Susan Lynch
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 (84 titles)
6.7ShowSmall Town, Big Story
Jemima Rowlands · 2025
6.6ShowA Thousand Blows
Jane Carr · 2025
6.7MovieBring Them Down
Peggy · 2025
6.8ShowDaddy Issues
Davina · 2024
7.1ShowThe Change
Agnes · 2023
7.6ShowPistol
John's Mum · 2022
5.3ShowClose to Me
Cathy · 2021
5.4MovieHere Are the Young Men
Lynn Connolly · 2021
6.7ShowBloodlands
Heather Pentland · 2021
6.0MovieLost Lives
Self (voice) · 2019
MovieNational Theatre Live: Faith, Hope & Charity
Beth · 2019
7.1MovieDownton Abbey
Miss Lawton · 2019
6.6ShowWild Bill
Angie · 2019
MovieUps and Downs
Fionnuala · 2019
8.2ShowSex Education
Tara Gibbs · 2019
7.9ShowKilling Eve
Anna · 2018
7.6MovieReady Player One
Alice · 2018
6.4ShowSave Me
Stace · 2018
6.5MovieBad Day for the Cut
Frankie Pierce · 2017
7.2MovieThe Secret Scripture
Nurse · 2017
6.4ShowApple Tree Yard
Susannah · 2017
6.5ShowNational Treasure
Christina Farnborough · 2016
6.2MovieAway
Angie · 2016
7.5ShowUnforgotten
Liz Baildon · 2015
7.0MovieSleaford Mods: Invisible Britain
Herself (uncredited) · 2015
7.2ShowChasing Shadows
Dr. Ellesmere · 2014
6.5MovieCommon
Margaret Ward · 2014
Here and Now
Lucy · 2014
7.9ShowHappy Valley
Alison Garrs · 2014
6.8ShowAmbassadors
Caitlin · 2013