Susan Lynch (born 5 June 1971) is a Northern Irish actress.
three-times an
IFTA Award winner, she also won the
British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 2003 film ''
16 Years of Alcohol
''16 Years of Alcohol'' is a 2003 drama film written and directed by Richard Jobson, based on his semi-autobiographical 1987 novel. Kevin McKidd stars as Frankie, a violent alcoholic who is partially based on Jobson and his brother.
Plot
The ...
''. Her other film appearances include ''
Waking Ned
''Waking Ned'' (titled ''Waking Ned Devine'' in North America) is a 1998 comedy film written and directed by Kirk Jones and starring Ian Bannen, David Kelly, and Fionnula Flanagan. Kelly was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for hi ...
'' (1998), ''
Nora'' (2000), ''
Beautiful Creatures'' (2000), and ''
From Hell'' (2001). In 2020, she was listed as number 42 on ''
The Irish Times
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'' list of Ireland's greatest film actors.
Early life
Lynch was born in
Corrinshego,
County Armagh
County Armagh (, named after its county town, Armagh) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. Adjoined to the southern shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of an ...
, Northern Ireland to an Italian mother (from
Trivento) and an Irish father.
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Susan Lynch Biography
", allrovi.com; retrieved 15 August 2011. 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
The Royal National Theatre in London, commonly known as the National Theatre (NT), is one of the United Kingdom's three most prominent publicly funded performing arts venues, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Opera House. I ...
in London. In 2008, she was one of the leads in ''
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot'' at the
Almeida Theatre.
Her film roles include ''
Beautiful Creatures'' (2000),
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'', 18 March 2001, retrieved 15 August 2011 ''
Waking Ned Devine'' (1998), and the title role in ''
Nora'' (2000), about
Nora Barnacle
Nora Barnacle (21 March 1884 – 10 April 1951) was the muse and wife of Irish author James Joyce. Barnacle and Joyce had their first romantic assignation in 1904 on a date celebrated worldwide as the "Bloomsday" of his modernist novel ...
,
James Joyce's wife.
Personal life
Lynch and her husband, actor
Craig Parkinson, lived in
Painswick, Gloucestershire.
They have one son together and previously had lived in the
Camden area of
London
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. The couple separated in 2019.
Awards
Lynch has won three
Irish Film and Television Academy Awards, including Best Leading Actress for her work in the film County Armagh, Northern Ireland2000 ''
Nora'', about
Nora Barnacle
Nora Barnacle (21 March 1884 – 10 April 1951) was the muse and wife of Irish author James Joyce. Barnacle and Joyce had their first romantic assignation in 1904 on a date celebrated worldwide as the "Bloomsday" of his modernist novel ...
and her husband, Irish author
James Joyce
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic. He contributed to the Modernism, modernist avant-garde movement and is regarded as one of the most influential and important ...
.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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1971 births
Alumni of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
Living people
Film actresses from Northern Ireland
Television actresses from Northern Ireland
People from Newry
People from Northern Ireland of Italian descent
20th-century Irish actresses
21st-century Irish actresses