
Birthday
1962/07/11 (63 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Sligo, Republic of Ireland
Also know as
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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.

(2005) Gypo
as Helen

(2021) Last Night in Soho
as Carol

(2000) An Everlasting Piece
as Gerty

(2005) Heidi
as Aunt Detie

(1996) My Friend Joe
as Ms. Doyle
(2002) Gina And Stella
as ---
(2013) Dermot Morgan - Fearless Funnyman
as Self
(2001) Black Day at Black Rock
as ---

(2020) Out!
as Joan
(1985) The Playboy of the Western World
as Honor Blake

(2003) The Return
as Laura

(2014) Noble
as Mother Superior

(2017) The Secret Scripture
as Anne McCartney

(2001) Iris
as Maureen

(1994) Family
as Denise

(1999) Angela's Ashes
as Aunt Aggie

(1998) Her Own Rules
as Constable Williams

(2017) Transformers: The Last Knight
as Female Researcher

(2000) When Brendan Met Trudy
as Nuala

(2018) Dave Allen at Peace
as Sister Mary

(2018) Captain Morten and the Spider Queen
as Aunt Annabelle / The Spider Queen (voice)

(2000) Quills
as Mademoiselle Clairwil

(2000) Nora
as Miss Kennedy

(1992) Far and Away
as Prostitute

(2019) Making Noise Quietly
as Mildred

(2019) A Girl from Mogadishu
as L'assistante sociale

(2018) Johnny English Strikes Again
as Mrs. Trattner

(2021) Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
as Grandma (voice)

(2000) The Most Fertile Man in Ireland
as Maeve

(2021) Deadly Cuts
as Shelley Sherlock

(2024) Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps
as The Goatherd's Mother

(2010) The Calling
as Sister Hilda

Sweet Delusion
as Janet

(2006) Jam and Jerusalem
as Tip Haddem

(1995) Father Ted
as Mrs. Doyle
(2008) Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money
as Dinner Guest

(2002) High Hopes
as ---

(1999) Bremner, Bird and Fortune
as ---

(2009) Demons
as ---

(2014) Inside No. 9
as Oona

(1999) Dark Ages
as ---

(1993) GMTV
as Self
TV to go
as ---

(1987) French & Saunders
as Enthusiastic Fan

(2000) Life Force
as Polly Phemus

(2013) Father Figure
as Mary Whyte

(2023) The Inheritance
as Jenny Roche

(2022) Holding
as as Eileen O'Driscoll

(2018) Pilgrimage
as Self

(1996) Never Mind the Buzzcocks
as Self

(2011) Pointless Celebrities
as Self

(2011) Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
as Self - Participant

(1988) Troubles
as Nurse

(2017) GameFace
as Mum

(2022) Rosie Molloy Gives Up Everything
as Win Molloy

(2006) Legends
as Self - Narrator (voice)

(2024) Bodkin
as Brónagh McArdle

(1996) Silent Witness
as Mary Thorpe
(2018) Pilgrimage: The Road to Istanbul
as ---

(2017) Drop Dead Weird
as Bunni

(2025) Safe Harbor
as Brina Walsh

(2006) Jam and Jerusalem
as Tippi Haddem

(1990) Have I Got News for You
as Self

(2004) Shameless
as Libby Croker