Pauline McLynn
July 11, 1962 (63 years old) in Sligo, Republic of Ireland
Pauline McLynn (born 11 July 1962) is an Irish character actress and author. She is best known for her roles as Mrs. Doyle in the Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted, Libby Croker in the Channel 4 comedy drama Shameless, Tip Haddem in the BBC One comedy Jam & Jerusalem, and Yvonne Cotton in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Safe Harbor as Brina Walsh
- 2024 · Bodkin as Brónagh McArdle
- 2021 · Last Night in Soho as Carol
- 2021 · Riverdance: The Animated Adventure as Grandma (voice)
- 2019 · Making Noise Quietly as Mildred
- 2018 · Johnny English Strikes Again as Mrs. Trattner
- 2018 · Captain Morten and the Spider Queen as Aunt Annabelle / The Spider Queen (voice)
- 2017 · Transformers: The Last Knight as Female Researcher
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Oona
- 2011 · Celebrity Antiques Road Trip as Self - Participant
- 2011 · Pointless Celebrities as Self
- 2010 · The Calling as Sister Hilda
- 2006 · Jam and Jerusalem as Tip Haddem
- 2006 · Jam and Jerusalem as Tippi Haddem
- 2006 · Legends as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2005 · Gypo as Helen
- 2005 · Heidi as Aunt Detie
- 2004 · Shameless as Libby Croker
- 2001 · Iris as Maureen
- 2000 · Quills as Mademoiselle Clairwil
- 2000 · Nora as Miss Kennedy
- 1999 · Angela's Ashes as Aunt Aggie
- 1999 · Bremner, Bird and Fortune as
- 1996 · Never Mind the Buzzcocks as Self
- 1996 · Silent Witness as Mary Thorpe
- 1995 · Father Ted as Mrs. Doyle
- 1993 · GMTV as Self
- 1992 · Far and Away as Prostitute
- 1990 · Have I Got News for You as Self
- 1987 · French & Saunders as Enthusiastic Fan
- 1985 · The Playboy of the Western World as Honor Blake
- Future · Sweet Delusion as Janet
- 2024 · Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps as The Goatherd's Mother
- 2023 · The Inheritance as Jenny Roche
- 2022 · Rosie Molloy Gives Up Everything as Win Molloy
- 2022 · Holding as as Eileen O'Driscoll
- 2021 · Deadly Cuts as Shelley Sherlock
- 2020 · Out! as Joan
- 2019 · A Girl from Mogadishu as L'assistante sociale
- 2018 · Dave Allen at Peace as Sister Mary
- 2018 · Pilgrimage as Self
- 2018 · Pilgrimage: The Road to Istanbul as
- 2017 · GameFace as Mum
- 2017 · Drop Dead Weird as Bunni
- 2017 · The Secret Scripture as Anne McCartney
- 2014 · Noble as Mother Superior
- 2013 · Dermot Morgan - Fearless Funnyman as Self
- 2013 · Father Figure as Mary Whyte
- 2009 · Demons as
- 2008 · Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money as Dinner Guest
- 2003 · The Return as Laura
- 2002 · High Hopes as
- 2002 · Gina And Stella as
- 2001 · Black Day at Black Rock as
- 2000 · An Everlasting Piece as Gerty
- 2000 · When Brendan Met Trudy as Nuala
- 2000 · The Most Fertile Man in Ireland as Maeve
- 2000 · Life Force as Polly Phemus
- 1999 · Dark Ages as
- 1998 · Her Own Rules as Constable Williams
- 1996 · My Friend Joe as Ms. Doyle
- 1988 · Troubles as Nurse
- Future · TV to go as
- 1994 · Family as Denise