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Susan Lynch

ActorBorn June 5, 1971 (54 years)
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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • The Secret of Roan Inish
  • The Secret Scripture
  • Cracker
  • Chasing Shadows
  • Here Are the Young Men
  • The Unloved
  • Monroe
  • Jimmy McGovern's Moving On
  • Someone Else

Known For

  • From Hell
  • Waking Ned Devine
  • Bad Day for the Cut
  • Elizabeth: The Golden Age
  • Enduring Love
  • Beautiful Creatures
  • The Secret Scripture
  • Apple Tree Yard
  • Nora
  • Save Me (2018)
  • The Change
  • The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister
  • Bring Them Down
  • Hideaways
  • Ambassadors
  • Common
  • Hard Times
  • 16 Years of Alcohol
  • Casa de los babys
  • Close To Me
  • The Unloved
  • Ivanhoe (1997)
  • Away
  • Mickybo and Me

Filmography

2025
Small Town, Big Story (TV Series) · as Jemima Rowlands
2024
A Thousand Blows (TV Series) · as Jane Carr
2024
Bring Them Down · as Peggy
2024
Daddy Issues (TV Series) · as Davina
2023
Northern Lights (TV Series) · as Pauline
2023
The Change (TV Series) · as Agnes
2022
Pistol (TV Series) · as John's Mum
2021
Close To Me (TV Series) · as Cathy
2021
Bloodlands (2021) (TV Series) · as Heather Pentland
2020
2019
Downton Abbey · as Miss Lawton
2019
Wild Bill (TV Series) · as Angie
2019
Sex Education (TV Series) · as Tara Gibbs
2018
Killing Eve (TV Series) · as Anna
2018
Ready Player One · as Alice
2018
Save Me (2018) (TV Series) · as Stace
2017
Bad Day for the Cut · as Frankie Pierce
2017
Apple Tree Yard (TV Series) · as Susannah
2016
2016
National Treasure (TV Series) · as Christina Farnborough
2016
Away · as Angie
2015
Unforgotten (TV Series) · as Liz Baildon
2014
Chasing Shadows (TV Series) · as Dr. Ellesmere
2014
Common · as Margaret Ward
2014
Here and Now · as Lucy
2014
Happy Valley (TV Series) · as Alison Garrs
2013
Ambassadors (TV Series) · as Caitlin
2012
The Secret Of Crickley Hall (TV Series) · as Lili Peel
2011
Great Expectations (TV Series) · as Molly
2011
Hideaways · as Mrs. O'mara
2011
Monroe (TV Series)
2010
2009
The Race · as Katey Kensay
2009
Hard Times · as Geraldine Gaffney
2009
2009
The Unloved · as Lucy's Mother
2009
City Rats · as Gina
2009
2007
2007
The Robber Bride · as Charis White
2006
A Woman in Winter · as Marianne
2006
2006
Soundproof · as Penny
2006
The Ten Commandments (TV Series) · as Miriam
2005
Duane Hopwood · as Gina
2005
Doctor Who (2005) (TV Series) · as Angstrom
2004
Mickybo and Me · as Torch Woman
2004
Agatha Christie's Marple (TV Series) · as Sybil Stamfordis
2004
Enduring Love · as Rachel
2004
Bodies (TV Series) · as Maria Orton
2003
Red Roses and Petrol · as Catherine Doyle
2003
Casa de los babys · as Eileen
2003
2003
New Tricks (TV Series) · as Claudia Scott
2002
Jedermanns Fest · as Maria
2001
Mapmaker · as Jane Bates
2001
Morlang · as Ann Morlang
2001
From Hell · as Liz Stride
2001
Sweet Revenge (TV Series) · as Madelaine Adair
2001
Happy Now · as Tina Trent
2000
Beautiful Creatures · as Dorothy
2000
Nora · as Nora Barnacle
1999
Deceit · as Corinna
1998
Waking Ned Devine · as Maggie O'toole
1998
Amongst Women (TV Series) · as Maggie
1998
Kings in Grass Castles (TV Series) · as Sarah
1997
Downtime · as Chrissy
1997
Ivanhoe (1997) (TV Series) · as Rebecca
1996
A Royal Scandal · as Caroline Of Brunswick
1996
Dalziel and Pascoe (TV Series) · as Dr. Janet Rix
1996
Truth or Dare · as Mel
1995
Dangerous Lady (TV Series) · as Maura Ryan
1994
Interview with the Vampire · as Paris Vampire
1994
1993
Cracker (TV Series) · as Tina
1985
Screen One (TV Series) · as Mel
1984
The Bill (TV Series) · as Trainee Investigator

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