Pauline McLynnFilmography

Clatterford [TV Series]

Synopsis: This quirky British sitcom follows the lives of the local Women's Guild in picturesque Clatterford, a cozy village in the English countryside where opinions are strong, and nobody's afraid to share them. The series stars Maggie Steed, as the head of the guild, and Dawn French as a peculiar worker Read More

Clatterford: Season 01

Gypo

Actors: Pauline McLynn, Paul McGann, Chloe Sirene, Rula Lenska, Freddy Connor

Synopsis: Jan Dunn's drama Gypo concerns a blue-collar British couple named Helen and Paul (Pauline McLynn and Paul McGann) who each find daily life a chore. When their daughter befriends a young woman from Czechoslovakia, the new friend has a positive impact on Helen, while her foreignness causes Paul to Read More

Iris

Actors: Judi Dench, Kate Winslet, Jim Broadbent, Hugh Bonneville, Penelope Wilton

Synopsis: Based on a pair of memoirs by her husband John Bayley, this biographical portrait of writer Iris Murdoch stars both Judi Dench and Kate Winslet as the philosophical author at different stages of her life. When the young Iris (Winslet) meets fellow student Bayley (Hugh Bonneville) at Oxford, he's a Read More

When Brendan Met Trudy

Actors: Peter McDonald, Marie Mullen, Pauline McLynn

Synopsis: Brendan (Peter McDonald) is an anal retentive teacher and film buff. One night he goes to a pub and meets Trudy (Flora Montgomery), an outgoing, lively woman who is his complete and utter opposite. Against all odds, Brendan asks her out, and although their first date is disastrous, they gradually Read More

The Most Fertile Man In Ireland

Actors: Kris Marshall, Bronagh Gallagher, James Nesbitt, Kenneth Cranham

Synopsis: Fate turns the most lovelorn man in Belfast into a sexual dynamo in this eccentric comedy. Eamonn (Kris Marshall) is a physically unimpressive and socially inept 24-year-old virgin who lives in Belfast with his mother (Olivia Nash), who conceived Eamonn during a one-night-stand with a low-rent Read More

An Everlasting Piece

Actors: Barry McEvoy, Brian F. O'Byrne, Anna Friel, Billy Connolly

Synopsis: Director Barry Levinson attempts to repeat the success of several recent, low-budget British imports such as The Full Monty (1997), Waking Ned Devine (1998), and Saving Grace (2000) with this comedy about a pair of prison barbers trying to make a success of a hairpiece business in Northern Read More

Quills

Actors: Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet, Joaquin Phoenix, Michael Caine, Billie Whitelaw

Synopsis: The Marquis de Sade was a man who liked to stir up trouble, at a time when his native France was in a state of tremendous political turmoil, and this historical drama examines how much controversy he could cause even under repressive circumstances. In the aftermath of the French Revolution, the Read More

Nora

Actors: Roberto Citran, Susan Lynch, Peter McDonald, Ewan McGregor, Aedin Moloney

Synopsis: This period drama is based on the real-life relationship of the great Irish novelist James Joyce and his longtime lover, Nora Barnacle. Aspiring writer James (Ewan McGregor) meets Nora (Susan Lynch) in Dublin in 1904. While she lacks James' interest in literature, she shares his frustrations about Read More

Angela's Ashes

Actors: Emily Watson, Robert Carlyle, Joe Breen, Ciaran Owens, Michael Legge

Synopsis: Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir by Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes is an alternately funny and heartbreaking look at growing up in Ireland. Born in Brooklyn, NY, young Frank (Joe Breen) moves at an early age to Limerick, Ireland, with his parents Angela (Emily Watson) and Malachy (Robert Carlyle Read More

A Secret Affair

Actors: Janine Turner, Paudge Behan, Fionnula Flanagan, Robert Mailhouse, Gia Carides

Synopsis: Vanessa Stewart (Janine Turner) has the soul of an artist, but her business tycoon father insists that she follow in his footsteps. As a result, Vanessa convinces herself that she wants to be a globetrotting executive, and also that she truly loves the man to whom she is engaged. But while in Read More

Dark Ages [TV Series]

Actors: Phill Jupitus, Alistair McGowan, Pauline McLynn

Father Ted: Night of The Nearly Dead

Actors: Dermot Morgan, Ardal O'Hanlon, Frank Kelly, Pauline McLynn

Synopsis: TV-star/singer Eoin McLove (Patrick McDonnell), hero to many an elderly woman, injured puppies, and Mrs. Doyle (Pauline McLynn), is paying a visit to Craggy Island, because Mrs. Doyle has won his fabulous poetry competition. Mrs. Doyle is so excited that she lets his arrival date slip out Read More

