Susan Lynch


Susan Lynch is a Northern Irish actress. A three-time IFTA Award winner, she also won the British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 2003 film 16 Years of Alcohol. Her other film appearances include Waking Ned Devine, Nora, Beautiful Creatures, and From Hell. In 2020, she was listed as number 42 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors.

Early life

Lynch was born in Corrinshego to an Italian mother and an Irish father. She has four siblings; her oldest brother is actor John Lynch.

Career

She trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama, and in August 2004, she starred in The Night Season at the Royal National Theatre in London. In 2008 was one of the leads in The Last Days of Judas Iscariot at the Almeida Theatre.
Her film roles include Beautiful Creatures, Waking Ned Devine, and the title role in Nora, about Nora Barnacle, James Joyce's wife.

Personal life

Lynch and her husband, actor Craig Parkinson, live in Painswick, Gloucestershire. They have one son together and previously lived in the Camden area of London.

Awards

Lynch has won three Irish Film and Television Academy Awards, including Best Leading Actress for her work in the film Nora.

Filmography

Film

Television