Bring Them Down
2025 · Movie
as Peggy
Susan Lynch
1971-06-05
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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
A Thousand Blows
2025 · TV Show
as Jane Carr
Small Town, Big Story
2025 · TV Show
as Jemima Rowlands
Daddy Issues
2024 · TV Show
as Davina
The Change
2023 · TV Show
as Agnes
Pistol
2022 · TV Show
as John's Mum
Here Are the Young Men
2021 · Movie
as Lynn Connolly
Bloodlands
2021 · TV Show
as Heather Pentland
Close to Me
2021 · TV Show
as Cathy
National Theatre Live: Faith, Hope & Charity
2019 · Movie
as Beth
Ups and Downs
2019 · Movie
as Fionnuala
Downton Abbey
2019 · Movie
as Miss Lawton
Lost Lives
2019 · Movie
as Self (voice)
Sex Education
2019 · TV Show
as Tara Gibbs
Wild Bill
2019 · TV Show
as Angie
Ready Player One
2018 · Movie
as Alice
Killing Eve
2018 · TV Show
as Anna
Save Me
2018 · TV Show
as Stace
The Secret Scripture
2017 · Movie
as Nurse
Bad Day for the Cut
2017 · Movie
as Frankie Pierce
Apple Tree Yard
2017 · TV Show
as Susannah
Away
2016 · Movie
as Angie
National Treasure
2016 · TV Show
as Christina Farnborough
Sleaford Mods: Invisible Britain
2015 · Movie
as Herself (uncredited)
Unforgotten
2015 · TV Show
as Liz Baildon
Common
2014 · Movie
as Margaret Ward
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Here and Now
2014 · Movie
as Lucy
Happy Valley
2014 · TV Show
as Alison Garrs
Chasing Shadows
2014 · TV Show
as Dr. Ellesmere
Ambassadors
2013 · TV Show
as Caitlin
The Secret of Crickley Hall
2012 · TV Show
as Lili Peel
Hideaways
2011 · Movie
as Mrs. O'Mara
Monroe
2011 · TV Show
Great Expectations
2011 · TV Show
as Molly
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister
2010 · Movie
as Isabella Norcliffe
The Scouting Book for Boys
2010 · Movie
as Sharon
Holy Water
2009 · Movie
as Geraldine Gaffney
City Rats
2009 · Movie
as Gina
The Unloved
2009 · Movie
as Lucy's Mother
The Race
2009 · Movie
as Katey Kensay
Moving On
2009 · TV Show
as Tina
The Robber Bride
2007 · Movie
as Charis White
A Woman in Winter
2007 · Movie
as Marianne
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
2007 · Movie
as Annette
Soundproof
2006 · Movie
as Penny
Someone Else
2006 · Movie
as Lisa
The Ten Commandments
2006 · TV Show
as Miriam
Duane Hopwood
2005 · Movie
as Gina
Mickybo and Me
2005 · Movie
as Torch Woman
Doctor Who
2005 · TV Show
as Angstrom
Enduring Love
2004 · Movie
as Rachel
Burst
2004 · Movie
as Maxwell's Fan 1
School of Life
2004 · Movie
as Miss Given
Bodies
2004 · TV Show
as Maria Orton
New Tricks
2004 · TV Show
as Claudia Scott
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004 · TV Show
as Sybil Stamfordis
16 Years of Alcohol
2003 · Movie
as Mary
Casa de los Babys
2003 · Movie
as Eileen
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Bye-Child
2003 · Movie
as Woman
Red Roses and Petrol
2003 · Movie
as Catherine Doyle
Any Time Now
2002 · TV Show
as Stevie McCutcheon
From Hell
2001 · Movie
as Liz Stride
Happy Now
2001 · Movie
as Tina Trent
Morlang
2001 · Movie
as Ann Morlang
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Dumping Elaine
2001 · Movie
as Beth
Mapmaker
2001 · Movie
as Jane Bates
Deceit
2001 · Movie
as Corinna
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Sweet Revenge
2001 · TV Show
as Madelaine Adair
Nora
2000 · Movie
as Nora Barnacle
Beautiful Creatures
2000 · Movie
as Dorothy
Waking Ned
1998 · Movie
as Maggie O'Toole
Kings in Grass Castles
1998 · TV Show
as Sarah
Amongst Women
1998 · TV Show
as Maggie
Downtime
1997 · Movie
as Chrissy
A Royal Scandal
1997 · Movie
as Caroline of Brunswick
Ivanhoe
1997 · TV Show
as Rebecca
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Truth or Dare
1996 · Movie
as Mel
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The Perfect Match
1995 · Movie
as Erica
Dangerous Lady
1995 · TV Show
as Maura Ryan
Interview with the Vampire
1994 · Movie
as Paris Vampire
The Secret of Roan Inish
1994 · Movie
as Selkie
Cracker
1993 · TV Show
as Tina
Running Late
1992 · Movie
as Receptionist 2
American Playhouse
1982 · TV Show
as Inga
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The Big Fix
· Movie
