Susan Lynch

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

82

Gender

Female

Birthday

1971-06-05 (54 years old)

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.

Known For

  • Doctor Who

    Doctor Who

  • Sex Education

    Sex Education

  • Killing Eve

    Killing Eve

  • Agatha Christie's Marple

    Agatha Christie's Marple

  • Ready Player One

    Ready Player One

  • New Tricks

    New Tricks

  • Unforgotten

    Unforgotten

  • Interview with the Vampire

    Interview with the Vampire

  • Cracker

    Cracker

  • Happy Valley

    Happy Valley

  • A Thousand Blows

    A Thousand Blows

  • From Hell

    From Hell

  • Moving On

    Moving On

  • City Rats

    City Rats

  • Hideaways

    Hideaways

  • Daddy Issues

    Daddy Issues

  • Downton Abbey

    Downton Abbey

  • The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

    The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

  • Waking Ned

    Waking Ned

  • The Scouting Book for Boys

    The Scouting Book for Boys

  • Beautiful Creatures

    Beautiful Creatures

  • Holy Water

    Holy Water

  • Pistol

    Pistol

  • Someone Else

    Someone Else

  • Small Town, Big Story

    Small Town, Big Story

  • The Secret of Roan Inish

    The Secret of Roan Inish

  • Elizabeth: The Golden Age

    Elizabeth: The Golden Age

  • Great Expectations

    Great Expectations

  • Nora

    Nora

  • Common

    Common

  • Save Me

    Save Me

  • Bad Day for the Cut

    Bad Day for the Cut

  • Bye-Child

    Bye-Child

  • Dangerous Lady

    Dangerous Lady

  • The Unloved

    The Unloved

  • Bodies

    Bodies

  • Wild Bill

    Wild Bill

  • Bloodlands

    Bloodlands

  • The Ten Commandments

    The Ten Commandments

  • Away

    Away

  • Happy Now

    Happy Now

  • Running Late

    Running Late

  • Downtime

    Downtime

  • Ambassadors

    Ambassadors

  • The Secret of Crickley Hall

    The Secret of Crickley Hall

  • Bring Them Down

    Bring Them Down

  • Monroe

    Monroe

  • Deceit

    Deceit

  • Ivanhoe

    Ivanhoe

  • National Treasure

    National Treasure

  • Kings in Grass Castles

    Kings in Grass Castles

  • Here Are the Young Men

    Here Are the Young Men

  • National Theatre Live: Faith, Hope & Charity

    National Theatre Live: Faith, Hope & Charity

  • The Secret Scripture

    The Secret Scripture

  • Apple Tree Yard

    Apple Tree Yard

  • Chasing Shadows

    Chasing Shadows

  • Close to Me

    Close to Me

  • The Change

    The Change

  • 16 Years of Alcohol

    16 Years of Alcohol

  • Truth or Dare

    Truth or Dare

  • Casa de los Babys

    Casa de los Babys

  • The Race

    The Race

  • Duane Hopwood

    Duane Hopwood

  • School of Life

    School of Life

  • Enduring Love

    Enduring Love

  • A Woman in Winter

    A Woman in Winter

  • Mickybo and Me

    Mickybo and Me

  • A Royal Scandal

    A Royal Scandal

  • Sweet Revenge

    Sweet Revenge

  • The Robber Bride

    The Robber Bride

  • Amongst Women

    Amongst Women

  • The Perfect Match

    The Perfect Match

  • Dumping Elaine

    Dumping Elaine

  • Ups and Downs

    Ups and Downs

  • Any Time Now

    Any Time Now

  • Soundproof

    Soundproof

  • Red Roses and Petrol

    Red Roses and Petrol

  • Morlang

    Morlang

  • Burst

    Burst

  • Mapmaker

    Mapmaker

  • Sleaford Mods: Invisible Britain

    Sleaford Mods: Invisible Britain

  • Here and Now

    Here and Now