Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
June 5, 1971
Place of Birth:
Corrinshego, Newry, Northern Ireland, UK
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Susan Lynch
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, County 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
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Bring Them Down | Peggy |
| 2021 | Here Are the Young Men | Lynn Connolly |
| 2019 | National Theatre Live: Faith, Hope & Charity | Beth |
| 2019 | Ups and Downs | Fionnuala |
| 2019 | Downton Abbey | Miss Lawton |
| 2018 | Ready Player One | Alice |
| 2017 | The Secret Scripture | Nurse |
| 2017 | Bad Day for the Cut | Frankie Pierce |
| 2016 | Away | Angie |
| 2015 | Sleaford Mods: Invisible Britain | Herself (uncredited) |
| 2014 | Common | Margaret Ward |
| 2014 | Here and Now | Lucy |
| 2011 | Hideaways | Mrs. O'Mara |
| 2010 | The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister | Isabella Norcliffe |
| 2010 | The Scouting Book for Boys | Sharon |
| 2009 | Holy Water | Geraldine Gaffney |
| 2009 | City Rats | Gina |
| 2009 | The Unloved | Lucy's Mother |
| 2009 | The Race | Katey Kensay |
| 2007 | The Robber Bride | Charis White |
| 2007 | A Woman in Winter | Marianne |
| 2007 | Elizabeth: The Golden Age | Annette |
| 2006 | Soundproof | Penny |
| 2006 | Someone Else | Lisa |
| 2005 | Duane Hopwood | Gina |
| 2005 | Mickybo and Me | Torch Woman |
| 2004 | Enduring Love | Rachel |
| 2004 | Burst | Maxwell's Fan 1 |
| 2004 | School of Life | Miss Given |
| 2003 | 16 Years of Alcohol | Mary |
| 2003 | Casa de los Babys | Eileen |
| 2003 | Bye-Child | Woman |
| 2003 | Red Roses and Petrol | Catherine Doyle |
| 2001 | From Hell | Liz Stride |
| 2001 | Happy Now | Tina Trent |
| 2001 | Morlang | Ann Morlang |
| 2001 | Dumping Elaine | Beth |
| 2001 | Mapmaker | Jane Bates |
| 2001 | Il gioco | Corinna |
| 2000 | Nora | Nora Barnacle |
| 2000 | Beautiful Creatures | Dorothy |
| 1998 | Waking Ned | Maggie O'Toole |
| 1997 | Downtime | Chrissy |
| 1997 | A Royal Scandal | Caroline of Brunswick |
| 1996 | Truth or Dare | Mel |
| 1995 | The Perfect Match | Erica |
| 1995 | Dangerous Lady | |
| 1994 | Interview with the Vampire | Paris Vampire |
| 1994 | The Secret of Roan Inish | Selkie |
| 1992 | Running Late | Receptionist 2 |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | A Thousand Blows | Jane Carr |
| 2025 | Small Town, Big Story | Jemima Rowlands |
| 2024 | Daddy Issues | Davina |
| 2023 | The Change | Agnes |
| 2022 | Pistol | John's Mum |
| 2021 | Bloodlands | Heather Pentland |
| 2021 | Close to Me | Cathy |
| 2019 | Sex Education | Tara Gibbs |
| 2019 | Wild Bill | Angie |
| 2018 | Killing Eve | Anna |
| 2018 | Save Me | Stace |
| 2017 | Apple Tree Yard | Susannah |
| 2016 | National Treasure | Christina Farnborough |
| 2015 | Unforgotten | Liz Baildon |
| 2014 | Happy Valley | Alison Garrs |
| 2014 | Chasing Shadows | Dr. Ellesmere |
| 2013 | Ambassadors | Caitlin |
| 2012 | The Secret of Crickley Hall | Lili Peel |
| 2011 | Monroe | |
| 2011 | Great Expectations | Molly |
| 2009 | Moving On | Tina |
| 2006 | The Ten Commandments | Miriam |
| 2005 | Doctor Who | Angstrom |
| 2004 | Bodies | Maria Orton |
| 2004 | New Tricks | Claudia Scott |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's Marple | Sybil Stamfordis |
| 2002 | Any Time Now | Stevie McCutcheon |
| 2001 | Sweet Revenge | Madelaine Adair |
| 1998 | Kings in Grass Castles | Sarah |
| 1998 | Amongst Women | Maggie |
| 1997 | Ivanhoe | Rebecca |
| 1993 | Cracker | Tina |