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Susan Lynch

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1971-06-05 (Age: 55)

Place of Birth

Corrinshego, Newry, Northern Ireland, UK

Susan Lynch

Biography

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 (51)

⭐ 6.7 Role: Peggy

Bring Them Down

2025
⭐ 5.4 Role: Lynn Connolly

Here Are the Young Men

2021
⭐ 6.0 Role: Self (voice)

Lost Lives

2019
⭐ 0 Role: Beth

National Theatre Live: Faith, Hope & Charity

2019
⭐ 7.1 Role: Miss Lawton

Downton Abbey

2019
⭐ 0 Role: Fionnuala

Ups and Downs

2019
⭐ 7.6 Role: Alice

Ready Player One

2018
⭐ 6.5 Role: Frankie Pierce

Bad Day for the Cut

2017
⭐ 7.2 Role: Nurse

The Secret Scripture

2017
⭐ 6.2 Role: Angie

Away

2016
⭐ 7.0 Role: Herself (uncredited)

Sleaford Mods: Invisible Britain

2015
⭐ 6.5 Role: Margaret Ward

Common

2014
No Image
⭐ 8.0 Role: Lucy

Here and Now

2014
⭐ 6.2 Role: Mrs. O'Mara

Hideaways

2011
⭐ 6.3 Role: Sharon

The Scouting Book for Boys

2010