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
1997
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
0Tony Awards
1956
American Playhouse
1982
Screen Two
1985
BBC Play of the Month
1965
BBC Play of the Month
1965
ITV Playhouse
1967
ITV Playhouse
1967
ScreenPlay
1986
The Persuaders!
1971
Performance
1991
Filmography
Midsomer Murders
as Stella Harris · 1997
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Mrs. Amy Folliat · 1989
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee · 1956
American Playhouse
as Nelly Mann · 1982
Screen Two
as Mother · 1985
BBC Play of the Month
as Lady Rosaline · 1965
BBC Play of the Month
as Trilby · 1965
ITV Playhouse
as Mary · 1967
ITV Playhouse
as Catherine · 1967
ScreenPlay
as Lily · 1986
The Persuaders!
as Jenny Lindley · 1971
Performance
as Nelly Mann · 1991
V for Vendetta
as Delia Surridge · 2006
The BBC Television Shakespeare
as Olivia · 1978
BBC2 Play of the Week
as Monique · 1977
Wrath of the Titans
as Clea · 2012
The Protectors
as Anne Ferris · 1972
Thriller
as Sally · 1973
Marcella
as Sylvie Gibson · 2016
Camelot
as Sybil · 2011
Camelot
as Sibyl · 2011
Napoleon
as Letizia Bonaparte · 2023
Stonehearst Asylum
as Mrs. Pike · 2014
Eastern Promises
as Helen · 2007
North & South
as Hannah Thornton · 2004
Playing Shakespeare
· 1984
Stealing Beauty
as Diana Grayson · 1996
MotherFatherSon
as Maggie Barns · 2019
Supernatural
as Leonora · 1977
Affairs of the Heart
as Bessie Alden · 1974
Romance
as Ermine · 1977
The Baby
as Barbara · 2022
The Sinners
as Polly Donegan · 1970
Menace
as Sylvia Terry · 1970
Oliver's Travels
as WPC Diane Priest · 1995
Quiller
as Roz · 1975
Armchair Theatre
as Amora · 1956
Cracks
as Miss Nieven · 2009
The Deep
as Meg Sinclair · 2010
37 Days
as Margot Asquith · 2014
A Room with a View
as Miss Lavish · 2008
Scoop
as Katchen · 1972
The Cement Garden
as Mother · 1993
And Mrs.
as Lorraine · 2024
I Capture the Castle
as Mrs Cotton · 2003
Passion of Mind
as Jessie · 2000
North Sea Connection
as Moira Kenny · 2022
Stage 2
as Minnie Powell · 1971
Rosamunde Pilcher - Magic of Love
· 2005
Waterland
as Mary Crick · 1992
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
as Isabel Geste · 1977
The Three Urns
as Deirdre · 2026
The Ballad of Tam Lin
as Rose · 1970
Queen & Country
as Grace Rohan · 2015
Dad
as Sandy James · 2005
A Room with a View
as Miss Lavish · 2007
Notorious Woman
as Marie Dorval · 1974
Winter Solstice
as Elfrida Phibbs · 2003
Uncovered
as Menchu · 1995
The Tiger's Tail
as Oona O'Leary · 2006
Sparrow
as Matilde · 1994
National Theatre Live: King Lear
as Kent · 2018
Rocket Gibraltar
as Amanda 'Billi' Rockwell (as Sinead Cusack) · 1988
Winter Solstice
as Elfrida Phibbs · 2003
Beast
as Penelope · 2018
Home Again
· 2006
Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman
as Self · 2022
Love's Labour's Lost
as Rosaline · 1975
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
as Yvonne (Uncredited) · 1970
The Last Days of Rabbit Hayes
as Molly
Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy
as Self · 2020
The Nephew
as Brenda O'Boyce · 1998
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle
as Mary Doyle · 2005
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
as self · 2024
God on the Rocks
as Ellie Marsh · 1992
Revenge
as Rose · 1971
The Eyes Have It
as Sally · 1973
Tales from Hollywood
as Nelly Mann · 1992
Hoffman
as Miss Smith · 1970
Twelfth Night
as Olivia · 1980
National Theatre Live: People, Places and Things
as Doctor/Therapist/Mum · 2024
The Sea
as Anna Morden · 2013
A Sound from the Sea
as Catherine · 1970
My Mother Frank
as Frances 'Frank' Kennedy · 2000
Bad Behavior
as Ellie McAllister · 1993
Summer Solstice
as Elfrida · 2005
Stephen Rea: The Fire in Me Now
as Self · 2025
Food for Ravens
as Jennie Lee · 1997
The Playboy of the Western World
as Margaret Flaherty (Pegeen Mike) · 1974
David Copperfield
as Emily · 1969
The Kitchen
as Monique · 1977
Cyrano de Bergerac
as Roxanne · 1985
Venus Peter
as Miss Balsilbie · 1989
Dog & Bull
Horowitz in Dublin
as Liz · 1973
Mathilde
as Wife of Col. De Petris · 2006
Dream
as Kathleen · 2001
This Is Not An Attack On Your Parenting
· 2024
The Hen House
as Lily · 1989
The Dolly Scene
as Anna · 1970