Tara Flynn | |
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 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. [1] She is married to Californian Carl Austin. [2]
Flynn has written three satirical books: You're Grand: The Irishwoman's Secret Guide to Life, [3] [4] Giving Out Yards: The Art of Complaint, Irish Style [5] [6] [7] and Rage-In: Trolls and Tribulations of Modern Life [8]
She was a founding member of comedy singing group "The Nualas". [9] [10]
She is a voice artist and was the voice of Molly in RTE's The Morbegs . [11] [12] [6]
She uses satire for activism, as in YouTube sketches such as "Racist B&B", "Armagayddon" and "The Case for Mammy / Daddy Marriage". [13]
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). [14] [15] She has since been a vocal campaigner for reproductive rights and the repeal of Ireland's 8th amendment. [6]
In 2017, Flynn provided the voiceover on TV3's remake of Blind Date . [16] [17] [18] She took over the role first done by Graham Skidmore in the original 1980s show. [16]
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").
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