Pauline McLynn

Actor Jul 11 (age 64) Sligo, Republic of Ireland 1982–2025 (43 year career)

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Biography

Pauline McLynn (born 11 July 1962) is an Irish character actress and author. She is best known for her roles as Mrs. Doyle in the Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted, Libby Croker in the Channel 4 comedy drama Shameless, Tip Haddem in the BBC One comedy Jam & Jerusalem, and Yvonne Cotton in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.

Known For

Film

Last Night in Soho

Carol

Film

Transformers: The Last Knight

Female Researcher

Film

Johnny English Strikes Again

Mrs. Trattner

Film

Far and Away

Prostitute

Film

Father Ted

Mrs. Doyle

Film

Quills

Mademoiselle Clairwil

Film

Angela's Ashes

Aunt Aggie

Film

The Secret Scripture

Anne McCartney

Filmography

Acting (74)

Movies (37)

Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps

2024

as The Goatherd's Mother

6.5

Doctor Who: Eve of the Daleks

2022

as Mary

Last Night in Soho

2021

as Carol

7.3

Riverdance: The Animated Adventure

as Grandma (voice)

Deadly Cuts

as Shelley Sherlock

Out!

as Joan

Making Noise Quietly: Three Conversations

2019

as Mildred

5.7

A Girl from Mogadishu

2019

as L'assistante sociale

5.8

Johnny English Strikes Again

as Mrs. Trattner

Dave Allen at Peace

as Sister Mary

Captain Morten and the Spider Queen

2018

as Aunt Annabelle / The Spider Queen (voice)

4.4

Transformers: The Last Knight

as Female Researcher

The Secret Scripture

as Anne McCartney

Noble

as Mother Superior

Dermot Morgan: Fearless Funnyman

2013

as Self

The Calling

2010

as Sister Hilda

Heidi

as Aunt Detie

Gypo

as Helen

The Return

as Laura

Gina And Stella

Iris

as Maureen

Black Day at Black Rock

2001

Quills

2000

as Mademoiselle Clairwil

7.2

An Everlasting Piece

2000

as Gerty

5.9

The Most Fertile Man in Ireland

2000

as Maeve

5.7

When Brendan Met Trudy

as Nuala

Nora

as Miss Kennedy

Angela's Ashes

as Aunt Aggie

Her Own Rules

as Constable Williams

5.0

So You Think You're Irish

1997

as Self

My Friend Joe

as Ms. Doyle

Family

as Denise

Far and Away

as Prostitute

The Playboy of the Western World

1985

as Honor Blake

The Truth About Claire

as Self - Denise

9.0

Sweet Delusion

as Janet

Gameface

as Marcella's Mum

Television (37)

Safe Harbor

as Brina Walsh

Bodkin

as Brónagh McArdle

The Inheritance

as Jenny Roche

Rosie Molloy Gives Up Everything

2022

as Win Molloy

7.0

Holding

2022

as as Eileen O'Driscoll

6.1

Pilgrimage

2018

as Self

6.5

Pilgrimage: The Road to Istanbul

Drop Dead Weird

as Bunni

GameFace

as Mum

Inside No. 9

as Oona

Father Figure

as Mary Whyte

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

2011

as Self - Participant

6.0

Pointless Celebrities

as Self

Demons

Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money

2008

as Dinner Guest

Jam and Jerusalem

as Tippi Haddem

Jam and Jerusalem

as Tippi Haddem

Legends

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Doctor Who

as Mary

Shameless

as Libby Croker

Shameless

as Libby Croker

The Island of Inis Cool

2004

as Mrs Turlock (voice)

High Hopes

2002

Life Force

2000

as Polly Phemus

8.0

Bremner, Bird and Fortune

Dark Ages

Silent Witness

as Mary Thorpe

Dalziel and Pascoe

as Dr Kirsty Urquhart

6.4

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

as Self

Father Ted

as Mrs. Doyle

GMTV

as Self

Have I Got News for You

as Self

Troubles

as Nurse

French & Saunders

as Enthusiastic Fan

Countdown

as Self - Dictionary Corner

6.0

Coronation Street

1960

as Maggie Driscoll

5.4

TV to go