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
Doctor Who
Sex Education
Agatha Christie's Marple
New Tricks
Killing Eve
Ready Player One
Unforgotten
Happy Valley
All Movies (52)
- Bring Them Down2025 · as Peggy
- Here Are the Young Men2021 · as Lynn Connolly
- Lost Lives2019 · as Self (voice)
- National Theatre Live: Faith, Hope & Charity2019 · as Beth
- Downton Abbey2019 · as Miss Lawton
- Ups and Downs2019 · as Fionnuala
- Ready Player One2018 · as Alice
- Bad Day for the Cut2017 · as Frankie Pierce
- The Secret Scripture2017 · as Nurse
- Away2016 · as Angie
- Sleaford Mods: Invisible Britain2015 · as Herself (uncredited)
- Common2014 · as Margaret Ward
- Here and Now2014 · as Lucy
- Hideaways2011 · as Mrs. O'Mara
- The Scouting Book for Boys2010 · as Sharon
- The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister2010 · as Isabella Norcliffe
- The Race2009 · as Katey Kensay
- Holy Water2009 · as Geraldine Gaffney
- The Unloved2009 · as Lucy's Mother
- City Rats2009 · as Gina
- Elizabeth: The Golden Age2007 · as Annette
- A Woman in Winter2007 · as Marianne
- The Robber Bride2007 · as Charis White
- Someone Else2006 · as Lisa
- Soundproof2006 · as Penny
- Duane Hopwood2005 · as Gina
- Mickybo and Me2005 · as Torch Woman
- Enduring Love2004 · as Rachel
- School of Life2004 · as Miss Given
- Burst2004 · as Maxwell's Fan 1
- Red Roses and Petrol2003 · as Catherine Doyle
- Bye-Child2003 · as Woman
- Casa de los Babys2003 · as Eileen
- 16 Years of Alcohol2003 · as Mary
- Mapmaker2001 · as Jane Bates
- Morlang2001 · as Ann Morlang
- Dumping Elaine2001 · as Beth
- Happy Now2001 · as Tina Trent
- Deceit2001 · as Corinna
- From Hell2001 · as Liz Stride
- Beautiful Creatures2000 · as Dorothy
- Nora2000 · as Nora Barnacle
- Waking Ned1998 · as Maggie O'Toole
- Downtime1997 · as Chrissy
- A Royal Scandal1997 · as Caroline of Brunswick
- Truth or Dare1996 · as Mel
- The Perfect Match1995 · as Erica
- Dangerous Lady1995
- Interview with the Vampire1994 · as Paris Vampire
- The Secret of Roan Inish1994 · as Selkie
- Running Late1992 · as Receptionist 2
- The Big Fix—
All TV Shows (32)
- Small Town, Big Story2025 · as Jemima Rowlands
- A Thousand Blows2025 · as Jane Carr
- Daddy Issues2024 · as Davina
- The Change2023 · as Agnes
- Pistol2022 · as John's Mum
- Close to Me2021 · as Cathy
- Bloodlands2021 · as Heather Pentland
- Wild Bill2019 · as Angie
- Sex Education2019 · as Tara Gibbs
- Killing Eve2018 · as Anna
- Save Me2018 · as Stace
- Apple Tree Yard2017 · as Susannah
- National Treasure2016 · as Christina Farnborough
- Unforgotten2015 · as Liz Baildon
- Chasing Shadows2014 · as Dr. Ellesmere
- Happy Valley2014 · as Alison Garrs
- Ambassadors2013 · as Caitlin
- The Secret of Crickley Hall2012 · as Lili Peel
- Great Expectations2011 · as Molly
- Monroe2011
- Moving On2009 · as Tina
- The Ten Commandments2006 · as Miriam
- Doctor Who2005 · as Angstrom
- Agatha Christie's Marple2004 · as Sybil Stamfordis
- Bodies2004 · as Maria Orton
- New Tricks2004 · as Claudia Scott
- Any Time Now2002 · as Stevie McCutcheon
- Sweet Revenge2001 · as Madelaine Adair
- Amongst Women1998 · as Maggie
- Kings in Grass Castles1998 · as Sarah
- Ivanhoe1997 · as Rebecca
- Cracker1993 · as Tina