Susan Lynch profile
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Susan Lynch

5th June 1971 Corrinshego, Newry, Northern Ireland, UK Acting

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.

45 Movies 33 TV Shows 85 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

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Away 22nd June 2016 as Angie
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Common 6th July 2014 as Margaret Ward
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Burst 1st January 2004 as Maxwell's Fan 1
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Morlang 22nd November 2001 as Ann Morlang
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Deceit 20th April 2001 as Corinna
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Nora 5th April 2000 as Nora Barnacle
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Pistol 31st May 2022 as John's Mum
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Bodies 23rd May 2004 as Maria Orton