Tara Flynn

Tara Flynn (born 1969) is an Irish actress and writer. She was also a founding member of comedy singing group, The Nualas.

Career

Published works Flynn has written three satirical books: You're Grand: The Irishwoman's Secret Guide to Life, Giving Out Yards: The Art of Complaint, Irish Style and Rage-In: Trolls and Tribulations of Modern Life.

Acting, voice-over work, and media appearances In 2010, Flynn performed a one-woman show, Big Noise, at the Edinburgh Fringe.

Flynn is a voice artist and was the voice of Molly in RTE's The Morbegs. She took over the role first done by Graham Skidmore in the original 1980s show.

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). She has since been a vocal campaigner for reproductive rights and the repeal of Ireland's 8th amendment. In 2013, a Kinsale man called Austin, an African American, a racial slur. This incident led Flynn to create a comedy sketch satirizing racism in Ireland, which gained 85,000 YouTube views in two days.