Father Ted: Going to America

Actors: Dermot Morgan, Ardal O'Hanlon, Frank Kelly, Pauline McLynn

Synopsis: At the "It's Great Being a Priest Convention '98," Ted (Dermot Morgan) saves a suicidal young priest from jumping off the ledge of a building, impressing Father Buzz Cagney (Jeff Harding) in the process. Cagney invites Ted to work in America, and Ted accepts the offer, thinking that glitz Read More

Father Ted: Escape From Victory

Actors: Dermot Morgan, Ardal O'Hanlon, Frank Kelly, Pauline McLynn

Synopsis: The annual "All Priests Over 75 Indoor Five-a-Side Football" match is right around the corner, and Ted (Dermot Morgan) will once again coach against his archrival, Father Dick Byrne (Maurice O'Donoghue). Whoever loses must perform a forfeit of the other's choosing. Problems arise immediately Read More

Father Ted: Kicking Bishop Brennan Up The Arse

Actors: Dermot Morgan, Ardal O'Hanlon, Frank Kelly, Pauline McLynn

Synopsis: Ted (Dermot Morgan) is terrified, as he has to kick Bishop Brennan (Jim Norton) "up the arse," to appease Father Dick Byrne's (Maurice O'Donoghue) forfeit desires (see the "Escape From Victory" episode). Byrne demands photographic evidence, so Dougal (Ardal O'Hanlon) must memorialize the kick. Read More

Father Ted: Speed 3

Actors: Dermot Morgan, Ardal O'Hanlon, Frank Kelly, Pauline McLynn

Synopsis: When a crop of similar-looking babies starts sprouting up around Craggy Island, Ted (Dermot Morgan) goes about discovering the source of the problem. It seems that the local milkman is being a bit too amorous with the women of the island. After Ted rights matters and costs the milkman his job Read More

Father Ted: Are You Right There Father Ted?

Actors: Dermot Morgan, Ardal O'Hanlon, Frank Kelly, Pauline McLynn

Synopsis: While joking around with Dougal (Ardal O'Hanlon), Ted (Dermot Morgan) upsets a Chinese family, and news spreads around town that he's a racist. When he tries to set things right by inviting the Yins over so he can apologize, a smudge of dirt on a window and a poorly chosen waving style cause them Read More

Father Ted: The Mainland

Actors: Dermot Morgan, Ardal O'Hanlon, Frank Kelly, Pauline McLynn

Synopsis: Oh, no! It's the hilariously annoying Father Noel Furlong (Graham Norton) again. The Parochial House foursome has made a rare journey off of Craggy Island on a daytrip, and extreme trouble is right around the corner. Mrs. Doyle (Pauline McLynn) winds up getting arrested, Ted (Dermot Morgan) and Read More

Father Ted: Chirpy Birpy Cheap Sheep

Actors: Dermot Morgan, Ardal O'Hanlon, Frank Kelly, Pauline McLynn

Synopsis: The King of the Sheep '98 competition is about to kick into high gear, and Ted (Dermot Morgan) has placed a large bet on past champ Chris. If Chris doesn't win, the heating allowance is gone. But Chris is soon in a disturbed state, because a snarling moaning beast that's as "big as four cats" and Read More

Her Own Rules

Actors: Melissa Gilbert, Jean Simmons, Jeremy Sheffield, Britta Smith

Synopsis: Though she has realized a measure of success in her career, Meredith Sanders (Melissa Gilbert) has never found true happiness. Haunted by fragmentary memories of her childhood, she returns to England, the first time she has set foot in native country since being adopted and brought to the United Read More

Father Ted: Tentacles of Doom

Actors: Dermot Morgan, Ardal O'Hanlon, Frank Kelly, Pauline McLynn

Synopsis: Three Bishops are visiting Craggy Island to upgrade a holy stone to a Class II relic. This means that Ted (Dermot Morgan) must train Father Jack (Frank Kelly) to act like a human being. Jack is taught to say "yes" and "that would be an ecumenical matter" whenever the Bishops address him, and he's Read More

