About
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...
Known for
Death in ParadiseSeries • 2011
Midsomer MurdersSeries • 1997
Black MirrorSeries • 2011
MinderSeries • 1979
A Touch of FrostSeries • 1992
The BillSeries • 1984
Screen TwoSeries • 1985
LewisSeries • 2007
Pie in the SkySeries • 1994
HumansSeries • 2015
Soldier SoldierSeries • 1991
Drop the Dead DonkeySeries • 1990
BallykissangelSeries • 1996
As IfSeries • 2001
MaigretSeries • 1992
About a BoyMovie • 2002
VexedSeries • 2010
InjusticeSeries • 2011
The Last VermeerMovie • 2019
ScandalMovie • 1989