Fionnula Flanagan

Fionnula Flanagan portrays Ms. Hawking in Season 3 episode "Flashes Before Your Eyes".

Background

After growing up in Dublin she was trained at the Abbey Theatre, Ireland's National Theatre. She also worked in Switzerland before moving to Los Angeles where she now resides.
Flanagan has appeared on such TV shows as Law and Order: Special Victims Unit and Brotherhood.
She has also appeared in numerous films. Perhaps her most recognizable role was as the housekeeper "Mrs. Mills" in the 2001 film The Others (which, coincidentally, is not related to The Others of Lost).
- Notable to this role is the fact that she was one of the characters who was aware of the true nature of the characters' reality.

She was nominated for a Tony Award in 1974 for her work in the Broadway play Ulysses in Nighttown.
She won an Emmy Award in 1976 for her supporting role in the TV miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man.
The Irish Academy of Film & Television awarded her Best Supporting Actress for her role in 'Transamerica' on Feb 10th 2007, just days before her first appearance in Lost aired.