Father Ted: The Old Grey Whistle Theft

Actors: Dermot Morgan, Ardal O'Hanlon, Frank Kelly, Pauline McLynn

Synopsis: Dougal (Ardal O'Hanlon) befriends delinquent, young Father Damien Lennon (Joe Rooney). Ted (Dermot Morgan) and Jack (Frank Kelly) travel to a barren picnic area, where they encounter an angry, foul-mouthed couple and the whistle-happy park ranger Benson (Mal Whyte). As Benson sleeps, Damien steals Read More

Father Ted: Song for Europe

Actors: Dermot Morgan, Ardal O'Hanlon, Frank Kelly, Pauline McLynn

Synopsis: Ted (Dermot Morgan) dismisses Dougal's (Ardal O'Hanlon) Euro Song fever, but changes his tune upon learning that Father Dick Byrne (Maurice O'Donoghue) is entering the competition. Ted and Dougal pen lyrics for a song called "My Lovely Horse," but they underhandedly use an obscure Norwegian song Read More

Father Ted: Think Fast, Father Ted

Actors: Dermot Morgan, Ardal O'Hanlon, Frank Kelly, Pauline McLynn

Synopsis: A leaky roof is cause enough for Fathers Ted (Dermot Morgan) and Dougal (Ardal O'Hanlon) to set up a raffle. Bishop Brennan supplies them with a shiny new car for the raffle, but Ted immediately demolishes it with a single hammer, in a mad attempt to correct an imperceptible dent. Ted borrows an Read More

My Friend Joe

Synopsis: Aimed at older children, this gentle, gender-bending coming-of-age drama set in Ireland centers on the friendship between bookish, outcast Irish lad Chris and the new kid in town, Joe, an all-American boy. Whereas Chris is wimpy and bullied by the village toughs, Joe is strong, clever and the best Read More

Ballykissangel: Series 01

Actors: Stephen Tompkinson

Father Ted: Hell

Actors: Dermot Morgan, Ardal O'Hanlon, Frank Kelly, Pauline McLynn

Synopsis: It's July 19th, an important date, if Ted (Dermot Morgan) can just remember why. Dougal (Ardal O'Hanlon) suggests it's the date the Ice Age ended, but Jack (Frank Kelly) appears dressed in swimwear, screaming "holiday." The Fathers arrive mistakenly at a cozy caravan occupied by an amorous couple Read More

Father Ted: A Christmassy Ted

Actors: Dermot Morgan, Ardal O'Hanlon, Frank Kelly, Pauline McLynn

Synopsis: Ted (Dermot Morgan) leads Dougal (Ardal O'Hanlon) and a small army of other priests out of the massive lingerie section of a department store. This isn't your mother's lingerie section, though. It's "Ireland's biggest lingerie section." For his ingenuity and leadership, he's to be awarded a Golden Read More

Father Ted: Flight Into Terror

Actors: Dermot Morgan, Ardal O'Hanlon, Frank Kelly, Pauline McLynn

Synopsis: The Fathers are on a plane filled with priests returning from a holy ceremony at a golf course. Ted (Dermot Morgan) shares stories with old friends, compares tacky souvenirs with Dougal (Ardal O'Hanlon), and tells Dougal that his nickname from younger years was Father Fluffy Bottom. During a tour Read More

Father Ted: Rock a Hula Ted

Actors: Dermot Morgan, Ardal O'Hanlon, Frank Kelly, Pauline McLynn

Synopsis: A famous feminist musician, Niamh Connolly (C.P. Grogan), decides to make Craggy Island her new home. Father Jack (Frank Kelly) grows a bizarre beard, "going down that whole Bob Geldof road." Ted (Dermot Morgan) is chosen to judge/emcee the annual Lovely Girls Festival beauty contest, and he's Read More

Father Ted: The Plague

Actors: Dermot Morgan, Ardal O'Hanlon, Frank Kelly, Pauline McLynn

Synopsis: Dougal (Ardal O'Hanlon) has a new pet bunny, who soon begets dozens more. The Fathers must hide the bunnies from Bishop Brennan (Jim Norton), who's visiting Craggy Island to make sure Ted (Dermot Morgan) is taking the necessary precautions to keep Father Jack (Frank Kelly) from sleepwalking Read More

Father Ted: New Jack City

Actors: Dermot Morgan, Ardal O'Hanlon, Frank Kelly, Pauline McLynn

Synopsis: Father Jack (Frank Kelly) has reached Stage Six of Progressive Hairy Hands disease, so off he's sent to the Old Priests' Home. With Jack out of the picture, the Bishop sends a replacement priest, Father Fintan Stack (Brendan Grace), an extremely obnoxious and crude fellow who blares "jungle music" Read More

