Susannah Doyle (born 5 July 1966)[1] 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).
[2] 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.
[4] In 2004, she guest starred as Vanessa Stone in Midsomer Murders, episode "The Fisher King" (2004).
In October 2013, she appeared in Sarah Rutherford's Adult Supervision at Park Theatre (London).