# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nuala-o-faolain
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:54:28.220Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nuala-o-faolain"
name: "Nuala O'Faolain"
slug: "nuala-o-faolain"
description: "Nuala Brigid Anne O'Faolain was an Irish journalist and writer. Her debut memoir, Are You Somebody?, published when she was in her mid-fifties, became a sensation in Ireland and a worldwide bestseller."
tagline: "Irish writer (1940–2008)"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1940-03-01"
deathDate: "2008-05-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.69
  momentum:             10
  historical:           11.323696
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2056371/"
    handle:    "nm2056371"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%88'%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "نوالا او'فاولاين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuala_O'Faolain"
    title: "Nuala O'Faolain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuala_O%E2%80%99Faolain"
    title: "Nuala O’Faolain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuala_O'Faolain"
    title: "Nuala O'Faolain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuala_O'Faolain"
    title: "Nuala O'Faolain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuala_O%E2%80%99Faolain"
    title: "Nuala O’Faolain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuala_O'Faolain"
    title: "Nuala O'Faolain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuala_O'Faolain"
    title: "Nuala O'Faolain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuala_O'Faolain"
    title: "Nuala O'Faolain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8A%AA%E6%8B%89%C2%B7%E5%A5%A7%E6%B3%95%E5%A5%A7%E8%98%AD"
    title: "努拉·奧法奧蘭"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikiquote.org/wiki/Nuala_O'Faolain"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9a2753b3-197c-45a2-909e-61daf4db4a77"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q467428"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5766037"
    title: "Nuala O'Faolain"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump