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