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17 Facts About Kate O'Flynn

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Kate O'Flynn was born on 1986 and is a British actress.

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Kate O'Flynn is known for her performance in National Theatre's production of Port for which she received a Critics' Circle Theatre Award in 2013, as well as starring roles in plays A Taste of Honey in 2014, and The Glass Menagerie for which she was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in 2017.

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Kate O'Flynn attended Manchester's Royal Exchange youth theatre as a teenager, before training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

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In 2009 Kate O'Flynn starred in the comedy-drama TV series Kingdom, with Stephen Fry, as Emily Cartright, council solicitor and girlfriend of trainee solicitor Lyle Anderson, played by Karl Davies.

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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 leaves you wanting more".

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Kate O'Flynn appeared as Elizabeth Gough in the 2011 television film The Suspicions of Mr Whicher and 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 and was broadcast on BBC Two in August 2015.

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In 2012, Kate O'Flynn played the role of Beryl in BBC Four's BAFTA Award-winning television adaptation Room at the Top, based on John Braine's novel of the same name.

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Kate O'Flynn's performance won her the Critics' Circle's Jack Tinker Award for Most Promising Newcomer.

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Kate O'Flynn returned to the National Theatre, playing Jo in its 2014 production of Shelagh Delaney's A Taste of Honey.

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In 2014, Kate O'Flynn appeared in her second Mike Leigh film Mr Turner.

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In 2015 Kate O'Flynn played the part of Dr Peep in police comedy drama No Offence, reprising her role in all three series.

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Kate O'Flynn played Alice Peabody, the new boss at Hard News in Bridget Jones's Baby.

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Also in 2016, Kate O'Flynn appeared in episode 6 of the second series of BBC's Father Brown "The Eagle and the Daw" as Katherine Corven.

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Kate O'Flynn reprised the character in the 2017 episode 6.2 "The Jackdaw's Revenge".

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In 2019 Kate O'Flynn played Victoria Woodcock in the television drama Brexit: The Uncivil War, written by James Graham.

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In 2022, Kate O'Flynn appeared in Death in Paradise as DI Neville Parker's sister Izzy.

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In 2024, Kate O'Flynn played Princess Mary Tudor in My Lady Jane, with The i Paper writing she "almost steals the show".