Julia Bridget Lynch (1896–1975) was a New Zealand portrait artist.
[2] In 1924 she returned to New Zealand and joined the order of the Sisters of Mercy in Wellington.
She became Sister Mary Lawrence and spent the remainder of her career teaching art at St Mary's College.
[2] In 1975 Lynch's portrait Polish Dancer won the Kelliher Art Prize.
[2] Lynch painted a number of prominent New Zealanders' portraits, including Jean Batten, Norman Kirk and Sir Arthur Porritt.