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Acting

Pauline McLynn

Career: Active from 1995 to 2025, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 15
top three billing

Average score: 63/100

Highest rated: Father Ted
90/100

Characters

6

The characters Pauline McLynn played, best-known titles first.

Pauline McLynn as Mrs. Doyle

Pauline McLynn as Libby Croker

Pauline McLynn as Maggie Driscoll

Pauline McLynn as Marcella's Mum

Pauline McLynn as Eileen O'Driscoll

Pauline McLynn as Win Molloy

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 30 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Pauline McLynn Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Adrenaline
3.7, average 4.8
Violence
3.2, average 4.1
Warfare
0.4, average 1.2
Tension
5.3, average 5.9

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Quirky Characters 2
Character-Driven 2
Social Commentary 2
Coming-of-Age 2
British Sitcom 2
Coming-of-Age Story 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

58

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

3 titles

Gameface

77

as Marcella's Mum

Sweet Delusion

as Janet

TV show

2020s

11 titles · average score 61

Safe Harbor

67

TV show · as Brina Walsh

Bodkin

62

TV show · as Brónagh McArdle

Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps

52

as The Goatherd's Mother

The Inheritance

58

TV show · as Jenny Roche

Holding

68

TV show · as as Eileen O'Driscoll

Rosie Molloy Gives Up Everything

64

TV show · as Win Molloy

Doctor Who: Eve of the Daleks

38

as Mary

Last Night in Soho

71

as Carol

Riverdance: The Animated Adventure

57

as Grandma (voice)

Deadly Cuts

73

as Shelley Sherlock

Out!

as Joan

2010s

14 titles · average score 62

Making Noise Quietly: Three Conversations

as Mildred

Captain Morten and the Spider Queen

55

as Aunt Annabelle / The Spider Queen (voice)

Johnny English Strikes Again

48

as Mrs. Trattner

Dave Allen at Peace

55

as Sister Mary

Pilgrimage: The Road to Istanbul

TV show

Transformers: The Last Knight

34

as Female Researcher

Drop Dead Weird

TV show · as Bunni

The Secret Scripture

52

as Anne McCartney

GameFace

72

TV show · as Mum

Inside No. 9

92

TV show · as Oona

Noble

68

as Mother Superior

Father Figure

TV show · as Mary Whyte

2000s

16 titles · average score 63

Demons

62

TV show

Jam and Jerusalem

74

TV show · as Tippi Haddem

Heidi

69

as Aunt Detie

Gypo

67

as Helen

The Island of Inis Cool

TV show · as Mrs Turlock (voice)

Shameless

77

TV show · as Libby Croker

The Return

66

as Laura

Iris

71

as Maureen

When Brendan Met Trudy

49

as Nuala

An Everlasting Piece

50

as Gerty

The Most Fertile Man in Ireland

51

as Maeve

Quills

73

as Mademoiselle Clairwil

1990s

10 titles · average score 71

Bremner, Bird and Fortune

TV show

Angela's Ashes

63

as Aunt Aggie

Dark Ages

TV show · as Agnes

Her Own Rules

57

as Constable Williams

Silent Witness

75

TV show · as Mary Thorpe

Dalziel and Pascoe

69

TV show · as Dr Kirsty Urquhart

My Friend Joe

79

as Ms. Doyle

Father Ted

90

TV show · as Mrs. Doyle

Family

82

as Denise

Far and Away

58

as Prostitute

1980s

3 titles · average score 75

Troubles

TV show · as Nurse

French & Saunders

75

TV show · as Enthusiastic Fan

The Playboy of the Western World

as Honor Blake

1960s

1 title · average score 54

Coronation Street

54

TV show · as Maggie Driscoll