Susan Lynch
Acting
- Born:
- 1971-06-05
- Place of birth:
- Corrinshego, Newry, Northern Ireland, UK
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
Filmography
Small Town, Big Story
A Thousand Blows
Bring Them Down
Daddy Issues
The Change
Pistol
Close to Me
Here Are the Young Men
Bloodlands
Lost Lives
National Theatre Live: Faith, Hope & Charity
Downton Abbey
Wild Bill
Ups and Downs
Sex Education
Killing Eve
Ready Player One
Save Me
Bad Day for the Cut
The Secret Scripture
Apple Tree Yard
National Treasure
Away
Unforgotten
Sleaford Mods: Invisible Britain
Chasing Shadows
Common
Here and Now
Happy Valley
Ambassadors
The Secret of Crickley Hall
Great Expectations
Hideaways
Monroe
The Scouting Book for Boys
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister
The Race
Holy Water
Moving On
The Unloved
City Rats
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
A Woman in Winter
The Robber Bride
Someone Else
Soundproof
The Ten Commandments
Duane Hopwood
Doctor Who
Mickybo and Me
Agatha Christie's Marple
Enduring Love
School of Life
Bodies
Burst
New Tricks
Red Roses and Petrol
Bye-Child
Casa de los Babys
16 Years of Alcohol
Any Time Now
Mapmaker
Morlang
Dumping Elaine
Sweet Revenge
Happy Now
Deceit
From Hell
Beautiful Creatures
Nora
Waking Ned
Amongst Women
Kings in Grass Castles
Downtime
A Royal Scandal
Ivanhoe
Dalziel and Pascoe
Truth or Dare
The Perfect Match
Dangerous Lady
Interview with the Vampire
The Secret of Roan Inish
Cracker
Running Late
American Playhouse
The Big Fix