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

  • The Persuaders!

    The Persuaders!

  • Performance

    Performance

  • V for Vendetta

    V for Vendetta

  • Thriller

    Thriller

  • Marcella

    Marcella

  • Camelot

    Camelot

  • The Protectors

    The Protectors

  • Wrath of the Titans

    Wrath of the Titans

  • BBC2 Play of the Week

    BBC2 Play of the Week

  • Stealing Beauty

    Stealing Beauty

  • This Is Not An Attack On Your Parenting

    This Is Not An Attack On Your Parenting

  • Eastern Promises

    Eastern Promises

  • The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle

    The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle

  • Stonehearst Asylum

    Stonehearst Asylum

  • Cracks

    Cracks

  • I Capture the Castle

    I Capture the Castle

  • North & South

    North & South

  • National Theatre Live: King Lear

    National Theatre Live: King Lear

  • And Mrs.

    And Mrs.

  • The Hen House

    The Hen House

  • Winter Solstice

    Winter Solstice

  • Tales from Hollywood

    Tales from Hollywood

  • David Copperfield

    David Copperfield

  • Queen & Country

    Queen & Country

  • Revenge

    Revenge

  • The Baby

    The Baby

  • The Tiger's Tail

    The Tiger's Tail

  • The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer

    The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer

  • Dream

    Dream

  • Waterland

    Waterland

  • Cyrano de Bergerac

    Cyrano de Bergerac

  • The Sea

    The Sea

  • A Sound from the Sea

    A Sound from the Sea

  • Hoffman

    Hoffman

  • A Room with a View

    A Room with a View

  • Horowitz in Dublin

    Horowitz in Dublin

  • Playing Shakespeare

    Playing Shakespeare

  • Rocket Gibraltar

    Rocket Gibraltar

  • The Cement Garden

    The Cement Garden

  • MotherFatherSon

    MotherFatherSon

  • Twelfth Night

    Twelfth Night

  • The Last Remake of Beau Geste

    The Last Remake of Beau Geste

  • The Ballad of Tam Lin

    The Ballad of Tam Lin

  • The Deep

    The Deep

  • Mathilde

    Mathilde

  • Passion of Mind

    Passion of Mind

  • Quiller

    Quiller

  • Menace

    Menace

  • My Mother Frank

    My Mother Frank

  • Uncovered

    Uncovered

  • Food for Ravens

    Food for Ravens

  • North Sea Connection

    North Sea Connection

  • National Theatre Live: People, Places and Things

    National Theatre Live: People, Places and Things

  • God on the Rocks

    God on the Rocks

  • Oliver's Travels

    Oliver's Travels

  • The Kitchen

    The Kitchen

  • Supernatural

    Supernatural

  • Dad

    Dad

  • 37 Days

    37 Days

  • Notorious Woman

    Notorious Woman

  • Alec Guinness: A Class Act

    Alec Guinness: A Class Act

  • Bad Behavior

    Bad Behavior

  • The Eyes Have It

    The Eyes Have It

  • The Nephew

    The Nephew

  • The Dolly Scene

    The Dolly Scene

  • Winter Solstice

    Winter Solstice

  • Love's Labour's Lost

    Love's Labour's Lost

  • Beast

    Beast

  • Rosamunde Pilcher - Magic of Love

    Rosamunde Pilcher - Magic of Love

  • Scoop

    Scoop

  • Home Again

    Home Again

  • Stephen Rea: The Fire in Me Now

    Stephen Rea: The Fire in Me Now

  • Sparrow

    Sparrow

  • Summer Solstice

    Summer Solstice

  • Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman

    Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman

  • Venus Peter

    Venus Peter

  • Dog & Bull

    Dog & Bull

  • The Playboy of the Western World

    The Playboy of the Western World

  • Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy

    Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy