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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, and Yvonne Cotton in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. McLynn also appeared as a Garda in Sky One's Trollied.
Born
Wednesday, 11 July 1962
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps | The Goatherd's Mother / The Mother | 2024 |
| The Inheritance | Jenny Roche / Coroner | 2023 |
| Rosie Molloy Gives Up Everything | Win Molloy | 2022 |
| Holding | Eileen O'Driscoll / as Eileen O'Driscoll | 2022 |
| Last Night in Soho | Carol | 2021 |
| Deadly Cuts | Shelley Sherlock | 2021 |
| Riverdance: The Animated Adventure | Grandma (voice) / Grandma | 2021 |
| A Girl from Mogadishu | Social Worker / L'assistante sociale | 2019 |
| Making Noise Quietly | Mildred | 2019 |
| Johnny English Strikes Again | Mrs. Trattner | 2018 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps | The Goatherd's Mother / The Mother | 2024 |
| The Inheritance | Jenny Roche / Coroner | 2023 |
| Rosie Molloy Gives Up Everything | Win Molloy | 2022 |
| Holding | Eileen O'Driscoll / as Eileen O'Driscoll | 2022 |
| Last Night in Soho | Carol | 2021 |
| Deadly Cuts | Shelley Sherlock | 2021 |
| Riverdance: The Animated Adventure | Grandma (voice) / Grandma | 2021 |
| A Girl from Mogadishu | Social Worker / L'assistante sociale | 2019 |
| Making Noise Quietly | Mildred | 2019 |
| Johnny English Strikes Again | Mrs. Trattner | 2018 |
| Captain Morten and the Spider Queen | (voice) / Aunt Annabelle / The Spider Queen | 2018 |
| Dave Allen at Peace | Sister Mary | 2018 |
| Pilgrimage | Self | 2018 |
| The Young Offenders | Psychologist | 2018 |
| Drop Dead Weird | Bunni | 2017 |
| Transformers: The Last Knight | Female Researcher | 2017 |
| The Secret Scripture | Anne McCartney | 2017 |
| Noble | Mother Superior | 2014 |
| Inside No. 9 | Oona | 2014 |
| Portrait Artist of the Year | Self - Sitter | 2013 |
| Father Figure | Mary Whyte | 2013 |
| Sunday Brunch | Herself - Guest / Self - Guest | 2012 |
| Pramface | Evelyn | 2012 |
| Threesome | Lorraine | 2011 |
| Trollied | Pat O'Banton | 2011 |
| Pointless Celebrities | Self - Contestant | 2010 |
| The Calling | Sister Hilda | 2010 |
| Hell's Pavement | Joan O'Connor | 2009 |
| Demons | Karen Speedwell | 2009 |
| Daily Cooks Challenge | Self | 2008 |
| Clatterford | Tippi Haddem / Tip Haddem | 2006 |
| Heidi | Aunt Detie | 2005 |
| Gypo | Helen | 2005 |
| Doctor Who | Mary | 2005 |
| Tubridy Tonight | Self | 2004 |
| Shameless | Libby Croker | 2004 |
| The Return | Laura / Laura Dunmore | 2003 |
| Comedy Connections | Mrs. Doyle / Self | 2003 |
| Iris | Maureen | 2002 |
| Animated Tales of the World | (voice) | 2001 |
| An Everlasting Piece | Gerty | 2000 |
| When Brendan Met Trudy | Nuala | 2000 |
| Quills | Mademoiselle Clairwill / Mademoiselle Clairwil | 2000 |
| The Wright Stuff | Self - Guest Panelist | 2000 |
| The Most Fertile Man in Ireland | Maeve | 2000 |
| Nora | Miss Kennedy | 2000 |
| Angela's Ashes | Aunt Aggie | 2000 |
| Dark Ages | Agnes | 1999 |
| Loose Women | Herself | 1999 |
| Aristocrats | Susan Fox-Strangways | 1999 |
| If I Ruled the World | Self | 1998 |
| Her Own Rules | Constable Williams | 1998 |
| Never Mind the Buzzcocks | Self | 1996 |
| My Friend Joe | Ms. Doyle | 1996 |
| Dalziel and Pascoe | Dr. Kirsty Urquhart | 1996 |
| Silent Witness | Mary Thorpe | 1996 |
| Ballykissangel | Mrs. Mooney / Bella Mooney | 1996 |
| Guiltrip | Joan | 1995 |
| They Think It's All Over | Self | 1995 |
| Father Ted | Mrs. Doyle | 1995 |
| Far and Away | Prostitute | 1992 |
| Have I Got News for You | Self | 1990 |
| Troubles | Hospital Nurse | 1988 |
| French and Saunders | Enthusiastic Fan | 1987 |
| The Playboy of the Western World | Honor Blake | 1986 |
