Portrait of Pauline McLynn

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
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for Father Ted
Father Ted
GoodWatch score90/100

Characters

6

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

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

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

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
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

Select a genre to see those titles.

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
Gameface
GoodWatch score 77

as Marcella's Mum

Sweet Delusion
Sweet Delusion

as Janet

TV to Go
TV to Go

TV show

2020s

11 titles · average score 61
Safe Harbor
Safe Harbor (2025)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show · as Brina Walsh

Bodkin
Bodkin (2024)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show · as Brónagh McArdle

Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps
Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps (2024)
GoodWatch score 52

as The Goatherd's Mother

The Inheritance
The Inheritance (2023)
GoodWatch score 58

TV show · as Jenny Roche

Holding
Holding (2022)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as as Eileen O'Driscoll

Rosie Molloy Gives Up Everything
Rosie Molloy Gives Up Everything (2022)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show · as Win Molloy

Doctor Who: Eve of the Daleks
Doctor Who: Eve of the Daleks (2022)
GoodWatch score 38

as Mary

Last Night in Soho
Last Night in Soho (2021)
GoodWatch score 71

as Carol

Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
Riverdance: The Animated Adventure (2021)
GoodWatch score 57

as Grandma (voice)

Deadly Cuts
Deadly Cuts (2021)
GoodWatch score 73

as Shelley Sherlock

Out!
Out! (2020)

as Joan

2010s

14 titles · average score 62
Making Noise Quietly: Three Conversations
Making Noise Quietly: Three Conversations (2019)

as Mildred

Captain Morten and the Spider Queen
Captain Morten and the Spider Queen (2018)
GoodWatch score 55

as Aunt Annabelle / The Spider Queen (voice)

Johnny English Strikes Again
Johnny English Strikes Again (2018)
GoodWatch score 48

as Mrs. Trattner

Dave Allen at Peace
Dave Allen at Peace (2018)
GoodWatch score 55

as Sister Mary

Pilgrimage: The Road to Istanbul
Pilgrimage: The Road to Istanbul (2018)

TV show

Transformers: The Last Knight
Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
GoodWatch score 34

as Female Researcher

Drop Dead Weird
Drop Dead Weird (2017)

TV show · as Bunni

The Secret Scripture
The Secret Scripture (2017)
GoodWatch score 52

as Anne McCartney

GameFace
GameFace (2017)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Mum

Inside No. 9
Inside No. 9 (2014)
GoodWatch score 92

TV show · as Oona

Noble
Noble (2014)
GoodWatch score 68

as Mother Superior

Father Figure
Father Figure (2013)

TV show · as Mary Whyte

2000s

16 titles · average score 63
Demons
Demons (2009)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show

Jam and Jerusalem
Jam and Jerusalem (2006)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Tippi Haddem

Heidi
Heidi (2005)
GoodWatch score 69

as Aunt Detie

Gypo
Gypo (2005)
GoodWatch score 67

as Helen

The Island of Inis Cool
The Island of Inis Cool (2004)

TV show · as Mrs Turlock (voice)

Shameless
Shameless (2004)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Libby Croker

The Return
The Return (2003)
GoodWatch score 66

as Laura

Iris
Iris (2001)
GoodWatch score 71

as Maureen

When Brendan Met Trudy
When Brendan Met Trudy (2000)
GoodWatch score 49

as Nuala

An Everlasting Piece
An Everlasting Piece (2000)
GoodWatch score 50

as Gerty

The Most Fertile Man in Ireland
The Most Fertile Man in Ireland (2000)
GoodWatch score 51

as Maeve

Quills
Quills (2000)
GoodWatch score 73

as Mademoiselle Clairwil

1990s

10 titles · average score 71
Bremner, Bird and Fortune
Bremner, Bird and Fortune (1999)

TV show

Angela's Ashes
Angela's Ashes (1999)
GoodWatch score 63

as Aunt Aggie

Dark Ages
Dark Ages (1999)

TV show · as Agnes

Her Own Rules
Her Own Rules (1998)
GoodWatch score 57

as Constable Williams

Silent Witness
Silent Witness (1996)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Mary Thorpe

Dalziel and Pascoe
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Dr Kirsty Urquhart

My Friend Joe
My Friend Joe (1996)
GoodWatch score 79

as Ms. Doyle

Father Ted
Father Ted (1995)
GoodWatch score 90

TV show · as Mrs. Doyle

Family
Family (1994)
GoodWatch score 82

as Denise

Far and Away
Far and Away (1992)
GoodWatch score 58

as Prostitute

1980s

3 titles · average score 75
Troubles
Troubles (1988)

TV show · as Nurse

French & Saunders
French & Saunders (1987)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Enthusiastic Fan

The Playboy of the Western World
The Playboy of the Western World (1985)

as Honor Blake

1960s

1 title · average score 54
Coronation Street
Coronation Street (1960)
GoodWatch score 54

TV show · as Maggie Driscoll