Sinéad Cusack

Sinéad Cusack

Known for
Acting
Born
February 18, 1948 (age 78)
Birthplace
Dalkey, County Dublin, Ireland

Biography

Sinéad Moira Cusack (born February 18, 1948) is an Irish actress. Her first acting roles were at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, before moving to London in 1969 to join the Royal Shakespeare Company. She has won the Critics' Circle and Evening Standard Awards for her performance in Sebastian Barry's Our Lady of Sligo. Cusack has received two Tony Award nominations: once for Best Leading Actress in Much Ado About Nothing (1985), and again for Best Featured Actress in Rock 'n' Roll (2008). She has also received five Olivier Award nominations for As You Like (1981), The Maid's Tragedy (also 1981), The Taming of the Shrew (1983), Our Lady of Sligo (1998) and Rock 'n' Roll (2007). In 2020, she was listed at number 25 on The Irish Times' list of Ireland's greatest film actors. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sinéad Cusack, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

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Filmography

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Dog & Bull

Dog & Bull

Movie

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The Last Days of Rabbit Hayes

The Last Days of Rabbit Hayes

Movie · as Molly

2026
The Three Urns poster

The Three Urns

Movie · as Deirdre

2025
Stephen Rea: The Fire in Me Now poster

Stephen Rea: The Fire in Me Now

Movie · as Self

2024
This Is Not An Attack On Your Parenting poster

This Is Not An Attack On Your Parenting

Movie

2024
And Mrs. poster

And Mrs.

