Susan Lynch
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
Credits
- 2025 · Small Town, Big Story as Jemima Rowlands
- 2025 · A Thousand Blows as Jane Carr
- 2025 · 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
- 2014 · 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 as
- 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
- 2009 · 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
- 2004 · 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
- 1997 · Ivanhoe as Rebecca
- 1996 · Truth or Dare as Mel
- 1995 · The Perfect Match as Erica
- 1995 · Dangerous Lady as
- 1994 · Interview with the Vampire as Paris Vampire
- 1994 · The Secret of Roan Inish as Selkie
- 1993 · Cracker as Tina
- 1992 · Running Late as Receptionist 2