Susan Lynch
Acting • Born 1971-06-05
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.
Filmography
82 credits
Waking Ned
Movie • 1998
Maggie O'Toole
From Hell
Movie • 2001
Liz Stride
Bring Them Down
Movie • 2025
Peggy
Enduring Love
Movie • 2004
Rachel
Nora
Movie • 2000
Nora Barnacle
16 Years of Alcohol
Movie • 2003
Mary
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister
Movie • 2010
Isabella Norcliffe
The Robber Bride
Movie • 2007
Charis White
Beautiful Creatures
Movie • 2000
Dorothy
Casa de los Babys
Movie • 2003
Eileen
Running Late
Movie • 1992
Receptionist 2
Holy Water
Movie • 2009
Geraldine Gaffney
City Rats
Movie • 2009
Gina
Happy Now
Movie • 2001
Tina Trent
The Unloved
Movie • 2009
Lucy's Mother
Morlang
Movie • 2001
Ann Morlang
Interview with the Vampire
Movie • 1994
Paris Vampire
Downtime
Movie • 1997
Chrissy
A Woman in Winter
Movie • 2007
Marianne
National Theatre Live: Faith, Hope & Charity
Movie • 2019
Beth
The Race
Movie • 2009
Katey Kensay
Dumping Elaine
Movie • 2001
Beth
Bye-Child
Movie • 2003
Woman
The Scouting Book for Boys
Movie • 2010
Sharon
Common
Movie • 2014
Margaret Ward
The Perfect Match
Movie • 1995
Erica
Dangerous Lady
Movie • 1995
Red Roses and Petrol
Movie • 2003
Catherine Doyle
A Royal Scandal
Movie • 1997
Caroline of Brunswick
Burst
Movie • 2004
Maxwell's Fan 1
School of Life
Movie • 2004
Miss Given
Soundproof
Movie • 2006
Penny
Away
Movie • 2016
Angie
The Secret Scripture
Movie • 2017
Nurse
Bad Day for the Cut
Movie • 2017
Frankie Pierce
Duane Hopwood
Movie • 2005
Gina
Ready Player One
Movie • 2018
Alice
The Secret of Roan Inish
Movie • 1994
Selkie
Someone Else
Movie • 2006
Lisa
Hideaways
Movie • 2011
Mrs. O'Mara
Ups and Downs
Movie • 2019
Fionnuala
Sleaford Mods: Invisible Britain
Movie • 2015
Herself (uncredited)
Mapmaker
Movie • 2001
Jane Bates
Downton Abbey
Movie • 2019
Miss Lawton
Mickybo and Me
Movie • 2005
Torch Woman
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Movie • 2007
Annette
Deceit
Movie • 2001
Corinna
Truth or Dare
Movie • 1996
Mel
Here Are the Young Men
Movie • 2021
Lynn Connolly
Here and Now
Movie • 2014
Lucy
Cracker
TV • 1993
Tina
Bodies
TV • 2004
Maria Orton
Unforgotten
TV • 2015
Liz Baildon
Bloodlands
TV • 2021
Heather Pentland
Ivanhoe
TV • 1997
Rebecca
Monroe
TV • 2011
Sweet Revenge
TV • 2001
Madelaine Adair
Sex Education
TV • 2019
Tara Gibbs
The Secret of Crickley Hall
TV • 2012
Lili Peel
Moving On
TV • 2009
Tina
New Tricks
TV • 2004
Claudia Scott
Close to Me
TV • 2021
Cathy
National Treasure
TV • 2016
Christina Farnborough
Apple Tree Yard
TV • 2017
Susannah
Great Expectations
TV • 2011
Molly
The Ten Commandments
TV • 2006
Miriam
Ambassadors
TV • 2013
Caitlin
Kings in Grass Castles
TV • 1998
Sarah
Pistol
TV • 2022
John's Mum
Killing Eve
TV • 2018
Anna
Doctor Who
TV • 2005
Angstrom
Amongst Women
TV • 1998
Maggie
Any Time Now
TV • 2002
Stevie McCutcheon
Save Me
TV • 2018
Stace
Agatha Christie's Marple
TV • 2004
Sybil Stamfordis
Wild Bill
TV • 2019
Angie
Happy Valley
TV • 2014
Alison Garrs
Chasing Shadows
TV • 2014
Dr. Ellesmere
Daddy Issues
TV • 2024
Davina
A Thousand Blows
TV • 2025
Jane Carr
Small Town, Big Story
TV • 2025
Jemima Rowlands
The Change
TV • 2023
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