‘THREE WISE WOMEN’

CAST BIOS

FIONNULA FLANAGAN (Beth) – Fionnula Flanagan’s vast body of work includes starring roles in feature films, television and theatre, as well as experience behind the scenes as a producer. Her feature film credits include the box-office hit “The Others,” for which she won a Saturn Award, “The Divine Secrets Of The Ya-Ya Sisterhood,” “James Joyce’s Women,” “Youngblood,” “Sinful Davey,” “Ulysses, Mr. Patman,” “A State Of Emergency,” “Reflections,” “Final Verdict,” the Oscar®- winning “In The Region Of Ice,” “Death Dreams,” “Mad At The Moon” and “Money For Nothing.” Raised in Dublin, Flanagan’s Irish roots shine in such distinctive Irish films as “Waking Ned Devine” and “Some Mother’s Son.” Flanagan has starred with Felicity Huffman in “Transamerica,” which garnered her rave reviews and for which she was awarded an Irish Film and Television Award (IFTA) for Best Supporting Actress. Flanagan’s other film credits include the feature films “Yes Man” with Jim Carrey, “The Invention Of Lying” with Ricky Gervais and “Christmas Carol” with Jim Carrey and Bob Hoskins, “The Irishman” with Ray Stephenson and Christopher Walken, “Coming and Going” with Rhys Darby and “The Guard” starring Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle. Flanagan also recently wrapped production on the Irish language television mini-series “Paddywhackery” for the TG4 channel in Ireland.

Highlights of Flanagan’s television credits include “The Brotherhood” for Showtime which won a prestigious Peabody Award, “How The West Was Won,” for which she received an Emmy® nomination for Best Actress, “Rich Man, Poor Man,” for which she won an Emmy® Award, and the CBS series “To Have And To Hold,” and a recurring guest star turn on the acclaimed series “Lost.”

Best known for her one-woman stage piece of James Joyce’s Women, she received the Los Angeles Critics’ Award, the San Francisco Critics’ Award and a Dramalogue Award. She also wrote, adapted and produced the piece for the stage and subsequently as a feature film. In addition, Flanagan has an extensive list of Broadway appearances to her name, most notably as “Molly Bloom” in Ulysses In Night Town, for which she earned a Tony® nomination, adding to her list of honors Flanagan recently was awarded an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Ireland in Galway for her contributions in the world of fine arts.

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AMY HUBERMAN (Liz) - Born and educated in Dublin, Huberman is a graduate of UCD and the Dublin Institute of Technology. She made her first appearance on television in a leading role in both series of the RTE drama “On Home Ground” while still completing her MA from DIT. Since then Huberman has gone on to appear as Bella in both series of “Showbands” directed by

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Ian Fitzgibbon for Parallel Films/RTE. Other TV appearances include “Dream Team 80’s” (ITV), “Camera Café” (RTE) and “George Gently” (BBC) and she has appeared in numerous short films including “Bad Karma” (directed by John Hough), “Forgetting to Breathe” (directed by John Cleere), “George” (directed by Rory Bresnihan) and “Deep Breaths” (directed by PJ Dillon). On television, Huberman is perhaps best known as the much loved regular character Daisy O’Callaghan in the last six series of “The Clinic” produced by Parallel Films for RTE television for which she was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress IFTA Award in 2009. On film Huberman has recently appeared in two independent Irish features in leading roles, as Lucinda in “Satellites and Meteorites” directed by Rick Larkin for iWire Films and as Sally in “A Film With Me In It” opposite Dylan Moran and Mark Doherty and directed by Ian Fitzgibbon for Parallel Films. Huberman recently reprised her role as Daisy O’Callaghan in the last season of the “The Clinic” for Parallel Films/RTE1. Huberman recently appeared on RTE in the new comedy sketch show “Your Bad Self“ directed by John Butler for Treasure Films/RTE and in Channel 4’s “Comedy Lab” as various characters. Huberman is currently appearing in the female lead in the independent feature film “Rewind” directed by P.J.Dillon which premiered at the Galway Film Fleadh in the summer of 2010.

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HUGH O’CONNOR (Tom) - Hugh O'Connor’s first film appearance was opposite Liam Neeson in the 1985 movie “Lamb.” His next major film role was in the 1988 film adaptation of Hugh Leonard's Tony-winning play Da in which he played the youthful version of Martin Sheen. O'Connor then went on to star in Jim Sheridan’s “My Left Foot” opposite Daniel Day Lewis. He played the Boy King Louis in the 1993 remake of “The Three Musketeers” and then went on to play the lead role in Ben Ross' dark British comedy “The Young Poisoner's Handbook.” Other film work includes “Chocolat,” “Thirteen,” “Re-Uniting the Rubins” and most recently “Killing Bono.”

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LAUREN COE (Ellie) - Lauren Coe is 17 years old and is in her final year in secondary school in Dublin, where she lives with her family. She has been singing and acting since the age of nine with solo amateur performances in the Royal Albert Hall, London and the Palace Theatre, Manchester. She joined the Independent Theatre Workshop three years ago where she is training in dance, drama and singing. Coe made her screen debut in 2008 in the short film “The Pool,” directed by Thomas Hefferon, which was shown at the Tribecca Film Festival this year. Other screen appearances include TV series “Primeval” and “Camelot,” to be screened next year. Coe also has an interest in musical theatre and has enjoyed amateur stage roles such as Velma – Chicago, Miss Adelaide – Guys and Dolls and Marty in Grease - Coe is delighted to be playing the part of Ellie in “Three Wise Women,” and wishes to continue pursuing acting as a career.

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