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Susan Lynch

Susan Lynch

Northern Irish actress

For other people, see Susan Lynch (pediatrician) and Suzanne Lynch.

Susan Lynch (born 5 June 1971) is a Northern Irish actress.[1] 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 (1998), Nora (2000), Beautiful Creatures (2000), and From Hell (2001). In 2020, she was listed as number 42 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors.[1]

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Early life

Lynch was born in Corrinshego, County Armagh, Northern Ireland to an Italian mother (from Trivento) and an Irish father.[2] She has four siblings; her eldest brother is actor John Lynch.[3]

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, she was one of the leads in The Last Days of Judas Iscariot at the Almeida Theatre.

Her film roles include Beautiful Creatures (2000),[4] Waking Ned (1998), and the title role in Nora (2000), about Nora Barnacle the wife of James Joyce.[5][6]

Lynch played Alison Garrs in the award-winning, critically acclaimed, and hugely popular BBC television series, Happy Valley, alongside Sarah Lancashire, Siobhan Finneran and James Norton. Creator and writer of Happy Valley, Sally Wainwright, wrote the part of Alison Garrs with Lynch in mind. She was delighted that she was able to accept the highly challenging role, particularly in the 2016 series, where her character murders her own son, a product of incestuous rape, when she discovers he has murdered several prostitutes. In the final 2023 series, Lynch appears again as Alison, where her storyline is happily resolved.

Personal life

Lynch and her husband, actor Craig Parkinson, lived in Painswick, Gloucestershire.[7] They have one son together and previously had lived in the Camden area of London.[citation needed] The couple separated in 2019.[8]

Awards

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.[citation needed]

Filmography

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References

  1. [1]
    Clarke, Donald; Brady, Tara. "The 50 greatest Irish film actors of all time – in order". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
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    Flint Marx, Rebecca "Susan Lynch Biography Archived 13 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine", allrovi.com; retrieved 15 August 2011.
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    Dwyer, Michael (26 January 1997). "What a Difference A Year Makes". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 23 September 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
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    Dicker, Ron (2001) "Rachel Weisz's Moment: Three New Movies Will Test British Actress' Box-Office Power In U.S.", Hartford Courant, 18 March 2001, retrieved 15 August 2011
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    Maddox, Brenda (8 August 1999). "Film; Where Nora Joyce Fell For a Talented Nobody". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 20 September 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
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    Ojumu, Akin (14 May 2000). "Susan Lynch's portrayal of James Joyce's wife". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 22 June 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  7. [7]
    Tate, Gabriel (26 April 2016). "Line of Duty's Craig Parkinson on playing TV's nastiest man: 'I'm a master at lurking'". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 8 November 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  8. [8]
    Domachowski, Lucy (27 October 2020). "Line Of Duty actor Craig Parkinson 'splits from wife Susan Lynch after 12 years'". Mirror Online. Archived from the original on 5 March 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  9. [9]
    "The Change". channel4.com. 22 June 2023.
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