Acting credits
59
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Pauline McLynn
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.5
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Movies: 31Series: 28
TMDB ID: 69465
IMDb ID: nm0572965
Known for: Acting
Born: July 11, 1962
Age: 63
Place of birth: Sligo, Republic of Ireland
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1987 - 2025
Years active: 39
Average TMDB rating: 6.98
Wikidata: Q3372751
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Pauline McLynn.
6.5
Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps
as The Goatherd's Mother
2024 Movie
Doctor Who: Eve of the Daleks
as Mary
2022 Movie
7.3
Last Night in Soho
as Carol
2021 Movie
4.4
Deadly Cuts
as Shelley Sherlock
2021 Movie
6.0
Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
as Grandma (voice)
2021 Movie
1.0
Out!
as Joan
2020 Movie
5.8
A Girl from Mogadishu
as L'assistante sociale
2019 Movie
5.7
Making Noise Quietly
as Mildred
2019 Movie
6.3
Johnny English Strikes Again
as Mrs. Trattner
2018 Movie
4.4
Captain Morten and the Spider Queen
as Aunt Annabelle / The Spider Queen (voice)
2018 Movie
4.4
Dave Allen at Peace
as Sister Mary
2018 Movie
6.1
Transformers: The Last Knight
as Female Researcher
2017 Movie
7.3
The Secret Scripture
as Anne McCartney
2017 Movie
6.4
Noble
as Mother Superior
2014 Movie
The Calling
as Sister Hilda
2010 Movie
5.2
Gypo
as Helen
2005 Movie
7.6
Heidi
as Aunt Detie
2005 Movie
6.8
The Return
as Laura
2003 Movie
6.4
Iris
as Maureen
2001 Movie
5.9
An Everlasting Piece
as Gerty
2000 Movie
4.0
When Brendan Met Trudy
as Nuala
2000 Movie
7.1
Quills
as Mademoiselle Clairwil
2000 Movie
5.3
The Most Fertile Man in Ireland
as Maeve
2000 Movie
5.0
Nora
as Miss Kennedy
2000 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Pauline McLynn.
7.3
Safe Harbor
as Brina Walsh • 8 eps
2025 Series
6.3
Bodkin
as Brónagh McArdle • 2 eps
2024 Series
5.7
The Inheritance
as Jenny Roche • 4 eps
2023 Series
7.0
Rosie Molloy Gives Up Everything
as Win Molloy • 6 eps
2022 Series
6.1
Holding
as as Eileen O'Driscoll • 4 eps
2022 Series
6.5
Pilgrimage
as Self • 3 eps
2018 Series
6.7
GameFace
as Mum • 12 eps
2017 Series
5.0
Drop Dead Weird
as Bunni • 52 eps
2017 Series
8.1
Inside No. 9
as Oona • 1 eps
2014 Series
4.0
Father Figure
as Mary Whyte • 6 eps
2013 Series
5.0
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
as Self - Participant • 1 eps
2011 Series
6.3
Pointless Celebrities
as Self • 1 eps
2011 Series
6.3
Demons
1 eps
2009 Series
7.0
Jam and Jerusalem
as Tip Haddem
2006 Series
5.0
Legends
as Self - Narrator (voice) • 1 eps
2006 Series
The Island of Inis Cool
as Mrs Turlock (voice) • 26 eps
2004 Series
7.6
Shameless
as Libby Croker • 33 eps
2004 Series
High Hopes
1 eps
2002 Series
8.0
Life Force
as Polly Phemus • 1 eps
2000 Series
5.0
Dark Ages
5 eps
1999 Series
6.0
Bremner, Bird and Fortune
89 eps
1999 Series
7.0
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
as Self • 1 eps
1996 Series
7.5
Silent Witness
as Mary Thorpe • 1 eps
1996 Series
8.2
Father Ted
as Mrs. Doyle • 24 eps
1995 Series