mulhare (1923), Fiona Shaw (1958), Jonathan Rhys Meyers (1977), and Colm Meaney (1953).