Susan Lynch

Susan Lynch

Born 1971-06-05 (age 55) Corrinshego, Newry, Northern Ireland, UK
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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.

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Known For

Ready Player One
Ready Player One

2018

as Alice

Interview with the Vampire
Interview with the Vampire

1994

as Paris Vampire

The Unloved
The Unloved

2009

as Lucy's Mother

From Hell
From Hell

2001

as Liz Stride

Downton Abbey
Downton Abbey

2019

as Miss Lawton

Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Waking Ned
Waking Ned

1998

as Maggie O'Toole

Bring Them Down
Bring Them Down

2025

as Peggy

The Secret Scripture
Holy Water
Holy Water

2009

as Geraldine Gaffney

Happy Now
Happy Now

2001

as Tina Trent

Enduring Love
Enduring Love

2004

as Rachel

The Secret of Roan Inish
Mickybo and Me
Mickybo and Me

2005

as Torch Woman

Nora
Nora

2000

as Nora Barnacle

Beautiful Creatures
Beautiful Creatures

2000

as Dorothy

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

2010

as Isabella Norcliffe

Hideaways
Hideaways

2011

as Mrs. O'Mara

Lost Lives
Lost Lives

2019

as Self (voice)

Bad Day for the Cut
Bad Day for the Cut

2017

as Frankie Pierce