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