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Susan Lynch
Susan Lynch

Susan Lynch

ActingBorn June 5, 1971 (age 55)Corrinshego, Newry, Northern Ireland, UK

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

2025
Small Town, Big Story

as Jemima Rowlands

TV
2025
A Thousand Blows

as Jane Carr

TV
2025Movie
2024
Daddy Issues

as Davina

TV
2023
The Change

as Agnes

TV
2022
Pistol

as John's Mum

TV
2021
Close to Me

as Cathy

TV
2021
Here Are the Young Men

as Lynn Connolly

Movie
2021
Bloodlands

as Heather Pentland

TV
2019
Lost Lives

as Self (voice)

Movie
2019
Downton Abbey

as Miss Lawton

Movie
2019
Wild Bill

as Angie

TV
2019
Ups and Downs

as Fionnuala

Movie
2019
Sex Education

as Tara Gibbs

TV
2018TV
2018Movie
2018
Save Me

as Stace

TV
2017
Bad Day for the Cut

as Frankie Pierce

Movie
2017Movie
2017
Apple Tree Yard

as Susannah

TV
2016
National Treasure

as Christina Farnborough

TV
2016
Away

as Angie

Movie
2015
Unforgotten

as Liz Baildon

TV
2015
Sleaford Mods: Invisible Britain

as Herself (uncredited)

Movie
2014
Chasing Shadows

as Dr. Ellesmere

TV
2014
Common

as Margaret Ward

Movie
2014Movie
2014
Happy Valley

as Alison Garrs

TV
2013
Ambassadors

as Caitlin

TV
2012TV
2011TV
2011
Hideaways

as Mrs. O'Mara

Movie
2011TV
2010Movie
2010Movie
2009
The Race

as Katey Kensay

Movie
2009
Holy Water

as Geraldine Gaffney

Movie
2009
Moving On

as Tina

TV
2009
The Unloved

as Lucy's Mother

Movie
2009
City Rats

as Gina

Movie
2007Movie
2007Movie
2007
The Robber Bride

as Charis White

Movie
2006Movie
2006
Soundproof

as Penny

Movie
2006TV
2005Movie
2005
Doctor Who

as Angstrom

TV
2005
Mickybo and Me

as Torch Woman

Movie
2004
Agatha Christie's Marple

as Sybil Stamfordis

TV
2004
Enduring Love

as Rachel

Movie
2004
School of Life

as Miss Given

Movie
2004
Bodies

as Maria Orton

TV
2004
Burst

as Maxwell's Fan 1

Movie
2004
New Tricks

as Claudia Scott

TV
2003
Red Roses and Petrol

as Catherine Doyle

Movie
2003
Bye-Child

as Woman

Movie
2003Movie
2003Movie
2002
Any Time Now

as Stevie McCutcheon

TV
2001
Mapmaker

as Jane Bates

Movie
2001
Morlang

as Ann Morlang

Movie
2001Movie
2001
Sweet Revenge

as Madelaine Adair

TV
2001
Happy Now

as Tina Trent

Movie
2001
Deceit

as Corinna

Movie
2001
From Hell

as Liz Stride

Movie
2000Movie
2000
Nora

as Nora Barnacle

Movie
1998
Waking Ned

as Maggie O'Toole

Movie
1998
Amongst Women

as Maggie

TV
1997
Downtime

as Chrissy

Movie
1997
A Royal Scandal

as Caroline of Brunswick

Movie
1997
Ivanhoe

as Rebecca

TV
1996Movie
1995Movie
1994Movie
1994Movie
1993
Cracker

as Tina

TV
1992
Running Late

as Receptionist 2

Movie
Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJune 5, 1971
Place of BirthCorrinshego, Newry, Northern Ireland, UK
Popularity1.1