Susannah Doyle

Susannah Doyle (born 5 July 1966) is an English actress, notable for her roles as Joy Merryweather in Drop The Dead Donkey (1991–1998), and as Avril Burke in Ballykissangel.

Her other credits include Scandal (1989), The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1993), A Touch of Frost (1997), Midsomer Murders, Don't Go Breaking My Heart (1999), About a Boy (2002), episode "The Fisher King" (2004), The Revenge Files of Alistair Fury (2008), "Shut Up and Dance", from Black Mirror (2016), Josh (2016), and The Last Vermeer (2020).

Early life The daughter of the Irish actor Tony Doyle, She is the niece of Doctor Who actor Nicholas Courtney.

Career 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.

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.

In 2010 she appeared in "Your Sudden Death Question", S4:E3 of Lewis. In 2012 she appeared in an episode of police comedy Vexed. 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.

Director Doyle started as a film director in 2005, writing and directing the short film New Religion.

Filmography Scandal (1989) ... Jackie Don't Go Breaking My Heart (1999) ... Diane Ballykissangel (2001) ... Avril Burke About a Boy (2002) ... Bitter Ex-Girlfriend Midsomer Murders - The Fisher King (2004) ... Vanessa Stone The Revenge Files of Alistair Fury ... Celia Fury A Congregation of Ghosts (2009) .... Barbara Baxter Black Mirror: "Shut Up and Dance" (2016) .... Blackmailed Woman Josh (2016) The Last Vermeer (2020)... Johana