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