Pauline McLynn (born 11 July 1962) 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, Tip Haddem in the BBC One comedy Jam & Jerusalem, and Yvonne Cotton in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.

Filmography

• Safe Harbor — Brina Walsh
• Bodkin — Brónagh McArdle
• 2024Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps — The Goatherd's Mother
• The Inheritance — Jenny Roche
• 2022Doctor Who: Eve of the Daleks — Mary
• Holding — as Eileen O'Driscoll
• Rosie Molloy Gives Up Everything — Win Molloy
• 2021Deadly Cuts — Shelley Sherlock
• 2021Last Night in Soho — Carol
• 2021Riverdance: The Animated Adventure — Grandma (voice)
• 2020Out! — Joan
• 2019A Girl from Mogadishu — L'assistante sociale
• 2019Making Noise Quietly: Three Conversations — Mildred
• 2018Captain Morten and the Spider Queen — Aunt Annabelle / The Spider Queen (voice)
• 2018Dave Allen at Peace — Sister Mary
• 2018Johnny English Strikes Again — Mrs. Trattner
• Pilgrimage: The Road to Istanbul
• Drop Dead Weird — Bunni
• GameFace — Mum
• 2017The Secret Scripture — Anne McCartney
• 2017Transformers: The Last Knight — Female Researcher
• Inside No. 9 — Oona
• 2014Noble — Mother Superior
• Father Figure — Mary Whyte
• 2010The Calling — Sister Hilda
• Demons
• Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money — Dinner Guest
• Jam and Jerusalem — Tip Haddem, Tippi Haddem
• 2005Gypo — Helen
• 2005Heidi — Aunt Detie
• Shameless — Libby Croker
• The Island of Inis Cool — Mrs Turlock (voice)
• 2003The Return — Laura
• 2002Gina And Stella
• High Hopes
• 2001Black Day at Black Rock
• 2001Iris — Maureen
• 2000An Everlasting Piece — Gerty
• Life Force — Polly Phemus
• 2000Nora — Miss Kennedy
• 2000Quills — Mademoiselle Clairwil
• 2000The Most Fertile Man in Ireland — Maeve
• 2000When Brendan Met Trudy — Nuala
• 1999Angela's Ashes — Aunt Aggie
• Bremner, Bird and Fortune
• Dark Ages — Agnes
• 1998Her Own Rules — Constable Williams
• Dalziel and Pascoe — Dr Kirsty Urquhart
• 1996My Friend Joe — Ms. Doyle
• Silent Witness — Mary Thorpe
• Father Ted — Mrs. Doyle
• 1994Family — Denise
• 1992Far and Away — Prostitute
• Troubles — Nurse
• French & Saunders — Enthusiastic Fan
• 1985The Playboy of the Western World — Honor Blake
• Coronation Street — Maggie Driscoll
• Gameface — Marcella's Mum
• Sweet Delusion — Janet
• TV to Go

Appearances as themselves (11)

• Pilgrimage — Self
• 2013Dermot Morgan: Fearless Funnyman — Self
• Celebrity Antiques Road Trip — Self - Participant
• Pointless Celebrities — Self
• Legends — Self - Narrator (voice)
• 1997So You Think You're Irish — Self
• Never Mind the Buzzcocks — Self
• GMTV — Self
• Have I Got News for You — Self
• Countdown — Self - Dictionary Corner
• The Truth About Claire — Self - Denise