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