Sinéad Cusack
Known for: Acting
Born: February 18, 1948
Place of birth: Dalkey, County Dublin, Ireland
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.
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Filmography
59 movies · 38 TV shows, newest first
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The Three Urns
2026
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Stephen Rea: The Fire in Me Now
2025
5.4
And Mrs.
2024
6.0
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
2024
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This Is Not An Attack On Your Parenting
2024
10.0
National Theatre Live: People, Places and Things
2024
6.3
Napoleon
2023
7.2
North Sea Connection
2022
6.1
The Baby
2022
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Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman
2022
8.0
Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy
2020
6.8
MotherFatherSon
2019
8.1
National Theatre Live: King Lear
2018
9.0
Beast
2018
6.9
Marcella
2016
6.1
Queen & Country
2015
6.8
Stonehearst Asylum
2014
7.5
37 Days
2014
5.4
The Sea
2013
5.8
Wrath of the Titans
2012
6.3
Camelot
2011
6.0
The Deep
2010
6.6
Cracks
2009NR
A Room with a View
2008
5.4
A Room with a View
2007
7.3
Eastern Promises
2007
5.6
The Tiger's Tail
2006NR
Home Again
2006
7.9
V for Vendetta
2006
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Mathilde
2006
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Summer Solstice
2005
6.6
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle
2005
9.5
Dad
2005
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Rosamunde Pilcher - Magic of Love
2005
8.1
North & South
2004
7.2
Winter Solstice
2003
5.0
Winter Solstice
2003
6.7
I Capture the Castle
2003
5.5
Dream
2001
5.0
My Mother Frank
2000
5.8
Passion of Mind
2000
5.6
The Nephew
1998
7.0
Food for Ravens
1997
7.5
Midsomer Murders
1997
6.7
Stealing Beauty
1996
6.0
Oliver's Travels
1995
5.6
Uncovered
1995
7.4
Sparrow
1994
5.6
Bad Behavior
1993
6.7
The Cement Garden
1993
7.0
God on the Rocks
1992
3.0
Tales from Hollywood
1992
6.3
Waterland
1992
6.3
Performance
1991
9.0
The Hen House
1989
5.3
Venus Peter
1989
8.2
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
6.0
Rocket Gibraltar
1988
6.0
ScreenPlay
19866.6
Cyrano de Bergerac
1985
7.1
Screen Two
1985
9.7
Playing Shakespeare
1984
6.6
American Playhouse
1982
6.8
Twelfth Night
1980
6.0
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
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The Kitchen
1977
7.0
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
5.7
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
1977
7.2
Supernatural
1977NR
Romance
1977
9.0
Love's Labour's Lost
1975
10.0
Quiller
1975
6.5
Notorious Woman
1974
7.0
Affairs of the Heart
19747.0
The Playboy of the Western World
1974
10.0
Horowitz in Dublin
1973
7.3
The Eyes Have It
1973
7.0
Thriller
197310.0
Scoop
1972
6.1
The Protectors
1972
7.7
The Persuaders!
1971
5.7
Revenge
1971NR
Stage 2
1971
5.1
The Ballad of Tam Lin
1970
6.0
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
19709.0
The Dolly Scene
1970NR
Menace
1970NR
The Sinners
1970NR
A Sound from the Sea
1970
7.1
Hoffman
1970
5.6
David Copperfield
1969
7.0
ITV Playhouse
1967
5.2
BBC Play of the Month
1965
6.0
Armchair Theatre
1956
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Tony Awards
1956NR
Dog & Bull
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The Last Days of Rabbit Hayes
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