Sinéad Cusack

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

85

Gender

Female

Birthday

1948-02-18 (77 years old)

Place of Birth

Dalkey, County Dublin, Ireland

Sinéad Cusack

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

  • Midsomer Murders

    Midsomer Murders

  • Agatha Christie's Poirot

    Agatha Christie's Poirot

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • BBC Play of the Month

    BBC Play of the Month

  • BBC Play of the Month

    BBC Play of the Month

  • Napoleon

    Napoleon

  • V for Vendetta

    V for Vendetta

  • The Persuaders!

    The Persuaders!

  • Marcella

    Marcella

  • Wrath of the Titans

    Wrath of the Titans

  • Camelot

    Camelot

  • Performance

    Performance

  • Cracks

    Cracks

  • Thriller

    Thriller

  • BBC2 Play of the Week

    BBC2 Play of the Week

  • Bad Behavior

    Bad Behavior

  • The Protectors

    The Protectors

  • Stealing Beauty

    Stealing Beauty

  • Winter Solstice

    Winter Solstice

  • The Sea

    The Sea

  • North & South

    North & South

  • And Mrs.

    And Mrs.

  • David Copperfield

    David Copperfield

  • Queen & Country

    Queen & Country

  • Rocket Gibraltar

    Rocket Gibraltar

  • The Kitchen

    The Kitchen

  • Eastern Promises

    Eastern Promises

  • Uncovered

    Uncovered

  • Mathilde

    Mathilde

  • Dad

    Dad

  • Stonehearst Asylum

    Stonehearst Asylum

  • Twelfth Night

    Twelfth Night

  • Waterland

    Waterland

  • Dream

    Dream

  • Revenge

    Revenge

  • Sparrow

    Sparrow

  • The Nephew

    The Nephew

  • MotherFatherSon

    MotherFatherSon

  • Hoffman

    Hoffman

  • The Cement Garden

    The Cement Garden

  • The Baby

    The Baby

  • I Capture the Castle

    I Capture the Castle

  • The Last Remake of Beau Geste

    The Last Remake of Beau Geste

  • The Deep

    The Deep

  • This Is Not An Attack On Your Parenting

    This Is Not An Attack On Your Parenting

  • The Tiger's Tail

    The Tiger's Tail

  • Cyrano de Bergerac

    Cyrano de Bergerac

  • Passion of Mind

    Passion of Mind

  • A Room with a View

    A Room with a View

  • Beast

    Beast

  • Menace

    Menace

  • The Ballad of Tam Lin

    The Ballad of Tam Lin

  • Supernatural

    Supernatural

  • National Theatre Live: King Lear

    National Theatre Live: King Lear

  • My Mother Frank

    My Mother Frank

  • Food for Ravens

    Food for Ravens

  • Tales from Hollywood

    Tales from Hollywood

  • The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer

    The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer

  • The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle

    The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle

  • Horowitz in Dublin

    Horowitz in Dublin

  • Playing Shakespeare

    Playing Shakespeare

  • The Eyes Have It

    The Eyes Have It

  • Love's Labour's Lost

    Love's Labour's Lost

  • North Sea Connection

    North Sea Connection

  • Notorious Woman

    Notorious Woman

  • 37 Days

    37 Days

  • A Sound from the Sea

    A Sound from the Sea

  • Quiller

    Quiller

  • God on the Rocks

    God on the Rocks

  • Stephen Rea: The Fire in Me Now

    Stephen Rea: The Fire in Me Now

  • The Dolly Scene

    The Dolly Scene

  • The Hen House

    The Hen House

  • Alec Guinness: A Class Act

    Alec Guinness: A Class Act

  • Oliver's Travels

    Oliver's Travels

  • Winter Solstice

    Winter Solstice

  • Scoop

    Scoop

  • Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman

    Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman

  • Home Again

    Home Again

  • Rosamunde Pilcher - Magic of Love

    Rosamunde Pilcher - Magic of Love

  • The Playboy of the Western World

    The Playboy of the Western World

  • Summer Solstice

    Summer Solstice

  • Venus Peter

    Venus Peter

  • Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy

    Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy

  • Dog & Bull

    Dog & Bull

  • National Theatre Live: People, Places and Things

    National Theatre Live: People, Places and Things