Pauline McLynn
Pauline McLynn is an Irish actress and author, best known for her role as Mrs. Doyle in the television series 'Father Ted.' She has also appeared in films such as 'Warmuffin' and has a reputation for her comedic talent. McLynn's distinctive voice and ability to... Read More
Known for
Last Night in Soho (2021)
A young girl, passionate about fashion design, is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she encounters her idol, a dazzling wannabe singer. But...
Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
Autobots and Decepticons are at war, with humans on the sidelines. Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving our future lies buried in...
Father Ted (1995–1998)
Three exiled priests live and serve together on Craggy Island, a remote isle off the coast of Ireland, along with their nosy housekeeper.
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Credits
| Year | Title | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |
Safe HarborTobias, a gifted hacker and his ambitious best friend Marco, intent on cracking into the tech billionaires club. They are... |
Brina Walsh | |
| 2024 |
Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand StepsThree Mysterious Curses, two lost souls... and one incredibly difficult dance. A lowly goatherd seeks out a reclusive witch to... |
The Goatherd's Mother | |
| 2024 |
BodkinA ragtag crew of podcasters sets out to investigate mysterious disappearances from decades earlier in a charming Irish town with... |
Brónagh McArdle | |
| 2023 |
The InheritanceThe siblings discover their father has left everything to a woman they have never met. As his death becomes the... |
Jenny Roche | |
| 2022 |
Rosie Molloy Gives Up EverythingRosie Molloy is addicted to everything. After an embarrassing incident at her brother Joey's wedding Rosie wakes up in hospital... |
Win Molloy | |
| 2022 |
HoldingLocal police officer Sergeant PJ Collins is a gentle man who hides from people and fills his days with comfort... |
as Eileen O'Driscoll | |
| 2022 |
Doctor Who: Eve of the DaleksNew Year’s Eve. Sarah is working - again. Nick is her only customer - again. Same old same old. Except... |
Mary | |
| 2021 |
Last Night in SohoA young girl, passionate about fashion design, is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she encounters her idol, a... |
Carol | |
| 2021 |
Deadly CutsA black comedy set in a working-class Dublin hair salon where the stylists become accidental vigilantes and community heroes as... |
Shelley Sherlock | |
| 2021 |
Riverdance: The Animated AdventureA young Irish boy named Keegan and Spanish girl named Moya journey into a magical world of the Megaloceros Giganteus... |
Grandma (voice) | |
| 2020 |
Out!A heartfelt comedy drama about the parent/child relationship, the generation gap, the fear of rejection and the need for acceptance. |
Joan | |
| 2019 |
A Girl from MogadishuThe story of the life and times of Ifrah Ahmed, Somali-Irish campaigner against female genital mutilation and cutting. |
L'assistante sociale | |
| 2019 |
Making Noise Quietly: Three ConversationsThree stories of strangers meeting on the edge of war. A conscientious objector and a roaming artist find tenderness as... |
Mildred | |
| 2018 |
Johnny English Strikes AgainDisaster strikes when a criminal mastermind reveals the identities of all active undercover agents in Britain. The secret service can... |
Mrs. Trattner | |
| 2018 |
Captain Morten and the Spider QueenMorten, a ten-year-old boy, is shrunk to the size of an insect due to a magical fog gun. Soon, he... |
Aunt Annabelle / The Spider Queen (voice) | |
| 2018 |
Dave Allen at PeaceFilmed in homage to his original TV series, this fictionalised account follows Dave Allen from childhood to becoming one of... |
Sister Mary | |
| 2018 |
PilgrimageCelebrities take a journey of a lifetime. They all have different faiths and beliefs - will stepping in ancient footsteps... |
Self | |
| 2018 |
Pilgrimage: The Road to IstanbulSeven well-known personalities, all with differing faiths and beliefs, put on backpacks and walking boots and, on foot and by... |
Unknown character | |
| 2017 |
GameFaceMarcella is an aspiring actress recovering from a relationship break up. Despite her optimistic attempts, and with help from her... |
Mum | |
| 2017 |
Drop Dead WeirdThree Australian siblings move to a bed and breakfast in Tubbershandy western Ireland with their Zombie parents. |
Bunni | |
| 2017 |
