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Susan Lynch
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 De…
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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
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2025
Small Town, Big Story
TV show Jemima Rowlands
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2025
A Thousand Blows
TV show Jane Carr
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2025
Bring Them Down
Movie Peggy
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2024
Daddy Issues
TV show Davina
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2023
The Change
TV show Agnes
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2022
Pistol
TV show John's Mum
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2021
Close to Me
TV show Cathy
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2021
Here Are the Young Men
Movie Lynn Connolly
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2021
Bloodlands
TV show Heather Pentland
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2019
Lost Lives
Movie Self (voice)
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2019
National Theatre Live: Faith, Hope & Charity
Movie Beth
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2019
Downton Abbey
Movie Miss Lawton
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2019
Wild Bill
TV show Angie
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2019
Ups and Downs
Movie Fionnuala
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2019
Sex Education
TV show Tara Gibbs
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2018
Killing Eve
TV show Anna
More credits
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2018
Ready Player One
Movie Alice
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2018
Save Me
TV show Stace
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2017
Bad Day for the Cut
Movie Frankie Pierce
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2017
The Secret Scripture
Movie Nurse
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2017
Apple Tree Yard
TV show Susannah
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2016
National Treasure
TV show Christina Farnborough
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2016
Away
Movie Angie
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2015
Unforgotten
TV show Liz Baildon
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2015
Sleaford Mods: Invisible Britain
Movie Herself (uncredited)
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2014
Chasing Shadows
TV show Dr. Ellesmere
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2014
Common
Movie Margaret Ward
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2014
Here and Now
Movie Lucy
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2014
Happy Valley
TV show Alison Garrs
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2013
Ambassadors
TV show Caitlin
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2012
The Secret of Crickley Hall
TV show Lili Peel
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2011
Great Expectations
TV show Molly
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2011
Hideaways
Movie Mrs. O'Mara
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2011
Monroe
TV show
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2010
The Scouting Book for Boys
Movie Sharon
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2010
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister
Movie Isabella Norcliffe
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2009
The Race
Movie Katey Kensay
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2009
Holy Water
Movie Geraldine Gaffney
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2009
Moving On
TV show Tina
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2009
The Unloved
Movie Lucy's Mother
