Susan Lynch
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1971-06-05 (53 years old)
Place of Birth
Corrinshego, Newry, Northern Ireland
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.
Known For
Acting
(2025)
Bring Them Down
as Peggy
(2021)
Here Are the Young Men
as Lynn Connolly
(2019)
Downton Abbey
as Miss Lawton
(2019)
Ups and Downs
as Fionnuala
(2019)
(2018)
Ready Player One
as Alice
(2017)
The Secret Scripture
as Nurse
(2017)
Bad Day for the Cut
as Frankie Pierce
(2016)
Away
as Angie
(2015)
Sleaford Mods: Invisible Britain
as Herself (uncredited)
(2014)
Common
as Margaret Ward
(2014)
Here and Now
as Lucy
(2011)
Hideaways
as Mrs. O'Mara
(2010)
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister
as Isabella Norcliffe
(2010)
The Scouting Book for Boys
as Sharon
(2009)
Holy Water
as Geraldine Gaffney
(2009)
The Unloved
as Lucy's Mother
(2009)
City Rats
as Gina
(2009)
The Race
as Katey Kensay
(2007)
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
as Annette
(2007)
The Robber Bride
as Charis White
(2007)
A Woman in Winter
as Marianne
(2006)
Someone Else
as Lisa
(2006)
Soundproof
as Penny
(2005)
Mickybo and Me
as Torch Woman
(2005)
Duane Hopwood
as Gina
(2004)
Enduring Love
as Rachel
(2004)
Burst
as Maxwell's Fan 1
(2004)
School of Life
as Miss Given
(2003)
16 Years of Alcohol
as Mary
(2003)
Casa de los Babys
as Eileen
(2003)
Red Roses and Petrol
as Catherine Doyle
(2003)
Bye-Child
as Woman
(2001)
From Hell
as Liz Stride
(2001)
Happy Now
as Tina Trent
(2001)
Morlang
as Ann Morlang
(2001)
Il gioco
as Corinna
(2001)
Dumping Elaine
as Beth
(2000)
Nora
as Nora Barnacle
(2000)
Beautiful Creatures
as Dorothy
(1998)
Waking Ned
as Maggie O'Toole
(1997)
A Royal Scandal
as Caroline of Brunswick
(1997)
Downtime
as Chrissy
(1996)
Truth or Dare
as Mel
(1995)
(1995)
The Perfect Match
as Erica
(1994)
Interview with the Vampire
as Paris Vampire
(1994)
The Secret of Roan Inish
as Selkie
(1992)
Running Late
as Receptionist 2