Susannah Doyle (born 5 July 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

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. 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 two episodes of ''

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'' 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 ''

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'' 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

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's "Adult Supervision" at Park Theatre (London). In 2016, she appeared in " Shut Up and Dance", an episode of the anthology series '' Black Mirror''.

Filmography

*'' Scandal'' (1989) ... Jackie *'' Don't Go Breaking My Heart'' (1999) ... Diane *'' About a Boy'' (2002) ... Bitter Ex-Girlfriend * ''

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- The Fisher King'' (2004) ... Vanessa Stone *''A Congregation of Ghosts'' (2009) .... Barbara BaxterIMD
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/ref> *'' Black Mirror'': " Shut Up and Dance" (2016) .... Blackmailed Woman *'' Minder (TV series)- Susie Groves. * '' The Last Vermeer'' (2020)... Johana

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Doyle, Susannah 1966 births Living people Actresses from London English film actresses English film directors English film producers English people of Irish descent English radio writers Women radio writers English television actresses People from Kingston upon Thames Alumni of Richmond upon Thames College Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art