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
- 2022 · Rosie Molloy Gives Up Everything as Win Molloy
- 2022 · Holding as as Eileen O'Driscoll
- 2021 · Last Night in Soho as Carol
- 2021 · Riverdance: The Animated Adventure as Grandma (voice)
- 2018 · Johnny English Strikes Again as Mrs. Trattner
- 2017 · GameFace as Mum
- 2017 · Drop Dead Weird as Bunni
- 2017 · Transformers: The Last Knight as Female Researcher
- 2017 · The Secret Scripture as Anne McCartney
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Oona
- 2011 · Celebrity Antiques Road Trip as Self - Participant
- 2011 · Pointless Celebrities as Self
- 2009 · Demons as
- 2006 · Jam and Jerusalem as Tip Haddem
- 2006 · Jam and Jerusalem as Tippi Haddem
- 2006 · Legends as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2005 · Heidi as Aunt Detie
- 2004 · Shameless as Libby Croker
- 2002 · High Hopes as
- 2001 · Iris as Maureen
- 2000 · Quills as Mademoiselle Clairwil
- 2000 · Life Force as Polly Phemus
- 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
- 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 · Doctor Who: Eve of the Daleks as Mary
- 2021 · Deadly Cuts as Shelley Sherlock
- 2020 · Out! as Joan
- 2019 · A Girl from Mogadishu as L'assistante sociale
- 2019 · Making Noise Quietly as Mildred
- 2018 · Captain Morten and the Spider Queen as Aunt Annabelle / The Spider Queen (voice)
- 2018 · Dave Allen at Peace as Sister Mary
- 2018 · Pilgrimage: The Road to Istanbul as
- 2018 · Pilgrimage as Self
- 2014 · Noble as Mother Superior
- 2013 · Dermot Morgan: Fearless Funnyman as Self
- 2013 · Father Figure as Mary Whyte
- 2010 · The Calling as Sister Hilda
- 2008 · Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money as Dinner Guest
- 2005 · Gypo as Helen
- 2004 · The Island of Inis Cool as Mrs Turlock (voice)
- 2003 · The Return as Laura
- 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 · Nora as Miss Kennedy
- 1999 · Dark Ages as
- 1998 · Her Own Rules as Constable Williams
- 1997 · So You Think You're Irish as Self
- 1996 · My Friend Joe as Ms. Doyle
- 1994 · Family as Denise
- 1988 · Troubles as Nurse
- Future · TV to go as
- 1985 · The Playboy of the Western World as Honor Blake