Lynne McCarthy is a South African celebrity, actress, model, author, philanthropist, humanitarian, counsellor, chef, and television presenter.

[2] After graduation, she studied acting under Libbe Ferreira and the late Blaise Koch at Sesani Studios in Johannesburg.

Then she studied voice coaching and acting with Johan van der Merwe at Katinka Heyns’ Sonneblom Studios in Honeydew.

[2] McCarthy is a published author on two non-fictional titles, "The 5th date rule" and "Knowing Boundaries".

As actress she is represented by Stark Raving Management after part-time appearance in the television serial Big Brother.