Sinéad Cusack
Known For
Acting
Born
1948-02-18 in Dalkey, County Dublin, Ireland
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.
Most Known For
Midsomer Murders
as Stella Harris
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Mrs. Amy Folliat
BBC Play of the Month
as Lady Rosaline
BBC Play of the Month
as Trilby
V for Vendetta
as Delia Surridge
The Persuaders!
as Jenny Lindley
Napoleon
as Letizia Bonaparte
Marcella
as Sylvie Gibson
Camelot
as Sybil
Camelot
as Sibyl
Performance
as Nelly Mann
Thriller
as Sally
Wrath of the Titans
as Clea
The Protectors
as Anne Ferris
BBC2 Play of the Week
as Monique
North & South
as Hannah Thornton
Eastern Promises
as Helen
The Baby
as Barbara
Stonehearst Asylum
as Mrs. Pike
Dad
as Sandy James