Pauline McLynn: movies and TV shows
Pauline McLynn has 69 credits in the archive: 36 films and 33 TV series, from 1960 to 2025. Highest rated: Troubles (9.0/10).
Career timeline
1960 – 2025 · busiest year: 2000 (6 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Safe Harbor | Brina Walsh | TV | 7.1 | 62 |
| 2024 | Bodkin | Brónagh McArdle | TV | 6.4 | 61 |
| 2024 | Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps | The Goatherd's Mother | Film | 6.5 | 61 |
| 2023 | The Inheritance | Jenny Roche | TV | 5.7 | 60 |
| 2022 | Holding | as Eileen O'Driscoll | TV | 6.3 | 59 |
| 2022 | Rosie Molloy Gives Up Everything | Win Molloy | TV | 7.0 | 59 |
| 2022 | Doctor Who: Eve of the Daleks | Mary | Film | 1.0 | 59 |
| 2021 | Last Night in Soho | Carol | Film | 7.3 | 58 |
| 2021 | Riverdance: The Animated Adventure | Grandma (voice) | Film | 6.0 | 58 |
| 2021 | Deadly Cuts | Shelley Sherlock | Film | 4.5 | 58 |
| 2020 | Out! | Joan | Film | 1.0 | 57 |
| 2019 | Making Noise Quietly: Three Conversations | Mildred | Film | 5.7 | 56 |
| 2019 | A Girl from Mogadishu | L'assistante sociale | Film | 5.8 | 56 |
| 2018 | Johnny English Strikes Again | Mrs. Trattner | Film | 6.3 | 55 |
| 2018 | Pilgrimage | Self | TV | 6.5 | 55 |
| 2018 | Pilgrimage: The Road to Istanbul | TV | 6.3 | 55 | |
| 2018 | Captain Morten and the Spider Queen | Aunt Annabelle / The Spider Queen (voice) | Film | 4.4 | 55 |
| 2018 | Dave Allen at Peace | Sister Mary | Film | 4.4 | 55 |
| 2017 | Transformers: The Last Knight | Female Researcher | Film | 6.1 | 54 |
| 2017 | Drop Dead Weird | Bunni | TV | 5.0 | 54 |
| 2017 | The Secret Scripture | Anne McCartney | Film | 7.2 | 54 |
| 2017 | GameFace | Mum | TV | 6.7 | 54 |
| 2014 | Inside No. 9 | Oona | TV | 8.1 | 51 |
| 2014 | Noble | Mother Superior | Film | 6.4 | 51 |
| 2013 | Father Figure | Mary Whyte | TV | 4.0 | 50 |
| 2013 | Dermot Morgan: Fearless Funnyman | Self | Film | — | 50 |
| 2011 | Pointless Celebrities | Self | TV | 6.3 | 48 |
| 2011 | Celebrity Antiques Road Trip | Self - Participant | TV | 6.0 | 48 |
| 2010 | The Calling | Sister Hilda | Film | — | 47 |
| 2009 | Demons | TV | 6.4 | 46 | |
| 2008 | Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money | Dinner Guest | TV | — | 45 |
| 2006 | Jam and Jerusalem | Tip Haddem | TV | 7.1 | 43 |
| 2006 | Jam and Jerusalem | Tippi Haddem | TV | 7.1 | 43 |
| 2006 | Legends | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | 5.0 | 43 |
| 2005 | Heidi | Aunt Detie | Film | 7.7 | 42 |
| 2005 | Gypo | Helen | Film | 5.3 | 42 |
| 2004 | Shameless | Libby Croker | TV | 7.6 | 41 |
| 2004 | The Island of Inis Cool | Mrs Turlock (voice) | TV | — | 41 |
| 2003 | The Return | Laura | Film | 6.8 | 40 |
| 2002 | High Hopes | TV | 9.0 | 39 | |
| 2002 | Gina And Stella | Film | 10.0 | 39 | |
| 2001 | Iris | Maureen | Film | 6.4 | 38 |
| 2001 | Black Day at Black Rock | Film | 7.0 | 38 | |
| 2000 | Quills | Mademoiselle Clairwil | Film | 7.1 | 37 |
| 2000 | Life Force | Polly Phemus | TV | 8.3 | 37 |
| 2000 | Nora | Miss Kennedy | Film | 5.3 | 37 |
| 2000 | An Everlasting Piece | Gerty | Film | 5.9 | 37 |
| 2000 | When Brendan Met Trudy | Nuala | Film | 4.4 | 37 |
| 2000 | The Most Fertile Man in Ireland | Maeve | Film | 5.7 | 37 |
| 1999 | Bremner, Bird and Fortune | TV | 7.5 | 36 | |
| 1999 | Angela's Ashes | Aunt Aggie | Film | 7.3 | 36 |
| 1999 | Dark Ages | Agnes | TV | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1998 | Her Own Rules | Constable Williams | Film | 6.3 | 35 |
| 1997 | So You Think You're Irish | Self | Film | — | 34 |
| 1996 | Silent Witness | Mary Thorpe | TV | 7.6 | 33 |
| 1996 | Never Mind the Buzzcocks | Self | TV | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1996 | My Friend Joe | Ms. Doyle | Film | 7.3 | 33 |
| 1995 | Father Ted | Mrs. Doyle | TV | 8.2 | 32 |
| 1994 | Family | Denise | Film | 8.0 | 31 |
| 1993 | GMTV | Self | TV | 5.8 | 30 |
| 1992 | Far and Away | Prostitute | Film | 6.8 | 29 |
| 1990 | Have I Got News for You | Self | TV | 7.2 | 27 |
| 1988 | Troubles | Nurse | TV | 9.0 | 25 |
| 1987 | French & Saunders | Enthusiastic Fan | TV | 7.5 | 24 |
| 1985 | The Playboy of the Western World | Honor Blake | Film | — | 22 |
| 1960 | Coronation Street | Maggie Driscoll | TV | 5.3 | 2 |
| TV to go | TV | — | — | ||
| Sweet Delusion | Janet | Film | — | — | |
| Gameface | Marcella's Mum | Film | — | — |