Pauline McLynn
Department: Acting
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
Gypo
2005
Last Night in Soho
2021
An Everlasting Piece
2000
Heidi
2005
My Friend Joe
1996
Gina And Stella
2002
Dermot Morgan: Fearless Funnyman
2013
Black Day at Black Rock
2001
Out!
2020
The Playboy of the Western World
1985
The Return
2003
Noble
2014
The Secret Scripture
2017
Iris
2001
Family
1994
Angela's Ashes
1999
Her Own Rules
1998
Transformers: The Last Knight
2017
When Brendan Met Trudy
2000
Dave Allen at Peace
2018
Captain Morten and the Spider Queen
2018
Quills
2000
Nora
2000
Far and Away
1992
Making Noise Quietly
2019
A Girl from Mogadishu
2019
Johnny English Strikes Again
2018
Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
2021
The Most Fertile Man in Ireland
2000
Deadly Cuts
2021
Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps
2024
The Calling
2010
Sweet Delusion
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So You Think You're Irish
1997
Doctor Who: Eve of the Daleks
2022
Jam and Jerusalem
2006
Father Ted
1995
Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money
2008
High Hopes
2002
Bremner, Bird and Fortune
1999
Demons
2009
Inside No. 9
2014
Dark Ages
1999
GMTV
1993
TV to go
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French & Saunders
1987
Life Force
2000
Father Figure
2013
The Inheritance
2023
Holding
2022
Pilgrimage
2018
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
1996
Pointless Celebrities
2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
Troubles
1988
GameFace
2017
Rosie Molloy Gives Up Everything
2022
Legends
2006
Bodkin
2024
Silent Witness
1996
Pilgrimage: The Road to Istanbul
2018
Drop Dead Weird
2017
Safe Harbor
2025
Jam and Jerusalem
2006
Have I Got News for You
1990
Shameless
2004
The Island of Inis Cool
2004