Susan Lynch
Acting
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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
Small Town, Big Story
2025
A Thousand Blows
2025
Bring Them Down
2025
Daddy Issues
2024
The Change
2023
Pistol
2022
Close to Me
2021
Here Are the Young Men
2021
Bloodlands
2021
Lost Lives
2019
National Theatre Live: Faith, Hope & Charity
2019
Downton Abbey
2019
Wild Bill
2019
Ups and Downs
2019
Sex Education
2019
Killing Eve
2018
Ready Player One
2018
Save Me
2018
Bad Day for the Cut
2017
The Secret Scripture
2017
Apple Tree Yard
2017
National Treasure
2016
Away
2016
Unforgotten
2015
Sleaford Mods: Invisible Britain
2015
Chasing Shadows
2014
Common
2014
Here and Now
2014
Happy Valley
2014
Ambassadors
2013
The Secret of Crickley Hall
2012
Great Expectations
2011
Hideaways
2011
Monroe
2011
The Scouting Book for Boys
2010
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister
2010
The Race
2009
Holy Water
2009
Moving On
2009
The Unloved
2009
City Rats
2009
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
2007
A Woman in Winter
2007
The Robber Bride
2007
Someone Else
2006
Soundproof
2006
The Ten Commandments
2006
Duane Hopwood
2005
Doctor Who
2005
Mickybo and Me
2005
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
Enduring Love
2004
School of Life
2004
Bodies
2004
Burst
2004
New Tricks
2004
Red Roses and Petrol
2003
Bye-Child
2003
Casa de los Babys
2003
16 Years of Alcohol
2003
Any Time Now
2002
Mapmaker
2001
Morlang
2001
Dumping Elaine
2001
Sweet Revenge
2001
Happy Now
2001
Deceit
2001
From Hell
2001
Beautiful Creatures
2000
Nora
2000
Waking Ned
1998
Amongst Women
1998
Kings in Grass Castles
1998
Downtime
1997
A Royal Scandal
1997
Ivanhoe
1997
Truth or Dare
1996
The Perfect Match
1995
Dangerous Lady
1995
Interview with the Vampire
1994
The Secret of Roan Inish
1994
Cracker
1993
Running Late
1992
The Big Fix