Father Ted: Cigarettes and Alcohol and Rollerblading

Actors: Dermot Morgan, Ardal O'Hanlon, Frank Kelly, Pauline McLynn

Synopsis: Father Dick Byrne (Maurice O'Donoghue) tricks Craggy Island's most famous sons into giving up their sinful vices for Lent. Ted (Dermot Morgan) has to resist smoking, Jack (Frank Kelly) has to give up "drink," and Dougal (Ardal O'Hanlon) must pack away his inline skates. But old addictions are hard Read More

Guiltrip

Synopsis: This evocative, at times chilling, Irish drama offers a bruising glimpse into the psychological effects of a bad marriage in a country where divorce is still illegal, forcing both partners to endure their torment in silence. The story begins in the present and then flashes back to different points Read More

Father Ted [TV Series]

Actors: Dermot Morgan, Pauline McLynn

Synopsis: The brainchild of writers Graham Linehan and Arthur Matthews, the Irish/English sitcom Father Ted presents the hilariously twisted adventures and dilemmas of Father Ted Crilly (Dermot Morgan). Shipped to the far-off oblivion that is Craggy Island by Bishop Len Brennan (Jim Norton) after shady Read More

Father Ted: Good Luck, Father Ted

Actors: Dermot Morgan, Ardal O'Hanlon, Frank Kelly, Pauline McLynn

Synopsis: Funland, "the fairground thing," is coming to Craggy Island, and Dougal (Ardal O'Hanlon) is energized, especially about a nonexistent attraction, the Spider-Baby. Ted (Dermot Morgan) is equally excited, but only because he thinks his shot at stardom is looming, since he's supposed to be Read More

Father Ted: Entertaining Father Stone

Actors: Dermot Morgan, Ardal O'Hanlon, Frank Kelly, Pauline McLynn

Synopsis: The annoyingly quiet Father Paul Stone (Michael Redmond) is staying at the Craggy Island parish, and there's no sign that he's ever going to leave. Ted (Dermot Morgan) and Dougal (Ardal O'Hanlon) are going nuts from trying to communicate with Stone, so they unsuccessfully try a number of schemes Read More

Father Ted: And God Created Woman

Actors: Dermot Morgan, Ardal O'Hanlon, Frank Kelly, Pauline McLynn

Synopsis: Try as he might, Ted (Dermot Morgan) simply can't shake off the advances of romance novelist Polly Clarke (Gemma Craven), who's visiting Craggy Island on a book tour. Finding it impossible to resist temptations that clearly go against his most basic priestly vows, Ted makes a charming fool Read More

Father Ted: Grant Unto Him Eternal Rest

Actors: Dermot Morgan, Ardal O'Hanlon, Frank Kelly, Pauline McLynn

Synopsis: A visiting nun points out to the Fathers that the "very drunk" Jack (Frank Kelly) is actually quite dead. Jack's old friends reminisce about his life and times, with one elderly priest violently lamenting about how Jack should have been anointed Pope. When Jack's will is read, Ted (Dermot Morgan) Read More

Father Ted: Competition Time

Actors: Dermot Morgan, Ardal O'Hanlon, Frank Kelly, Pauline McLynn

Synopsis: It's time again for the "All Priests Look-a-like Competition," but Ted (Dermot Morgan) is forced to scrap his plans to go as Elvis, after he learns that Dougal (Ardal O'Hanlon) and Jack (Frank Kelly) have similar plans. Thinking that he's going to have to resort to his usual Mother Theresa get-up Read More

Father Ted: The Passion of St. Tibulus

Actors: Dermot Morgan, Ardal O'Hanlon, Frank Kelly, Pauline McLynn

Synopsis: Ted (Dermot Morgan), Dougal (Ardal O'Hanlon), and their visitor Father José Fernandez (Derrick Branche) play the longest-ever game of Scrabble. Before Fernandez leaves, he presents the Fathers with a bizarre phallic sculpture and a VCR as gifts. Bishop Brennan (Jim Norton) arrives with a task for Read More

Far and Away

Actors: Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Thomas Gibson, Robert Prosky, Barbara Babcock

Synopsis: In this epic Ron Howard film, Joseph Donelly (Tom Cruise) is an impoverished 19th-century Irish tenant farmer who has recently lost both his father and his home to the agents of his unscrupulous landlord. On a mission to avenge his family's injustice at the hands of the ruthless land baron Joseph Read More