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