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Pauline McLynn

Jul 11, 1962 (63 years old) in Sligo, Republic of Ireland

Pauline McLynn 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

Silent Witness

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

Inside No. 9

Pointless Celebrities

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

Credits

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