Sinéad Cusack

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

87

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

  • BBC Play of the Month

    BBC Play of the Month

  • BBC Play of the Month

    BBC Play of the Month

  • Uncovered

    Uncovered

  • Cracks

    Cracks

  • Mathilde

    Mathilde

  • Performance

    Performance

  • V for Vendetta

    V for Vendetta

  • The Persuaders!

    The Persuaders!

  • Camelot

    Camelot

  • Camelot

    Camelot

  • Revenge

    Revenge

  • Thriller

    Thriller

  • Dream

    Dream

  • BBC2 Play of the Week

    BBC2 Play of the Week

  • The Kitchen

    The Kitchen

  • Hoffman

    Hoffman

  • Marcella

    Marcella

  • Napoleon

    Napoleon

  • Twelfth Night

    Twelfth Night

  • Wrath of the Titans

    Wrath of the Titans

  • Waterland

    Waterland

  • Passion of Mind

    Passion of Mind

  • The Protectors

    The Protectors

  • Dad

    Dad

  • David Copperfield

    David Copperfield

  • National Theatre Live: King Lear

    National Theatre Live: King Lear

  • Eastern Promises

    Eastern Promises

  • Cyrano de Bergerac

    Cyrano de Bergerac

  • North & South

    North & South

  • My Mother Frank

    My Mother Frank

  • Beast

    Beast

  • Stonehearst Asylum

    Stonehearst Asylum

  • The Nephew

    The Nephew

  • The Cement Garden

    The Cement Garden

  • The Baby

    The Baby

  • MotherFatherSon

    MotherFatherSon

  • Stealing Beauty

    Stealing Beauty

  • Rocket Gibraltar

    Rocket Gibraltar

  • The Deep

    The Deep

  • North Sea Connection

    North Sea Connection

  • Playing Shakespeare

    Playing Shakespeare

  • Quiller

    Quiller

  • Supernatural

    Supernatural

  • I Capture the Castle

    I Capture the Castle

  • Oliver's Travels

    Oliver's Travels

  • Love's Labour's Lost

    Love's Labour's Lost

  • The Last Remake of Beau Geste

    The Last Remake of Beau Geste

  • Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman

    Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman

  • 37 Days

    37 Days

  • The Tiger's Tail

    The Tiger's Tail

  • Menace

    Menace

  • And Mrs.

    And Mrs.

  • The Ballad of Tam Lin

    The Ballad of Tam Lin

  • Queen & Country

    Queen & Country

  • Winter Solstice

    Winter Solstice

  • Rosamunde Pilcher - Magic of Love

    Rosamunde Pilcher - Magic of Love

  • A Room with a View

    A Room with a View

  • Notorious Woman

    Notorious Woman

  • Sparrow

    Sparrow

  • Scoop

    Scoop

  • Home Again

    Home Again

  • The Sea

    The Sea

  • The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle

    The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle

  • The Dolly Scene

    The Dolly Scene

  • Winter Solstice

    Winter Solstice

  • National Theatre Live: People, Places and Things

    National Theatre Live: People, Places and Things

  • Summer Solstice

    Summer Solstice

  • God on the Rocks

    God on the Rocks

  • Dog & Bull

    Dog & Bull

  • Horowitz in Dublin

    Horowitz in Dublin

  • Venus Peter

    Venus Peter

  • The Hen House

    The Hen House

  • The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer

    The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer

  • Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy

    Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy

  • Bad Behavior

    Bad Behavior

  • A Sound from the Sea

    A Sound from the Sea

  • Alec Guinness: A Class Act

    Alec Guinness: A Class Act

  • Tales from Hollywood

    Tales from Hollywood

  • The Last Days of Rabbit Hayes

    The Last Days of Rabbit Hayes

  • Food for Ravens

    Food for Ravens

  • The Eyes Have It

    The Eyes Have It

  • The Playboy of the Western World

    The Playboy of the Western World

  • The Three Urns

    The Three Urns

  • Stephen Rea: The Fire in Me Now

    Stephen Rea: The Fire in Me Now

  • This Is Not An Attack On Your Parenting

    This Is Not An Attack On Your Parenting