Movie · as Lorraine

2024
National Theatre Live: People, Places and Things poster

National Theatre Live: People, Places and Things

Movie · as Doctor/Therapist/Mum

2024
Alec Guinness: A Class Act poster

Alec Guinness: A Class Act

Movie · as self

2023
Napoleon poster

Napoleon

Movie · as Letizia Bonaparte

2022
Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman poster

Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman

Movie · as Self

2022
The Baby poster

The Baby

TV · as Barbara · 8 eps

2022
North Sea Connection poster

North Sea Connection

TV · as Moira Kenny · 6 eps

2020
Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy poster

Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy

Movie · as Self

2019
MotherFatherSon poster

MotherFatherSon

TV · as Maggie Barns · 7 eps

2018
Beast poster

Beast

Movie · as Penelope

2018
National Theatre Live: King Lear poster

National Theatre Live: King Lear

Movie · as Kent

2016
Marcella poster

Marcella

TV · as Sylvie Gibson · 24 eps

2015
Queen & Country poster

Queen & Country

Movie · as Grace Rohan

2014
Stonehearst Asylum poster

Stonehearst Asylum

Movie · as Mrs. Pike

2014
37 Days poster

37 Days

TV · as Margot Asquith · 3 eps

2013
The Sea poster

The Sea

Movie · as Anna Morden

2012
Wrath of the Titans poster

Wrath of the Titans

Movie · as Clea

2011
Camelot poster

Camelot

TV · as Sybil, Sibyl · 4 eps

2010
The Deep poster

The Deep

TV · as Meg Sinclair · 5 eps

2009
Cracks poster

Cracks

Movie · as Miss Nieven

2008
A Room with a View

A Room with a View

TV · as Miss Lavish · 2 eps

2007
Eastern Promises poster

Eastern Promises

Movie · as Helen

2007
A Room with a View poster

A Room with a View

Movie · as Miss Lavish

2006
V for Vendetta poster

V for Vendetta

Movie · as Delia Surridge

2006
The Tiger's Tail poster

The Tiger's Tail

Movie · as Oona O'Leary

2006
Mathilde poster

Mathilde

Movie · as Wife of Col. De Petris

2006
V for Vendetta: Unmasked poster

V for Vendetta: Unmasked

Movie

2006
Home Again

Home Again

TV · 1 ep

2005
Dad poster

Dad

Movie · as Sandy James

2005
Summer Solstice poster

Summer Solstice

Movie · as Elfrida

2005
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle poster

The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle

Movie · as Mary Doyle

2005
Rosamunde Pilcher - Magic of Love poster

Rosamunde Pilcher - Magic of Love

TV · 2 eps

2004
North & South poster

North & South

TV · as Hannah Thornton · 4 eps

2003
I Capture the Castle poster

I Capture the Castle

Movie · as Mrs Cotton

2003
Winter Solstice poster

Winter Solstice

Movie · as Elfrida Phibbs

2003
Winter Solstice poster

Winter Solstice

TV · as Elfrida Phibbs · 2 eps

2001
Dream poster

Dream

Movie · as Kathleen

2000
My Mother Frank poster

My Mother Frank

Movie · as Frances 'Frank' Kennedy

2000
Passion of Mind poster

Passion of Mind

Movie · as Jessie

1998
The Nephew poster

The Nephew

Movie · as Brenda O'Boyce

1997
Food for Ravens poster

Food for Ravens

Movie · as Jennie Lee

1997
Midsomer Murders poster

Midsomer Murders

TV · as Stella Harris · 1 ep

1997
Have Your Cake and Eat It

Have Your Cake and Eat It

TV · as Charlotte Dawson · 4 eps

1996
Stealing Beauty poster

Stealing Beauty

Movie · as Diana Grayson

1995
Uncovered poster

Uncovered

Movie · as Menchu

1995
Oliver's Travels poster

Oliver's Travels

TV · as WPC Diane Priest · 5 eps

1994
Sparrow poster

Sparrow

Movie · as Matilde

1993
The Cement Garden poster

The Cement Garden

Movie · as Mother

1993
Bad Behavior poster

Bad Behavior

Movie · as Ellie McAllister

1992
Waterland poster

Waterland

Movie · as Mary Crick

1992
Tales from Hollywood poster

Tales from Hollywood

Movie · as Nelly Mann

1992
God on the Rocks poster

God on the Rocks

Movie · as Ellie Marsh

1991
Performance poster

Performance

TV · as Nelly Mann · 1 ep

1989
The Hen House poster

The Hen House

Movie · as Lily

1989
Venus Peter poster

Venus Peter

Movie · as Miss Balsilbie

1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot poster

Agatha Christie's Poirot

TV · as Mrs. Amy Folliat · 1 ep

1988
Rocket Gibraltar poster

Rocket Gibraltar

Movie · as Amanda 'Billi' Rockwell (as Sinead Cusack)

1986
ScreenPlay poster

ScreenPlay

TV · as Lily · 1 ep

1985
Cyrano de Bergerac

Cyrano de Bergerac

Movie · as Roxanne

1985
Screen Two poster

Screen Two

TV · as Mother · 1 ep

1984
Playing Shakespeare poster

Playing Shakespeare

TV · 9 eps

1982
American Playhouse poster

American Playhouse

TV · as Nelly Mann · 1 ep

1980
Twelfth Night poster

Twelfth Night

Movie · as Olivia

1978
The BBC Television Shakespeare poster

The BBC Television Shakespeare

TV · as Olivia · 1 ep

1977
The Kitchen poster

The Kitchen

Movie · as Monique

1977
The Last Remake of Beau Geste poster

The Last Remake of Beau Geste

Movie · as Isabel Geste

1977
BBC2 Play of the Week poster

BBC2 Play of the Week

TV · as Monique · 1 ep

1977
Supernatural poster

Supernatural

TV · as Leonora · 1 ep

1977
Romance

Romance

TV · as Ermine · 1 ep

1975
Love's Labour's Lost poster

Love's Labour's Lost

Movie · as Rosaline

1975
Quiller poster

Quiller

TV · as Roz · 3 eps

1974
The Playboy of the Western World

The Playboy of the Western World

Movie · as Margaret Flaherty (Pegeen Mike)

1974
Notorious Woman poster

Notorious Woman

TV · as Marie Dorval · 3 eps

1974
Affairs of the Heart poster

Affairs of the Heart

TV · as Bessie Alden · 1 ep

1973
Horowitz in Dublin poster

Horowitz in Dublin

Movie · as Liz

1973
The Eyes Have It poster

The Eyes Have It

Movie · as Sally

1973
Thriller poster

Thriller

TV · as Sally · 1 ep

1972
The Protectors poster

The Protectors

TV · as Anne Ferris · 1 ep

1972
Scoop

Scoop

TV · as Katchen · 7 eps

1971
Revenge poster

Revenge

Movie · as Rose

1971
The Persuaders! poster

The Persuaders!

TV · as Jenny Lindley · 1 ep

1971
Stage 2

Stage 2

TV · as Minnie Powell · 1 ep

1970
Hoffman poster

Hoffman

Movie · as Miss Smith

1970
The Ballad of Tam Lin poster

The Ballad of Tam Lin

Movie · as Rose

1970
A Sound from the Sea

A Sound from the Sea

Movie · as Catherine

1970
The Dolly Scene

The Dolly Scene

Movie · as Anna

1970
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer poster

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer

Movie · as Yvonne (Uncredited)

1970
Menace

Menace

TV · as Sylvia Terry · 1 ep

1970
The Sinners

The Sinners

TV · as Polly Donegan · 1 ep

1969
David Copperfield poster

David Copperfield

Movie · as Emily

1967
ITV Playhouse poster

ITV Playhouse

TV · as Mary, Catherine · 1 ep

1965
BBC Play of the Month poster

BBC Play of the Month

TV · as Lady Rosaline, Trilby · 1 ep

1956
Armchair Theatre poster

Armchair Theatre

TV · as Amora · 1 ep

1956
Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards

TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep