Fionnuala Ní Fhlatharta is an Irish actress. She is best known for her role as Bernie in the

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television drama '' Ros na Rún''.

Biography

Ní Fhlatharta has played the role of cafe owner Bernie Ní Neachtain Seoighe on '' Ros na Rún'' since the

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in 1992. Her first acting experience was playing

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while at National School. She later attended the

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, where she acted in the Drama Society and studied under

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. Her stage credits include '' The Field'', a dramatisation of ''

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'' (based on the

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) and a production of ''

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''. More recently Fionnuala appeared in "Cinneadh an Circe", an Irish language translation of Jimmy Murphy's The Hen Night Epiphany, at An Taibhdhearc in Galway. Her pastimes include

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and

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. She is the niece of actor Tom Sailí Ó Flaithearta, who portrays Coilín in ''Ros na Rún''.

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