Sinéad Cusack
Known for Acting · 92 credits
- Born
- 1948-02-18 (age 78)
- Place of birth
- Dalkey, County Dublin, Ireland
- Also known as
- Sinead Cusack · 西妮德·库萨克 · شینید کیوسک · Sinéad Moira 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.
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Known For
TV Shows (33)
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Stella Harris
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Mrs. Amy Folliat
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Lady Rosaline / Trilby
Screen Two
1985
as Mother
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Mary / Catherine
The Persuaders!
1971
as Jenny Lindley
Thriller
1973
as Sally
Performance
1991
as Nelly Mann
The Protectors
1972
as Anne Ferris
Camelot
2011
as Sybil / Sibyl
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as Monique
Marcella
2016
as Sylvie Gibson
ScreenPlay
1986
as Lily
Playing Shakespeare
1984
North & South
2004
as Hannah Thornton
Quiller
1975
as Roz
MotherFatherSon
2019
as Maggie Barns
The Baby
2022
as Barbara
Menace
1970
as Sylvia Terry
The Deep
2010
as Meg Sinclair
Supernatural
1977
as Leonora
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Amora
Notorious Woman
1974
as Marie Dorval
37 Days
2014
as Margot Asquith
A Room with a View
2008
as Miss Lavish
Oliver's Travels
1995
as WPC Diane Priest
Rosamunde Pilcher - Magic of Love
2005
Winter Solstice
2003
as Elfrida Phibbs
North Sea Connection
2022
as Moira Kenny
Affairs of the Heart
1974
as Bessie Alden
Scoop
1972
as Katchen
Home Again
2006
Movies (59)
V for Vendetta
2006
as Delia Surridge
Wrath of the Titans
2012
as Clea
Napoleon
2023
as Letizia Bonaparte
Eastern Promises
2007
as Helen
Stonehearst Asylum
2014
as Mrs. Pike
Stealing Beauty
1996
as Diana Grayson
Cracks
2009
as Miss Nieven
The Cement Garden
1993
as Mother
Passion of Mind
2000
as Jessie
Queen & Country
2015
as Grace Rohan
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle
2005
as Mary Doyle
And Mrs.
2024
as Lorraine
I Capture the Castle
2003
as Mrs Cotton
Rocket Gibraltar
1988
as Amanda 'Billi' Rockwell (as Sinead Cusack)
Waterland
1992
as Mary Crick
Uncovered
1995
as Menchu
The Three Urns
2026
as Deirdre
The Nephew
1998
as Brenda O'Boyce
The Sea
2013
as Anna Morden
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
1977
as Isabel Geste
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
1970
as Yvonne (Uncredited)
David Copperfield
1969
as Emily
Venus Peter
1989
as Miss Balsilbie
Sparrow
1994
as Matilde
Cyrano de Bergerac
1985
as Roxanne
A Room with a View
2007
as Miss Lavish
The Tiger's Tail
2006
as Oona O'Leary
Dad
2005
as Sandy James
The Ballad of Tam Lin
1970
as Rose
National Theatre Live: King Lear
2018
as Kent
Tales from Hollywood
1992
as Nelly Mann
Mathilde
2006
as Wife of Col. De Petris
Summer Solstice
2005
as Elfrida
Winter Solstice
2003
as Elfrida Phibbs
My Mother Frank
2000
as Frances 'Frank' Kennedy
Dream
2001
as Kathleen
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
2024
as self
Twelfth Night
1980
as Olivia
Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy
2020
as Self
Revenge
1971
as Rose
Food for Ravens
1997
as Jennie Lee
The Eyes Have It
1973
as Sally
Dog & Bull
National Theatre Live: People, Places and Things
2024
as Doctor/Thrapist/Mum
Hoffman
1970
as Miss Smith
The Hen House
1989
as Lily
Bad Behavior
1993
as Ellie McAllister
Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman
2022
as Self
Stephen Rea: The Fire in Me Now
2025
as Self
The Kitchen
1977
as Monique
The Last Days of Rabbit Hayes
as Molly
The Playboy of the Western World
1974
as Margaret Flaherty (Pegeen Mike)
A Sound from the Sea
1970
as Catherine
The Dolly Scene
1970
as Anna
Horowitz in Dublin
1973
as Liz
God on the Rocks
1992
as Ellie Marsh
This Is Not An Attack On Your Parenting
2024
Love's Labour's Lost
1975
as Rosaline
Beast
2018
as Penelope
About Sinéad Cusack
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… With 92 credits spanning from 1956 to 2026, Sinéad Cusack has appeared in 59 films and 33 TV shows.
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- V for Vendetta (2006) — as Delia Surridge
- Wrath of the Titans (2012) — as Clea
- Napoleon (2023) — as Letizia Bonaparte
- Eastern Promises (2007) — as Helen
- Stonehearst Asylum (2014) — as Mrs. Pike
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