Susannah Doyle (born 5 July 1966) is an English actress, playwright and film director, best known for her roles in the situation comedies Drop The Dead Donkey (as Joy Merryweather), and Ballykissangel (as Avril Burke).The daughter of the 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.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.