Susan Lynch

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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

80

Gender

Female

Birthday

1971-06-05 (53 years old)

Place of Birth

Corrinshego, Newry, Northern Ireland

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

Ready Player One
7.6%

Ready Player One

Mar 28, 2018

Sex Education
8.2%

Sex Education

Jan 11, 2019

Doctor Who
7.5%

Doctor Who

Mar 26, 2005

From Hell
6.7%

From Hell

Feb 8, 2001

Killing Eve
8.0%

Killing Eve

Apr 8, 2018

Downton Abbey
7.1%

Downton Abbey

Sep 12, 2019

Happy Valley
7.9%

Happy Valley

Apr 29, 2014

Waking Ned
7.0%

Waking Ned

Sep 15, 1998

The Secret Scripture
7.3%

The Secret Scripture

Mar 23, 2017

Bad Day for the Cut
6.5%

Bad Day for the Cut

Oct 20, 2017

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