Acting
Susan Lynch
EN, DE, NL, IT cinema · 53 credits
Born
5 June 1971 (age 55)
Birthplace
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.
Known for
Filmography
Bring Them Down
as Peggy
Here Are the Young Men
as Lynn Connolly
Cold Blow Lane
as Mademoiselle
Ups and Downs
as Fionnuala
Downton Abbey
as Miss Lawton
Lost Lives
as Self (voice)
Ready Player One
as Alice
The Secret Scripture
as Nurse
Bad Day for the Cut
as Frankie Pierce
Away
as Angie
Sleaford Mods: Invisible Britain
as Herself (uncredited)
Common
as Margaret Ward
Hideaways
as Mrs. O'Mara
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister
as Isabella Norcliffe
Holy Water
as Geraldine Gaffney
City Rats
as Gina
The Unloved
as Lucy's Mother
The Race
as Katey Kensay
The Robber Bride
as Charis White
A Woman in Winter
as Marianne
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
as Annette
Soundproof
as Penny
Someone Else
as Lisa
Duane Hopwood
as Gina
Mickybo and Me
as Torch Woman
Enduring Love
as Rachel
Burst
as Maxwell's Fan 1
School of Life
as Miss Given
Casa de los Babys
as Eileen
Red Roses and Petrol
as Catherine Doyle
Everyman's Feast
as Maria
From Hell
as Liz Stride
Happy Now
as Tina Trent
Morlang
as Ann Morlang
Mapmaker
as Jane Bates
Deceit
as Corinna
Nora
as Nora Barnacle
Beautiful Creatures
as Dorothy
Waking Ned
as Maggie O'Toole
Downtime
as Chrissy
A Royal Scandal
as Caroline of Brunswick
Interview with the Vampire
as Paris Vampire
The Secret of Roan Inish
as Selkie
Running Late
as Receptionist 2