Tara Flynn
Flynn at a pro-choice protest in 2018 regarding the Repeal of the Eighth Amendment
Born
County Cork, Ireland
Occupation(s)Actress, writer

Tara Flynn is an Irish actress and writer. She was born in 1969. She is married to Californian Carl Austin.

Career

Flynn has written three satirical books: You're Grand: The Irishwoman's Secret Guide to Life,[1][2] Giving Out Yards: The Art of Complaint, Irish Style[3][4][5] and Rage-In: Trolls and Tribulations of Modern Life [6]

She was a founding member of comedy singing group "The Nualas".[7][8]

She is a voice artist and was the voice of Molly in RTE's The Morbegs.[9][10][4]

She uses satire for activism, as in YouTube sketches such as "Racist B&B", "Armagayddon" and "The Case for Mammy / Daddy Marriage".[11]

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).[12][13] She has since been a vocal campaigner for reproductive rights and the repeal of Ireland's 8th amendment.[4]

In 2017, Flynn provided the voiceover on TV3's remake of Blind Date.[14][15][16] She took over the role first done by Graham Skidmore in the original 1980s show.[14]

In 2021 2022 and 2023 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").

References

  1. ↑ Flynn, Tara (2014). You're grand : the Irishwoman's secret guide to life. Dublin: Hachette Books Ireland. ISBN 978-1-4447-9774-9.
  2. ↑ Flynn, Tara. "You're Grand The Irish Woman's Secret Guide to Life". Goodreads. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  3. ↑ Flynn, Tara (2015). Giving out yards 00436157393: the art of complaint, Irish style. Dublin, Ireland: Hachette Books Ireland. ISBN 978-1-4736-2254-8.
  4. 1 2 3 "Giving Out Yards: Interview with Tara Flynn". UCC Express. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  5. ↑ Flynn, Tara (15 October 2015). "Giving Out Yards". Goodreads. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  6. ↑ Flynn, Tara. "Rage-In: Trolls and Tribulations of Modern Life". Headstuff. Headstuff.org.
  7. ↑ Smith, Andrea (8 December 2014). "Happily, it all turned out grand for Tara and Carl". Independent.ie. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  8. ↑ "The Nualas Official Website".
  9. ↑ "Tara Flynn". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  10. ↑ O'Connor, Amy (11 January 2018). "11 reasons why The Morbegs was the ultimate Irish kids show". The Daily Edge. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  11. ↑ Muir, Hugh (16 June 2013). "Sometimes it's best to just laugh at bigots". The Guardian.
  12. ↑ Flynn, Tara (14 September 2015). "You don't talk about abortion in Ireland. But I have to". Irish Times.
  13. ↑ O'Toole, Fintan (15 September 2015). "Shining light on abortion – one of Ireland's 'unknown knowns". Irish Times.
  14. 1 2 Kelly, Aoife (12 July 2017). "'Our Tara' - Irish Blind Date's 'Our Graham' voiceover will be Tara Flynn". Independent.ie. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  15. ↑ "Irish Blind Date's 'Graham' will be female". irishexaminer.com. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  16. ↑ "'Ta-ra love!" Tara Flynn to voice over TV3's Blind Date". RTE.ie. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
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