Susannah Doyle

Susannah Doyle (born July 5, 1966 [cite news
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title = Interview - Susannah Doyle: I still don't allow myself to miss dad
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date = 18 February 2001
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The daughter of 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. One of three children, she had a magical childhood, tempered by her parents' separation when their relationship cooled, when she was eleven years old. Between sixteen and seventeen years old she went through a wildly promiscuous stage, but "It ended as quickly as it began."

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 2001, the producers of "Ballykissangel" asked whether she would take on the role of his daughter. She had reservations over her ability to cope emotionally but took on the part saying of her father, "He would have kicked my bum if I hadn't". Fitting in with ease, already knowing many of the cast through previous visits and having co-starred with Stephen Tompkinson in "Drop The Dead Donkey", she completed the final season.

She is currently pursuing parallel careers of scriptwriting and acting.cite news
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date = 3 June 2001
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=English actress, playwrite and film director, daughter of Tony Doyle
DATE OF BIRTH=July 5, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH=Kingston-upon-Thames, Greater London, England, UK
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