Maureen Flannigan is an American documentary filmmaker and former child actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as teenager Evie Ethel Garland on the fantasy sitcom Out of This World, which ran from 1987 to 1991.
Early life Flannigan graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the USC School of Theater. She appeared in productions of Macbeth, The Crucible and William Saroyan's The Cave Dwellers.
Film and television Flannigan made her television debut in a guest starring role in an episode of Highway to Heaven. Two years later, in 1987, Flannigan landed the role of Evie Garland in the first-run syndication children's comedy series Out of This World, starring with Donna Pescow and Joe Alaskey. She stayed with the show until its cancellation in 1991.
Flannigan had a recurring role on The WB's 7th Heaven as Shana Sullivan, the girlfriend of Matt Camden. She was in the ABC soap opera Push, playing swimmer Erin Galway. She has also appeared on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, ER, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Starved, Close to Home, Kindred: The Embraced and 90210.
Flannigan has also acted in films. She starred in Teenage Bonnie and Klepto Clyde (1993), National Lampoon's Last Resort (1994), Written in Blood (2003), A Day Without a Mexican (2004), and Homecoming (2005). In 2010 she appeared in the film Do Not Disturb, which she also co-produced.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes1993Teenage Bonnie and Klepto ClydeBonnie Baker1994Last ResortSonjaVideo1997Goodbye AmericaAngela2003Written in BloodJude Traveller2004Mary Jo Quintana2005HomecomingAshley2010Do Not DisturbSherrySegment: "Duccios Madonna"201125 HillMaggie Caldwell
Television Year Title Role Notes1985Highway to HeavenSandyEpisode: "Birds of a Feather"1987–1991Out of This WorldEvie Ethel GarlandMain role1988High Mountain RangersHaley DawkinsEpisode: "Old Friends, New Friends"1992CBS Schoolbreak SpecialSherieEpisode: "Two Teens and a Baby"1994Northern ExposureMiranda at 18Episode: "Hello, I Love You"Lifestories: Families in CrisisMiaEpisode: "Confronting Brandon: The Intervention of an Addict"1995She Fought AloneAbbyTV film1996Kindred: The EmbracedRuth DoyleEpisode: "Bad Moon Rising"1998PushErin GalwayMain roleStar Trek: Deep Space NineMika"Covenant"1998–2000 & 20027th HeavenShana SullivanRecurring role (season 3), main role (season 4), guest (season 6)2000At Any CostChelseaTV film2001Boston PublicHolly CarpenterEpisode: "Chapter 21"2003Book of DaysFrankieTV filmERMrs. GambleEpisode: "Shifts Happen"2004Law & Order: Special Victims UnitLouiseEpisode: "Doubt"2005StarvedAmy RoundtreeRecurring role2007Close to HomeCindy MyersEpisode: "Drink the Cup"200990210LeslieEpisodes: "Between a Sign and a Hard Place", "One Party Can Ruin Your Whole Summer"2011Second City This WeekGuestEpisode: "A Newt Beginning"
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