Susan Lynch
Actor
Born June 5, 1971 in Corrinshego, Newry, Northern Ireland, UK
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
Small Town, Big Story
Jemima Rowlands
A Thousand Blows
Jane Carr
Bring Them Down
Peggy
Daddy Issues
Davina
The Change
Agnes
Pistol
John's Mum
Close to Me
Cathy
Here Are the Young Men
Lynn Connolly
Bloodlands
Heather Pentland
Lost Lives
Self (voice)
National Theatre Live: Faith, Hope & Charity
Beth
Downton Abbey
Miss Lawton
Wild Bill
Angie
Ups and Downs
Fionnuala
Sex Education
Tara Gibbs
Killing Eve
Anna
Ready Player One
Alice
Save Me
Stace
Bad Day for the Cut
Frankie Pierce
The Secret Scripture
Nurse
Apple Tree Yard
Susannah
National Treasure
Christina Farnborough
Away
Angie
Unforgotten
Liz Baildon
Sleaford Mods: Invisible Britain
Herself (uncredited)
Chasing Shadows
Dr. Ellesmere
Common
Margaret Ward
Happy Valley
Alison Garrs
Ambassadors
Caitlin
The Secret of Crickley Hall
Lili Peel
Great Expectations
Molly
Hideaways
Mrs. O'Mara
Monroe
The Scouting Book for Boys
Sharon
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister
Isabella Norcliffe
The Race
Katey Kensay
Holy Water
Geraldine Gaffney
Moving On
Tina
The Unloved
Lucy's Mother
City Rats
Gina
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Annette
A Woman in Winter
Marianne
The Robber Bride
Charis White
Someone Else
Lisa
Soundproof
Penny
The Ten Commandments
Miriam
Duane Hopwood
Gina
Doctor Who
Angstrom
Mickybo and Me
Torch Woman
Agatha Christie's Marple
Sybil Stamfordis
Enduring Love
Rachel
School of Life
Miss Given
Bodies
Maria Orton
Burst
Maxwell's Fan 1
New Tricks
Claudia Scott
Red Roses and Petrol
Catherine Doyle
Casa de los Babys
Eileen
16 Years of Alcohol
Mary
Any Time Now
Stevie McCutcheon
Mapmaker
Jane Bates
Morlang
Ann Morlang
Happy Now
Tina Trent
Deceit
Corinna
From Hell
Liz Stride
Beautiful Creatures
Dorothy
Nora
Nora Barnacle
Waking Ned
Maggie O'Toole
Amongst Women
Maggie
Kings in Grass Castles
Sarah
Downtime
Chrissy
A Royal Scandal
Caroline of Brunswick
Ivanhoe
Rebecca
Interview with the Vampire
Paris Vampire
The Secret of Roan Inish
Selkie
Cracker
Tina
Running Late
Receptionist 2
American Playhouse
Inga