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

  • Sex Education

    Sex Education

  • Doctor Who

    Doctor Who

  • Agatha Christie's Marple

    Agatha Christie's Marple

  • Killing Eve

    Killing Eve

  • Ready Player One

    Ready Player One

  • New Tricks

    New Tricks

  • Unforgotten

    Unforgotten

  • Kings in Grass Castles

    Kings in Grass Castles

  • Cracker

    Cracker

  • Interview with the Vampire

    Interview with the Vampire

  • Happy Valley

    Happy Valley

  • Moving On

    Moving On

  • A Thousand Blows

    A Thousand Blows

  • Here Are the Young Men

    Here Are the Young Men

  • From Hell

    From Hell

  • Elizabeth: The Golden Age

    Elizabeth: The Golden Age

  • Downton Abbey

    Downton Abbey

  • Duane Hopwood

    Duane Hopwood

  • The Secret of Roan Inish

    The Secret of Roan Inish

  • Common

    Common

  • Chasing Shadows

    Chasing Shadows

  • Here and Now

    Here and Now

  • Bloodlands

    Bloodlands

  • Burst

    Burst

  • Beautiful Creatures

    Beautiful Creatures

  • Mickybo and Me

    Mickybo and Me

  • Pistol

    Pistol

  • Save Me

    Save Me

  • Great Expectations

    Great Expectations

  • Small Town, Big Story

    Small Town, Big Story

  • Away

    Away

  • The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

    The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

  • School of Life

    School of Life

  • Daddy Issues

    Daddy Issues

  • Dangerous Lady

    Dangerous Lady

  • Bodies

    Bodies

  • Waking Ned

    Waking Ned

  • Bye-Child

    Bye-Child

  • Wild Bill

    Wild Bill

  • City Rats

    City Rats

  • The Scouting Book for Boys

    The Scouting Book for Boys

  • Running Late

    Running Late

  • 16 Years of Alcohol

    16 Years of Alcohol

  • Ivanhoe

    Ivanhoe

  • Bring Them Down

    Bring Them Down

  • A Royal Scandal

    A Royal Scandal

  • National Treasure

    National Treasure

  • Casa de los Babys

    Casa de los Babys

  • Apple Tree Yard

    Apple Tree Yard

  • The Ten Commandments

    The Ten Commandments

  • Holy Water

    Holy Water

  • Bad Day for the Cut

    Bad Day for the Cut

  • Hideaways

    Hideaways

  • Nora

    Nora

  • The Secret of Crickley Hall

    The Secret of Crickley Hall

  • The Robber Bride

    The Robber Bride

  • Monroe

    Monroe

  • The Change

    The Change

  • Ambassadors

    Ambassadors

  • Enduring Love

    Enduring Love

  • Someone Else

    Someone Else

  • Happy Now

    Happy Now

  • Close to Me

    Close to Me

  • Amongst Women

    Amongst Women

  • Downtime

    Downtime

  • Truth or Dare

    Truth or Dare

  • A Woman in Winter

    A Woman in Winter

  • Ups and Downs

    Ups and Downs

  • Sweet Revenge

    Sweet Revenge

  • The Secret Scripture

    The Secret Scripture

  • National Theatre Live: Faith, Hope & Charity

    National Theatre Live: Faith, Hope & Charity

  • The Unloved

    The Unloved

  • Any Time Now

    Any Time Now

  • Il gioco

    Il gioco

  • The Race

    The Race

  • The Perfect Match

    The Perfect Match

  • Dumping Elaine

    Dumping Elaine

  • Mapmaker

    Mapmaker

  • Sleaford Mods: Invisible Britain

    Sleaford Mods: Invisible Britain

  • Morlang

    Morlang

  • Red Roses and Petrol

    Red Roses and Petrol

  • Soundproof

    Soundproof