Kate O'Flynn

Kate O'Flynn
Born 1986
Bury, England
Nationality British
Occupation Actress
Years active 2006–present

Kate O'Flynn is a British actress who has appeared on stage at the National Theatre in productions of Port and A Taste of Honey and in films including Up There and Mr. Turner.

Education and career

Kate O'Flynn attended Manchester's Royal Exchange youth theatre as a teenager,[1] before training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).[2] Her first professional role was in Mike Leigh's 2008 film Happy-Go-Lucky.[1] Later that year, her performance in The Children's Hour with the Royal Exchange Theatre Company won her the 2008 TMA Theatre Award for Best Supporting Performance in a Play.[3]

In 2009, O'Flynn appeared with Russell Tovey at London's Royal Court Theatre in Molly Davies' A Miracle. Michael Billington gave the play 3 stars out of five in his review for British newspaper The Guardian, finding that "Kate O'Flynn's Amy is a model of gawky despair" but concluding that the cast "fill out a play that provides plenty of evidence of youthful talent but that also leaves you wanting more".[4] In the Evening Standard, Nicholas de Jongh praised O'Flynn's "beautiful rendering of passivity, selfishness and vulnerability",[5] while The Daily Telegraph's Charles Spencer wrote, "Kate O'Flynn brings an astonishingly raw vulnerability to the stage as Amy, the tears streaming down her face as she describes how impossible she finds it to love and nurture her child".[6]

O'Flynn appeared as Elizabeth Gough in the 2011 television film The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, and played the role of Beryl in BBC Four's BAFTA Award-winning[7] television adaptation Room at the Top, based on John Braine's novel of the same name, the following year.[8] Also in 2012, she appeared as Liz in the British feature film comedy Up There, which was the winner of the Best Feature Film award at the 2012 British Academy Scotland Awards[9] and was broadcast on BBC Two in August 2015.[10]

In 2013, she performed at the National Theatre in its production of Simon Stephens' Port. Writing in The Guardian, Maddy Costa noted: "As Rachael […], she grew from a mouthy 11-year-old to a downtrodden but resilient 24-year-old – and in the process transformed from a relative unknown to a star in the making".[1] Her performance won her the Critics' Circle's Jack Tinker Award for Most Promising Newcomer (other than a playwright).[11] She returned to the National Theatre, playing Jo in its 2014 production of Shelagh Delaney's A Taste of Honey.[2]

She appeared in the 2014 film Mr. Turner[12] and in 2015 O'Flynn played the part of Dr Peep in police comedy drama No Offence.[13]

In 2016, O'Flynn played Myrtle in the BBC Radio 4 sitcom Dot set in the Cabinet War Rooms.[14] In the same year, she also played Lady Alexandrina De Courcy in the ITV costume drama Doctor Thorne, based on Anthony Trollopes' novel of the same name.[12]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Costa, Maddy (24 February 2014). "Kate O'Flynn: 'You have absolutely no perspective after drama school'". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Kate O'Flynn". National Theatre. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "TMA Theatre Awards Winners & Nominees 2008". UK Theatre. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  4. ↑ Billington, Michael (5 March 2009). "A Miracle". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  5. ↑ De Jongh, Nicholas (5 March 2009). "A Miracle is a compelling take on life in a flat land". Evening Standard (London). Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  6. ↑ Spencer, Charles (5 March 2009). "A Miracle, Royal Court". The Daily Telegraph (London). Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  7. ↑ "TV Baftas 2013: All the winners". The Guardian (London). 12 May 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  8. ↑ "Room at the Top". Room at the Top. September 2012. BBC Four.
  9. ↑ "British Academy Scotland Awards Winners in 2012 - Awards - Scotland - The BAFTA site". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). 18 November 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  10. ↑ Writer / Director: Zam Salim (9 August 2015). "Up There". N/A. BBC Two.
  11. ↑ Edwardes, Jane (1 February 2014). "Critics' Circle Theatre Awards 2013: 25th anniversary". The Critics' Circle. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  12. 1 2 Doran, Sarah (13 March 2016). "Meet the cast of Doctor Thorne". Radio Times (London). Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  13. ↑ Graham, Alison. "No Offence: Series 1-Episode 8". Radio Times (London). Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  14. ↑ Writer: Ed Harris Director/Producer: Jessica Brown (2016). "Dot". Dot. BBC Radio 4.

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