Pauline McLynn
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.
Born: July 11, 1962
Place of Birth: Sligo, Republic of Ireland
Known For
Troubles
In 1919, Major Brendan Archer arrives in Ireland to reunite with his fiancée, Angela Spencer. Unfortunately, the family home, The Majestic Hotel, is a decaying shadow of its former self, as is Angela. Puzzled by the changes, Archer's attentions are soon drawn to her lively friend, Sarah Devlin, a passionate Irish Nationalist. They fall in love, but the Major soon discovers some disturbing aspects about their relationship, which threatens to explode into violence, destruction, and murder.
Family
This four-part made-for-TV drama focuses up close on a Dublin couple with four children. Charlo is a hustler, a head-first footballer, a thief, abusive. Paula drinks, objects to Charlie's thievery and adultery without the will to chuck him out. John Paul worships his father who's initiating him into the world of beer and football but recoils at Charlo's treatment of mum; asthma and misbehavior at school follow. Daughter Nicola is a young woman, starting work in a garment factory. When Charlo begins to stare at her, she's frightened and Paula's furious.
Father Ted
A crazy comedy about three rather strange parish priests exiled to Craggy Island, a remote island off the Irish west coast.
Inside No. 9
An anthology of darkly comic twisted tales, each one taking place behind a door marked 'number 9'.
Life Force
Two psychic children, two parentless siblings, and their environmentalist guardian try to rescue the globally warmed world of 2025, protect vulnerable lives, and stay ahead of an oppressive government in a dramatic sci-fi thriller.
Heidi
Swiss girl Adelheid 'Heidi' is orphaned young. Aunt Detie brings her to grandpa Alp and his wife, who live isolated in the Alps since his murder charge. Heidi soon takes to the wild country, especially accompanying young goatherd Peter. Grandpa refuses to send her to school in the city, but aunt Detie returns and forces him to give in. She's sent to a posh lady in Frankfurt, where she'll be a companion for crippled daughter Clara after school hours.
Shameless
The story of a young group of siblings pretty much abandoned by their parents, surviving by their wits - and humor - on a rough Manchester council estate. Whilst they won't admit it, they need help and find it in Steve, a young middle class lad who falls for Fiona, the oldest sibling, and increasingly finds himself drawn to this unconventional and unique family. Anarchic family life seen through the eyes of an exceptionally bright fifteen year old, who struggles to come of age in the context of his belligerent father, closeted brother, psychotic sister and internet porn star neighbors.
Silent Witness
A team of exceptional forensic pathologists and scientists investigate heinous crimes and use their skills to catch the people responsible.
French & Saunders
French and Saunders is a British sketch comedy television series written by and starring comic duo Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. It is also the name by which the performers are known on the occasions when they appear elsewhere as a double act.
The Secret Scripture
The hidden memoir of an elderly woman confined to a mental hospital reveals the history of her passionate yet tortured life, and of the religious and political upheavals in Ireland during the 1920s and 30s.
Filmography
as Brina Walsh
as The Goatherd's Mother
as Brónagh McArdle
as Jenny Roche
as Win Molloy
as as Eileen O'Driscoll
as Carol
as Shelley Sherlock
as Grandma (voice)
as Joan
as L'assistante sociale
as Mildred
as Mrs. Trattner
as Aunt Annabelle / The Spider Queen (voice)
as Sister Mary
as Self
as Mum
as Bunni
as Female Researcher
as Anne McCartney
as Mother Superior
as Oona
as Mary Whyte
as Self - Participant
as Self
as Sister Hilda
as Tip Haddem
as Tippi Haddem
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Helen
as Aunt Detie
as Mrs Turlock (voice)
as Libby Croker
as Laura
as Maureen
as Gerty
as Nuala
as Mademoiselle Clairwil
as Maeve
as Miss Kennedy
as Polly Phemus
as Aunt Aggie
as Constable Williams
as Self
as Self
as Ms. Doyle
as Mary Thorpe
as Mrs. Doyle
as Denise
as Self
as Prostitute
as Self
as Nurse
as Enthusiastic Fan
as Janet