Pauline McLynn
Acting • Born 1962-07-11
Biography
Pauline McLynn (born 11 July 1962) is an Irish character actress and author. She is best known for her roles as Mrs. Doyle in the Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted, Libby Croker in the Channel 4 comedy drama Shameless, Tip Haddem in the BBC One comedy Jam & Jerusalem, and Yvonne Cotton in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.
Filmography
67 credits
Gypo
Movie • 2005
Helen
Last Night in Soho
Movie • 2021
Carol
An Everlasting Piece
Movie • 2000
Gerty
Heidi
Movie • 2005
Aunt Detie
My Friend Joe
Movie • 1996
Ms. Doyle
Gina And Stella
Movie • 2002
Dermot Morgan: Fearless Funnyman
Movie • 2013
Self
Black Day at Black Rock
Movie • 2001
Out!
Movie • 2020
Joan
The Playboy of the Western World
Movie • 1985
Honor Blake
The Return
Movie • 2003
Laura
Noble
Movie • 2014
Mother Superior
The Secret Scripture
Movie • 2017
Anne McCartney
Iris
Movie • 2001
Maureen
Family
Movie • 1994
Denise
Angela's Ashes
Movie • 1999
Aunt Aggie
Her Own Rules
Movie • 1998
Constable Williams
Transformers: The Last Knight
Movie • 2017
Female Researcher
When Brendan Met Trudy
Movie • 2000
Nuala
Dave Allen at Peace
Movie • 2018
Sister Mary
Captain Morten and the Spider Queen
Movie • 2018
Aunt Annabelle / The Spider Queen (voice)
Quills
Movie • 2000
Mademoiselle Clairwil
Nora
Movie • 2000
Miss Kennedy
Far and Away
Movie • 1992
Prostitute
Making Noise Quietly
Movie • 2019
Mildred
A Girl from Mogadishu
Movie • 2019
L'assistante sociale
Johnny English Strikes Again
Movie • 2018
Mrs. Trattner
Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
Movie • 2021
Grandma (voice)
The Most Fertile Man in Ireland
Movie • 2000
Maeve
Deadly Cuts
Movie • 2021
Shelley Sherlock
Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps
Movie • 2024
The Goatherd's Mother
The Calling
Movie • 2010
Sister Hilda
Sweet Delusion
Movie
Janet
So You Think You're Irish
Movie • 1997
Self
Doctor Who: Eve of the Daleks
Movie • 2022
Mary
Jam and Jerusalem
TV • 2006
Tip Haddem
Father Ted
TV • 1995
Mrs. Doyle
Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money
TV • 2008
Dinner Guest
High Hopes
TV • 2002
Bremner, Bird and Fortune
TV • 1999
Demons
TV • 2009
Inside No. 9
TV • 2014
Oona
Dark Ages
TV • 1999
GMTV
TV • 1993
Self
TV to go
TV
French & Saunders
TV • 1987
Enthusiastic Fan
Life Force
TV • 2000
Polly Phemus
Father Figure
TV • 2013
Mary Whyte
The Inheritance
TV • 2023
Jenny Roche
Holding
TV • 2022
as Eileen O'Driscoll
Pilgrimage
TV • 2018
Self
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
TV • 1996
Self
Pointless Celebrities
TV • 2011
Self
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
TV • 2011
Self - Participant
Troubles
TV • 1988
Nurse
GameFace
TV • 2017
Mum
Rosie Molloy Gives Up Everything
TV • 2022
Win Molloy
Legends
TV • 2006
Self - Narrator (voice)
Bodkin
TV • 2024
Brónagh McArdle
Silent Witness
TV • 1996
Mary Thorpe
Pilgrimage: The Road to Istanbul
TV • 2018
Drop Dead Weird
TV • 2017
Bunni
Safe Harbor
TV • 2025
Brina Walsh
Jam and Jerusalem
TV • 2006
Tippi Haddem
Have I Got News for You
TV • 1990
Self
Shameless
TV • 2004
Libby Croker
The Island of Inis Cool
TV • 2004
Mrs Turlock (voice)