Transformers: The Last KnightHumans and Transformers are at war. Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving our future lies buried in the... |
Female Researcher | |
| 2017 |
The Secret ScriptureThe hidden memoir of an elderly woman confined to a mental hospital reveals the history of her passionate yet tortured... |
Anne McCartney | |
| 2014 |
NobleChristina Noble overcomes the harsh difficulties of her childhood in Ireland to discover her destiny on the streets of Saigon.... |
Mother Superior | |
| 2014 |
Inside No. 9An anthology of darkly comic twisted tales, each one taking place behind a door marked 'number 9'. |
Oona | |
| 2013 |
Dermot Morgan: Fearless FunnymanA selection of Dermot Morgan's family, friends, colleagues and admirers, including Pat Shortt, Oliver Callan and Pauline Mc Lynn, look... |
Self | |
| 2013 |
Father FigureFather Figure is a British comedy television series that was first broadcast on BBC One on 18 September 2013. In... |
Mary Whyte | |
| 2011 |
Celebrity Antiques Road TripAntiques experts accompany celebrities on a road trip around the UK searching for treasures and competing to make the most... |
Self - Participant | |
| 2011 |
Pointless CelebritiesAlexander Armstrong and Richard Osman present a celebrity version of the general knowledge quiz in which contestants try to come... |
Self | |
| 2010 |
The CallingJoanna - a university student - leaves her course to become a nun. |
Sister Hilda | |
| 2009 |
DemonsLuke Rutherford is your average teenager - until his dead father's best friend, Rupert Galvin turns up to reveal his... |
Unknown character | |
| 2008 |
Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly MoneyRory Bremner takes a satirical look at the 2008 'credit crunch'. He spoofs politicians and other public figures to tell... |
Dinner Guest | |
| 2006 |
Jam and JerusalemThe Women's Guild is an organisation in the small town of Clatterford St. Mary that aims to promote truth, justice,... |
Tippi Haddem | |
| 2006 |
Jam and JerusalemThe Women's Guild is an organisation in the small town of Clatterford St. Mary that aims to promote truth, justice,... |
Tip Haddem | |
| 2006 |
LegendsThe story of the big names that have shaped the musical genres, plus an occasional stopgap for the new rock... |
Self - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2005 |
GypoGypo is the story of a working class family in Margate, Kent, a town where immigrants have become the focus... |
Helen | |
| 2005 |
HeidiSwiss girl Adelheid 'Heidi' is orphaned young. Aunt Detie brings her to grandpa Alp and his wife, who live isolated... |
Aunt Detie | |
| 2004 |
The Island of Inis CoolThe misadventures of Biff, Boff and Ben, three immature brothers on a remote island. |
Mrs Turlock (voice) | |
| 2004 |
ShamelessThe story of a young group of siblings pretty much abandoned by their parents, surviving by their wits - and... |
Libby Croker | |
| 2003 |
The ReturnA former alcoholic returns home after ten years in prison for the murder of her husband. As her recollection of... |
Laura | |
| 2002 |
High HopesHigh Hopes is a sitcom made in Wales, produced and directed by Gareth Gwenlan for BBC Wales and is set... |
Unknown character | |
| 2002 |
Gina And StellaGina barges in on Stella after a hard day of shopping. |
Unknown character | |
| 2001 |
IrisTrue story of the lifelong romance between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, from their student days through... |
Maureen | |
| 2001 |
Black Day at Black RockSatirical take on the reactions of the inhabitants of an Irish village when they learn that a group of thirty... |
Unknown character | |
| 2000 |
An Everlasting PieceColin is a Catholic and George is a poetry-loving Protestant. In Belfast in the 1980s, they could have been enemies,... |
Gerty | |
| 2000 |
When Brendan Met TrudyBrendan is an earnest, introverted schoolteacher who, aside from his participation in the local choir, has only one passion in... |
Nuala | |
| 2000 |
QuillsIn early 19th-century France, the Marquis de Sade is confined to an asylum where his forbidden writings continue to circulate... |
Mademoiselle Clairwil | |
| 2000 |
The Most Fertile Man in IrelandUnimpressive, 24-year-old virgin, Eamonn (Kris Marshall) lives in Belfast with his mother, during the Troubles. Local girl, Mary Malloy (Tara... |
Maeve | |
| 2000 |
NoraIn 1904, in Dublin, James Joyce chats up Nora Barnacle, a hotel maid recently come from Galway. She enchants him... |
Miss Kennedy | |
| 2000 |
