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Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 11, 1962
Place of Birth
Sligo, Republic of Ireland
Pauline McLynn
1.0 Popularity
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
7.1
Brina Walsh
Safe Harbor
2025
6.5
The Goatherd's Mother
Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps
2024
6.3
Brónagh McArdle
Bodkin
2024
5.7
Jenny Roche
The Inheritance
2023
7.0
Win Molloy
Rosie Molloy Gives Up Everything
2022
6.1
as Eileen O'Driscoll
Holding
2022
7.3
Carol
Last Night in Soho
2021
4.4
Shelley Sherlock
Deadly Cuts
2021
6.0
Grandma (voice)
Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
2021
1.0
Joan
Out!
2020
Credits
Safe Harbor
as Brina Walsh
2025
7.1
Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps
as The Goatherd's Mother
2024
6.5
Bodkin
as Brónagh McArdle
2024
6.3
The Inheritance
as Jenny Roche
2023
5.7
Rosie Molloy Gives Up Everything
as Win Molloy
2022
7.0
Holding
as as Eileen O'Driscoll
2022
6.1
Last Night in Soho
as Carol
2021
7.3
Deadly Cuts
as Shelley Sherlock
2021
4.4
Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
as Grandma (voice)
2021
6.0
Out!
as Joan
2020
1.0
A Girl from Mogadishu
as L'assistante sociale
2019
5.8
Making Noise Quietly
as Mildred
2019
5.7
Johnny English Strikes Again
as Mrs. Trattner
2018
6.3
Captain Morten and the Spider Queen
as Aunt Annabelle / The Spider Queen (voice)
2018
4.4
Dave Allen at Peace
as Sister Mary
2018
4.4
Pilgrimage
as Self
2018
6.5
🎬
Pilgrimage: The Road to Istanbul
2018
6.3
GameFace
as Mum
2017
6.7
Drop Dead Weird
as Bunni
2017
5.0
Transformers: The Last Knight
as Female Researcher
2017
6.1
The Secret Scripture
as Anne McCartney
2017
7.3
Noble
as Mother Superior
2014
6.4
Inside No. 9
as Oona
2014
8.0
🎬
Dermot Morgan - Fearless Funnyman
as Self
2013
0.0
Father Figure
as Mary Whyte
2013
4.0
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
as Self - Participant
2011
5.0
Pointless Celebrities
as Self
2011
6.3
The Calling
as Sister Hilda
2010
0.0
Demons
2009
6.3
🎬
Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money
as Dinner Guest
2008
0.0
Jam and Jerusalem
as Tip Haddem
2006
7.0
Jam and Jerusalem
as Tippi Haddem
2006
7.0
Legends
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2006
5.0
Gypo
as Helen
2005
5.2
Heidi
as Aunt Detie
2005
7.6
Shameless
as Libby Croker
2004
7.6
The Return
as Laura
2003
6.8
High Hopes
2002
0.0
🎬
Gina And Stella
2002
0.0
Iris
as Maureen
2001
6.4
🎬
Black Day at Black Rock
2001
0.0
An Everlasting Piece
as Gerty
2000
5.9
When Brendan Met Trudy
as Nuala
2000
4.0
Quills
as Mademoiselle Clairwil
2000
7.1
The Most Fertile Man in Ireland
as Maeve
2000
5.3
Nora
as Miss Kennedy
2000
5.0
Life Force
as Polly Phemus
2000
8.0
Angela's Ashes
as Aunt Aggie
1999
7.3
Dark Ages
1999
5.0
Bremner, Bird and Fortune
1999
6.0
Her Own Rules
as Constable Williams
1998
5.0
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
as Self
1996
7.0
My Friend Joe
as Ms. Doyle
1996
7.2
Silent Witness
as Mary Thorpe
1996
7.5
Father Ted
as Mrs. Doyle
1995
8.2
Family
as Denise
1994
8.5
GMTV
as Self
1993
5.6
Far and Away
as Prostitute
1992
6.8
Have I Got News for You
as Self
1990
7.1
Troubles
as Nurse
1988
10.0
French & Saunders
as Enthusiastic Fan
1987
7.5
🎬
The Playboy of the Western World
as Honor Blake
1985
0.0
🎬
TV to go
N/A
0.0
Sweet Delusion
as Janet
N/A
0.0