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Sinéad Cusack

Acting Born Feb 18, 1948 Dalkey, County Dublin, Ireland 24 credits

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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Full filmography

  • Midsomer Murders (1997) as Stella Harris
  • Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) as Mrs. Amy Folliat
  • Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Nominee
  • Screen Two (1985) as Mother
  • BBC Play of the Month (1965) as Lady Rosaline
  • BBC Play of the Month (1965) as Trilby
  • The Persuaders! (1971) as Jenny Lindley
  • ITV Playhouse (1967) as Mary
  • ITV Playhouse (1967) as Catherine
  • Performance (1991) as Nelly Mann
  • V for Vendetta (2006) as Delia Surridge
  • Camelot (2011) as Sybil
  • Camelot (2011) as Sibyl
  • Thriller (1973) as Sally
  • Marcella (2016) as Sylvie Gibson
  • BBC2 Play of the Week (1977) as Monique
  • The Protectors (1972) as Anne Ferris
  • Napoleon (2023) as Letizia Bonaparte
  • North & South (2004) as Hannah Thornton
  • The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978) as Olivia
  • ScreenPlay (1986) as Lily
  • Wrath of the Titans (2012) as Clea
  • Eastern Promises (2007) as Helen
  • Stonehearst Asylum (2014) as Mrs. Pike