Pauline McLynn

Pauline McLynn

About

On television Pauline is probably best known for her role as Mrs Doyle in Father Ted for which she won a British Comedy Award. She plays Roisin Conaty’s mother in Gameface (BBC) and recently finished filming Last Night in Soho, a new film from Edgar Wright. Other well-known TV appearances include Father Figure (BBC2), Shameless (Channel 4), Pramface (BBC), Jam and Jerusalem aka Clatterford (BBC), Ballykissangel (BBC), Angela’s Ashes, Gypo, Noble, When Brendan met Trudy, An Everlasting Piece.

She is an accomplished stage performer and recently won rave reviews for her performance as Mother Courage for Red Ladder in the UK.