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 (2001).
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 (TV series) (2016), and The Last Vermeer (2020).
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 2001, she also appeared in an episode of Cold Feet and one of Pie in the Sky. In 2004, she guest starred as Vanessa Stone in Midsomer Murders, episode "The Fisher King" (2004).
In 2008, she starred as Celia Fury in the CBBC television series The Revenge Files of Alistair Fury, which won the BAFTA for Best Children's Drama Award.
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.
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