Susan Lynch
Acting
1971-06-05 · Corrinshego, Newry, Northern Ireland, UK
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.
Filmography
Small Town, Big Story
2025 · Series
A Thousand Blows
2025 · Series
Bring Them Down
2025 · Movie
Daddy Issues
2024 · Series
The Change
2023 · Series
Pistol
2022 · Series
Close to Me
2021 · Series
Here Are the Young Men
2021 · Movie
Bloodlands
2021 · Series
Lost Lives
2019 · Movie
National Theatre Live: Faith, Hope & Charity
2019 · Movie
Downton Abbey
2019 · Movie
Wild Bill
2019 · Series
Ups and Downs
2019 · Movie
Sex Education
2019 · Series
Killing Eve
2018 · Series
Ready Player One
2018 · Movie
Save Me
2018 · Series
Bad Day for the Cut
2017 · Movie
The Secret Scripture
2017 · Movie
Apple Tree Yard
2017 · Series
National Treasure
2016 · Series
Away
2016 · Movie
Unforgotten
2015 · Series
Sleaford Mods: Invisible Britain
2015 · Movie
Chasing Shadows
2014 · Series
Common
2014 · Movie
Here and Now
2014 · Movie
Happy Valley
2014 · Series
Ambassadors
2013 · Series
The Secret of Crickley Hall
2012 · Series
Great Expectations
2011 · Series
Hideaways
2011 · Movie
Monroe
2011 · Series
The Scouting Book for Boys
2010 · Movie
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister
2010 · Movie
The Race
2009 · Movie
Holy Water
2009 · Movie
Moving On
2009 · Series
The Unloved
2009 · Movie
City Rats
2009 · Movie
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
2007 · Movie
A Woman in Winter
2007 · Movie
The Robber Bride
2007 · Movie
Someone Else
2006 · Movie
Soundproof
2006 · Movie
The Ten Commandments
2006 · Series
Duane Hopwood
2005 · Movie
Doctor Who
2005 · Series
Mickybo and Me
2005 · Movie
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004 · Series
Enduring Love
2004 · Movie
School of Life
2004 · Movie
Bodies
2004 · Series
New Tricks
2004 · Series
Burst
2004 · Movie
Red Roses and Petrol
2003 · Movie
Bye-Child
2003 · Movie
Casa de los Babys
2003 · Movie
16 Years of Alcohol
2003 · Movie
Any Time Now
2002 · Series
Mapmaker
2001 · Movie
Morlang
2001 · Movie
Dumping Elaine
2001 · Movie
Sweet Revenge
2001 · Series
Happy Now
2001 · Movie
Deceit
2001 · Movie
From Hell
2001 · Movie
Beautiful Creatures
2000 · Movie
Nora
2000 · Movie
Waking Ned
1998 · Movie
Amongst Women
1998 · Series
Kings in Grass Castles
1998 · Series
Downtime
1997 · Movie
A Royal Scandal
1997 · Movie
Ivanhoe
1997 · Series
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996 · Series
Truth or Dare
1996 · Movie
The Perfect Match
1995 · Movie
Dangerous Lady
1995 · Series
Interview with the Vampire
1994 · Movie
The Secret of Roan Inish
1994 · Movie
Cracker
1993 · Series
Running Late
1992 · Movie
American Playhouse
1982 · Series
The Big Fix
Movie