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Susan Lynch

Susan Lynch

Known For Acting
Birthday Jun 05, 1971 (54)
Birthplace Corrinshego, Newry, Northern Ireland, UK
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Aug 09, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

Susan Lynch (born 5 June 1971) is an actor from Northern Ireland. She is known for her role in the 2003 film 16 Years of Alcohol. Her other film appearances include Waking Ned Devine (1998), Nora (2000), Beautiful Creatures (2000), and From Hell (2001). Lynch was born in 1971 in Corrinshego, Count ... y Armagh, Northern Ireland to an Italian mother (from Trivento) and an Irish father. She has four siblings; her eldest brother is actor John Lynch. She trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Lynch has won three Irish Film and Television Academy Awards, including Best Leading Actress for her work in the film Nora, about Nora Barnacle and her husband, Irish author James Joyce. She also won the British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 2003 film 16 Years of Alcohol. In 2020, she was listed as number 42 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors.

Known For

Filmography

Bring Them Down

Bring Them Down

2025

as Peggy

Here Are the Young Men

Here Are the Young Men

2021

as Lynn Connolly

Ups and Downs

Ups and Downs

2019

as Fionnuala

Downton Abbey

Downton Abbey

2019

as Miss Lawton

Ready Player One

Ready Player One

2018

as Alice

Bad Day for the Cut

Bad Day for the Cut

2017

as Frankie Pierce

The Secret Scripture

The Secret Scripture

2017

as Nurse

Away

Away

2016

as Angie

Common

Common

2014

as Margaret Ward

Hideaways

Hideaways

2011

as Mrs. O'Mara

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

2010

as Isabella Norcliffe

The Race

The Race

2009

as Katey Kensay

The Unloved

The Unloved

2009

as Lucy's Mother

City Rats

City Rats

2009

as Gina

Holy Water

Holy Water

2009

as Geraldine Gaffney

The Robber Bride

The Robber Bride

2007

as Charis White

A Woman in Winter

A Woman in Winter

2007

as Marianne

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

2007

as Annette

Soundproof

Soundproof

2006

as Penny

Someone Else

Someone Else

2006

as Lisa

Duane Hopwood

Duane Hopwood

2005

as Gina

Mickybo and Me

Mickybo and Me

2005

as Torch Woman

School of Life

School of Life

2004

as Miss Given

Enduring Love

Enduring Love

2004

as Rachel

16 Years of Alcohol

16 Years of Alcohol

2003

as Mary

Casa de los Babys

Casa de los Babys

2003

as Eileen

Happy Now

Happy Now

2001

as Tina Trent

Morlang

Morlang

2001

as Ann Morlang

From Hell

From Hell

2001

as Liz Stride

Beautiful Creatures

Beautiful Creatures

2000

as Dorothy

Nora

Nora

2000

as Nora Barnacle

Waking Ned

Waking Ned

1998

as Maggie O'Toole

Downtime

Downtime

1997

as Chrissy

A Royal Scandal

A Royal Scandal

1997

as Caroline of Brunswick

Truth or Dare

Truth or Dare

1996

as Mel

The Perfect Match

The Perfect Match

1995

as Erica

The Secret of Roan Inish

The Secret of Roan Inish

1994

as Selkie

Interview with the Vampire

Interview with the Vampire

1994

as Paris Vampire

Running Late

Running Late

1992

as Receptionist 2

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Bodies

as Maria Orton

Episodes: 6

First Aired: May 23, 2004

Unforgotten

as Liz Baildon

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Oct 08, 2015

Ivanhoe

as Rebecca

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Jan 12, 1997

Close to Me

as Cathy

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Sep 12, 2021

Any Time Now

as Stevie McCutcheon

Episodes: 6

First Aired: May 20, 2002

Save Me

as Stace

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Feb 28, 2018

National Treasure

as Christina Farnborough

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Sep 20, 2016

Apple Tree Yard

as Susannah

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Jan 22, 2017

Amongst Women

as Maggie

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Jul 15, 1998

Cracker

as Tina

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Sep 27, 1993

Ambassadors

as Caitlin

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Oct 23, 2013

Sweet Revenge

as Madelaine Adair

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 15, 2001

The Secret of Crickley Hall

as Lili Peel

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Nov 18, 2012

Great Expectations

as Molly

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Dec 27, 2011

The Ten Commandments

as Miriam

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Apr 10, 2006

Kings in Grass Castles

as Sarah

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Mar 28, 1998

Killing Eve

as Anna

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Apr 08, 2018

Happy Valley

as Alison Garrs

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Apr 29, 2014

Chasing Shadows

as Dr. Ellesmere

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 04, 2014

Daddy Issues

as Davina

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Aug 15, 2024

Bloodlands

as Heather Pentland

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 21, 2021

Sex Education

as Tara Gibbs

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 11, 2019

Moving On

as Tina

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 18, 2009

New Tricks

as Claudia Scott

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 01, 2004

Pistol

as John's Mum

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 31, 2022

Doctor Who

as Angstrom

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 26, 2005

Agatha Christie's Marple

as Sybil Stamfordis

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 12, 2004

Wild Bill

as Angie

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 12, 2019

Monroe

Episodes: 12

First Aired: Mar 10, 2011

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