Susan Lynch
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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.
Known for
Credits
Ready Player One (2018)
as Alice
Interview with the Vampire (1994)
as Paris Vampire
From Hell (2001)
as Liz Stride
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
as Annette
Downton Abbey (2019)
as Miss Lawton
Bring Them Down (2025)
as Peggy
Downtime (1997)
as Chrissy
Hideaways (2011)
as Mrs. O'Mara
The Secret Scripture (2017)
as Nurse
Mickybo and Me (2005)
as Torch Woman
Enduring Love (2004)
as Rachel
The Secret of Roan Inish (1994)
as Selkie
Deceit (2001)
as Corinna
Waking Ned (1998)
as Maggie O'Toole
Bad Day for the Cut (2017)
as Frankie Pierce
The Unloved (2009)
as Lucy's Mother
The Race (2009)
as Katey Kensay
The Big Fix (—)
Actor
16 Years of Alcohol (2003)
as Mary
Casa de los Babys (2003)
as Eileen
Here Are the Young Men (2021)
as Lynn Connolly
Holy Water (2009)
as Geraldine Gaffney
Beautiful Creatures (2000)
as Dorothy
Nora (2000)
as Nora Barnacle
Truth or Dare (1996)
as Mel
Duane Hopwood (2005)
as Gina
The Scouting Book for Boys (2010)
as Sharon
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister (2010)
as Isabella Norcliffe
Dumping Elaine (2001)
as Beth
Burst (2004)
as Maxwell's Fan 1
City Rats (2009)
as Gina
Common (2014)
as Margaret Ward
Sleaford Mods: Invisible Britain (2015)
as Herself (uncredited)
The Perfect Match (1995)
as Erica
Happy Now (2001)
as Tina Trent
School of Life (2004)
as Miss Given
A Royal Scandal (1997)
as Caroline of Brunswick
Mapmaker (2001)
as Jane Bates
A Woman in Winter (2007)
as Marianne
Red Roses and Petrol (2003)
as Catherine Doyle
National Theatre Live: Faith, Hope & Charity (2019)
as Beth
Away (2016)
as Angie
Running Late (1992)
as Receptionist 2
The Robber Bride (2007)
as Charis White
Ups and Downs (2019)
as Fionnuala
Morlang (2001)
as Ann Morlang
Lost Lives (2019)
as Self (voice)
Someone Else (2006)
as Lisa
Here and Now (2014)
as Lucy
Soundproof (2006)
as Penny
Bye-Child (2003)
as Woman