Cast & creator
Susan Lynch
Best known for Doctor Who, American Playhouse, Sex Education
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.
51
film credits
35
television credits
86
1982–2025 · acting roles
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (86)
Showing 86 of 86 credits
Doctor Who
Angstrom
2005
American Playhouse
Inga
1982
Sex Education
Tara Gibbs
2019
Killing Eve
Anna
2018
New Tricks
Claudia Scott
2004
Agatha Christie's Marple
Sybil Stamfordis
2004
Dalziel and Pascoe
Dr Janet Rix
1996
Unforgotten
Liz Baildon
2015
Ready Player One
Alice
2018
Happy Valley
Alison Garrs
2014
Cracker
Tina
1993
Great Expectations
Molly
2011
Moving On
Tina
2009
Interview with the Vampire
Paris Vampire
1994
A Thousand Blows
Jane Carr
2025
Bloodlands
Heather Pentland
2021
Downton Abbey
Miss Lawton
2019
Pistol
John's Mum
2022
Save Me
Stace
2018
Daddy Issues
Davina
2024
Wild Bill
Angie
2019
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Annette
2007
Small Town, Big Story
Jemima Rowlands
2025
National Treasure
Christina Farnborough
2016
Bodies
Maria Orton
2004
The Change
Agnes
2023
From Hell
Liz Stride
2001
Chasing Shadows
Dr. Ellesmere
2014
Apple Tree Yard
Susannah
2017
Bring Them Down
Peggy
2025
Ambassadors
Caitlin
2013
Ivanhoe
Rebecca
1997
The Unloved
Lucy's Mother
2009
The Secret of Crickley Hall
Lili Peel
2012
The Ten Commandments
Miriam
2006
Dangerous Lady
Maura Ryan
1995
Close to Me
Cathy
2021
Waking Ned
Maggie O'Toole
1998
Enduring Love
Rachel
2004
The Secret Scripture
Nurse
2017
Monroe
2011
Kings in Grass Castles
Sarah
1998
The Secret of Roan Inish
Selkie
1994
The Scouting Book for Boys
Sharon
2010Sweet Revenge
Madelaine Adair
2001
Amongst Women
Maggie
1998
Bad Day for the Cut
Frankie Pierce
2017
Here Are the Young Men
Lynn Connolly
2021
Downtime
Chrissy
1997
Casa de los Babys
Eileen
2003
A Woman in Winter
Marianne
2007
Any Time Now
Stevie McCutcheon
2002
Holy Water
Geraldine Gaffney
2009
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister
Isabella Norcliffe
2010
Beautiful Creatures
Dorothy
2000
Mickybo and Me
Torch Woman
2005
Happy Now
Tina Trent
2001
Hideaways
Mrs. O'Mara
2011
16 Years of Alcohol
Mary
2003
Nora
Nora Barnacle
2000
The Race
Katey Kensay
2009The Big Fix
Lost Lives
Self (voice)
2019Dumping Elaine
Beth
2001
Running Late
Receptionist 2
1992
Duane Hopwood
Gina
2005
Mapmaker
Jane Bates
2001
Deceit
Corinna
2001
Red Roses and Petrol
Catherine Doyle
2003
Away
Angie
2016
Sleaford Mods: Invisible Britain
Herself (uncredited)
2015
The Robber Bride
Charis White
2007
National Theatre Live: Faith, Hope & Charity
Beth
2019Truth or Dare
Mel
1996
Common
Margaret Ward
2014
A Royal Scandal
Caroline of Brunswick
1997
Soundproof
Penny
2006
Someone Else
Lisa
2006
City Rats
Gina
2009
Burst
Maxwell's Fan 1
2004The Perfect Match
Erica
1995
Ups and Downs
Fionnuala
2019
Morlang
Ann Morlang
2001
School of Life
Miss Given
2004Bye-Child
Woman
2003Here and Now
Lucy
2014