Kerianne Flynn

Last updated
Kerianne Flynn
OccupationFilm producer
Years active2015–present
Known forThe Automatic Hate, This Changes Everything, Lilly, 2025 flight into space

Kerianne Flynn is a former human resources executive, film producer, socialite, and space tourist. She has contributed to several notable film projects, including The Automatic Hate (2015), This Changes Everything (2018), and Lilly (2024).

Contents

On April 14, 2025, she flew into space as part of the all-female crew of Blue Origin's NS-31 sub-orbital mission.

Career

After graduating from North Adams College, Flynn served as a human resources professional in the fashion and beauty industry, including for French Connection, bebe, and divisions of The Limited including Limited Design and Victoria’s Secret Beauty. [1]

Flynn serves on the board of RxArt (2008–present), the Art Advisory Board for the Coalition for the Homeless (2011–present), the Women’s Leadership Committee for The Children’s Health Fund (2015–present) and the Playground Committee for Friends of Hudson River Park (2015–present). She has been on the Board of Directors of City Winery since 2009.

Flynn received a producing credit (typically by providing financial support) on The Automatic Hate , a drama released in 2015 that explores family secrets and reconciliation. [2] She later co-produced This Changes Everything , a 2018 documentary examining gender inequality in Hollywood. [3] In 2024, Flynn produced Lilly , a film inspired by the life of fair pay advocate Lilly Ledbetter. [4]

In 2011, she signed up to fly as a passenger on a Virgin Galactic spaceflight, expressing enthusiasm for the experience ahead of a planned launch in 2021. [5] Although her Virgin Galactic flight has not yet occurred, she was part of Blue Origin’s New Shepard NS-31 mission. On February 27, 2025, Blue Origin announced that Flynn would join an all-female crew, including Katy Perry, Amanda Nguyen, Aisha Bowe, Gayle King, and Lauren Sánchez, for a suborbital flight, which took place on April 14, 2025, from Launch Site One in West Texas. [6] [7] This mission, the eleventh human flight of the New Shepard program, is the first all-female crew since Valentina Tereshkova’s solo flight in 1963. [8]

Personal life

Flynn lives in a penthouse in the Tribeca neighborhood of New York City with her husband Jim Flynn and their son.

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ "Winter Lamplighter 2015".
  2. ↑ "Kerianne Flynn - Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved February 27, 2025.
  3. ↑ "This Changes Everything (2018) - Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Lilly (2024) - IMDb". IMDb. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Branson, crew go to space & back on Virgin Galactic Unity rocket". KVIA. July 11, 2021. Retrieved February 27, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Blue Origin Announces Crew For New Shepard's 31st Mission". Blue Origin. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  7. ↑ Earl, Jennifer (March 27, 2025). ""CBS Mornings" co-host Gayle King gears up for Blue Origin's women-led space flight in April. Here's what to know". CBS News. Retrieved March 27, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Blue Origin Announces Crew For New Shepard's 31st Mission". Blue Origin. February 27, 2025. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.