Tara Flynn


Tara Flynn 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. In 2017, she provided the voiceover on TV3's remake of Blind Date. She took over the role first done by Graham Skidmore in the original 1980s show.
In 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 Tara joined Marian Keyes for a BBC Radio 4 programme Now You're Asking, in which they discussed problems sent in by listeners.

Activism

Flynn has used satire for activism, as in YouTube sketches such as "Racist B&B", "Armagayddon" and "The Case for Mammy / Daddy Marriage".
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. She has since been a vocal campaigner for reproductive rights and the repeal of Ireland's 8th amendment.

Personal life

Flynn met her husband, Carl Austin, at a London bar in 2008. In 2013, a Kinsale man called Austin, an African American, a List of [ethnic slurs|racial slur]. This incident led Flynn to create a comedy sketch satirizing racism in Ireland, which gained 85,000 YouTube views in two days.