Susannah Doyle

Born: 1966-07-05

Susannah Doyle (born July 5, 1966) is an English actress, best known for her roles as Joy Merryweather in Drop The Dead Donkey and as Avril Burke in Ballykissangel. The daughter of the Irish actor Tony Doyle, she realised that she wished to follow in his footsteps when, aged about five or six, she was taken to see him work, often in tiny theatres with audience and actors close together. She trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Her big TV break came in 1991 with the role of Joy, the intelligent, acid-tongued secretary and foil to her corporate-speak boss, in the Channel 4 comedy Drop The Dead Donkey. Other TV roles followed, including Minder in 1994, two episodes of Soldier, Soldier in 1996 and A Touch of Frost in 1997. When her father died in 2000, the producers of Ballykissangel asked whether she would join the cast. She had reservations over her ability to cope emotionally but took on the part of Avril Burke. In 2001, she also appeared in an episode of Cold Feet and one of Pie in the Sky. In 2010 she appeared in "Your Sudden Death Question", S4:E3 of Lewis. In 2012 she appeared in an episode of police comedy Vexed. Since 2001, she has been pursuing parallel careers of scriptwriting and acting. In October 2013, she appeared in Sarah Rutherford's "Adult Supervision" at Park Theatre (London). In 2016, she appeared in "Shut Up and Dance", an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror.


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Scandal

as Jackie
Released: 1989-03-03

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The Last Vermeer

as Johana
Released: 2019-09-11

A soldier and member of the Dutch resistance investigates stolen art in the wake of the Second...

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Amnesty International's Big 30

as Joy Merryweather
Released: 1991-12-28

In the tradition of the acclaimed series of British concerts known as The Secret Policemen's...

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Hospital!

as Alison
Released: 1997-03-30

Comedy about a brilliant young brain surgeon set in an unorthodox hospital. A "Naked Gun" type...

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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song

as Maggie Lemass
Released: 2000-07-12

Ireland's bloody 1916 Easter Uprising, the suffragette movement in England, a Zeppelin raid, and...

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Don't Go Breaking My Heart

as Diane
Released: 1999-02-12

Well meaning friends try to persuade Suzanne, a beautiful widow, to remarry and the choice seems...

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Fuel to Fire

as Mara Quinn
Released: 2015-06-16

To end a bitter blood feud and bind two warring families, a mother must accept her son's...

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Dirtysomething

as uncredited
Released: 1994-04-06

Dirtysomething centres around young lovers Becca and Dog, an older fellow traveller, sage Larry,...

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Who Pressed Mute on Uncle Marcus?

as Auntie June
Released: 2022-03-18

Someone has attempted to murder Uncle Marcus at the family meeting. Uncover the truth in the...

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Ted Bundy: Natural Porn Killer

as Narrator
Released: 2006-08-16

Documentary about serial killer Ted Bundy. This documentary asks the question whether Bundy's...

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Midsomer Murders

as Vanessa Stone
First aired: 1997-03-23

The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed...

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Black Mirror

as Blackmailed Woman
First aired: 2011-12-04

Over the last ten years, technology has transformed almost every aspect of our lives before...

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Death in Paradise

as Julie Matlock
First aired: 2011-10-25

A brilliant but idiosyncratic British detective and his resourceful local team solve baffling...

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Minder

as Susie
First aired: 1979-10-29

This comedy drama series featured Terry McCann, a former boxer with a conviction for G.B.H., and...

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A Touch of Frost

as DS Liz Maud
First aired: 1992-12-06

Jack Frost is a gritty, dogged and unconventional detective with sympathy for the underdog and...

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Humans

as Claudia Nowak
First aired: 2015-06-14

In a parallel present where the latest must-have gadget for any busy family is a 'Synth' - a...

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Lewis

as Jean Croft
First aired: 2007-02-18

Inspector Robert Lewis and Sergeant James Hathaway solve the tough cases that the learned...

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Pie in the Sky

as Flora McKee
First aired: 1994-03-13

Pie in the Sky is a British offbeat police comedy drama programme starring Richard Griffiths and...

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Soldier Soldier

as Flight Lt Louise Everett
First aired: 1991-06-10

The daily lives of a group of soldiers in 'B' Company, 1st Battalion The King's Fusiliers.

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The Bill

as uncredited
First aired: 1984-10-16

The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the...

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Maigret

as uncredited
First aired: 1992-02-09

Based on the novels by Georges Simenon, Michael Gambon plays the eponymous detective from the...

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Ballykissangel

as uncredited
First aired: 1996-02-11

Ballykissangel is a BBC television drama set in Ireland, produced in-house by BBC Northern...

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Ballykissangel

as Avril Burke
First aired: 1996-02-11

Ballykissangel is a BBC television drama set in Ireland, produced in-house by BBC Northern...

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WPC 56

as June Sawyer
First aired: 2013-03-18

Drama following WPC Gina Dawson, the first Woman Police Constable to join Brinford Constabulary,...

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Drop the Dead Donkey

as Joy Merryweather
First aired: 1990-08-09

Drop the Dead Donkey is a situation comedy that first aired on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom...

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Vexed

as Sue Goretti
First aired: 2010-08-15

Comedy drama following a mismatched pair of police officers who disagree on everything with...

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As If

as Jay
First aired: 2001-01-22

Jamie, Sooz, Nicki, Alex, Sasha and Rob - all friends, all around eighteen, and all stars in...

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Injustice

as Susannah James
First aired: 2011-06-06

William Travers, an accomplished criminal lawyer living happily with his wife in rural Suffolk,...

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