Life ForceTwo psychic children, two parentless siblings, and their environmentalist guardian try to rescue the globally warmed world of 2025, protect... |
Polly Phemus | |
| 1999 |
Angela's AshesAn Irish Catholic family returns to 1930s Limerick after a child's death in America. The unemployed I.R.A. veteran father struggles... |
Aunt Aggie | |
| 1999 |
Dark AgesIn the year A.D. 999, a village of medieval Englanders fear the coming millennium. |
Agnes | |
| 1999 |
Bremner, Bird and FortuneBremner, Bird and Fortune is an award-winning satirical British television programme produced by Vera Productions for Channel Four, uniting the... |
Unknown character | |
| 1998 |
Her Own RulesMelissa Gilbert stars as Meredith. A sad and lonely writer returning to her home town in England for the first... |
Constable Williams | |
| 1997 |
So You Think You're IrishIn early 1997, Amnesty held a comedy gala at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin. The performers were primarily Irish performers... |
Self | |
| 1996 |
Never Mind the BuzzcocksNever Mind the Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game show with a pop and rock music theme. The show is... |
Self | |
| 1996 |
My Friend JoeDuring the course of one summer, a young Irish lad named Chris befriends an American boy named Joe. The two... |
Ms. Doyle | |
| 1996 |
Silent WitnessA team of exceptional forensic pathologists and scientists investigate heinous crimes and use their skills to catch the people responsible. |
Mary Thorpe | |
| 1995 |
Father TedA crazy comedy about three rather strange parish priests exiled to Craggy Island, a remote island off the Irish west... |
Mrs. Doyle | |
| 1994 |
FamilyThis four-part made-for-TV drama focuses up close on a Dublin couple with four children. Charlo is a hustler, a head-first... |
Denise | |
| 1993 |
GMTVGMTV is the name of the national Channel 3 breakfast television contractor/licensee, broadcasting in the United Kingdom from 1 January... |
Self | |
| 1992 |
Far and AwayA young free-spirited Irish woman from an affluent Protestant family spontaneously befriends a street-smart commoner cheated by her family’s hostile... |
Prostitute | |
| 1990 |
Have I Got News for YouHilarious, totally-irreverent, near-slanderous political quiz show, based mainly on news stories from the last week or so, that leaves no... |
Self | |
| 1988 |
TroublesIn 1919, Major Brendan Archer arrives in Ireland to reunite with his fiancée, Angela Spencer. Unfortunately, the family home, The... |
Nurse | |
| 1987 |
French & SaundersFrench and Saunders is a British sketch comedy television series written by and starring comic duo Dawn French and Jennifer... |
Enthusiastic Fan | |
| 1985 |
The Playboy of the Western WorldA story of love, rivalry and betrayal – Synge’s best-known work is a must-see from this multi-award winning company.' Synge’s... |
Honor Blake | |
| 1960 |
Coronation StreetThe residents of Coronation Street are ordinary, working-class people, and the show follows them through regular social and family interactions... |
Maggie Driscoll | |
| TBA | Unknown character | ||
| TBA |
GamefaceIt's Marcella's 30th birthday and this year she's determined to sort her life out. Luckily she's found a life coach... |
Marcella's Mum | |
| TBA |
Sweet DelusionA criminal on the run hides out in the rural farmhouse of an elderly woman, who believes her to be... |
Janet |
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Got a question about Pauline McLynn?
Pauline McLynn is most famous for her role as Mrs. Doyle in 'Father Ted' and her appearances in various other television shows and films, including 'Warmuffin.'
While Pauline McLynn has received nominations, she has not won major awards like BAFTAs or Oscars, though she is highly regarded for her performances.
Pauline McLynn's first film appearance was in 'The Last of the High Kings' (1996), marking her transition from stage to screen.
Pauline McLynn's estimated net worth is around $1 million, reflecting her successful career in acting and writing.
Pauline McLynn trained as a stage actress and gained popularity through her work in television, particularly with 'Father Ted' in the 1990s.
Pauline McLynn is best known for her work in comedy, often portraying eccentric and humorous characters that resonate with audiences.
Yes, Pauline McLynn has written several novels, showcasing her skills as an author in addition to her acting career.
The latest film featuring Pauline McLynn is 'Warmuffin,' released in 2022, where she continues to showcase her comedic talent.