Niamh Cusack
Known for: Acting
Born: October 20, 1959
Place of birth: Dalkey, County Dublin, Ireland
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Niamh Cusack (born 20 October 1959) is an Irish actress. Born to a family with deep roots in the performing arts, Cusack has been involved in acting since a young age. She has served with the Royal Shakespeare Company and performed in a long line of major stage productions since the mid-1980s. She has made numerous appearances on television including a long-running role as Dr. Kate Rowan in the UK series Heartbeat (1992–1995). She has often worked as a voice actress on radio, and her film credits include a starring role in In Love with Alma Cogan (2011). The daughter of the Irish actor Cyril Cusack, she is the sister of Sinéad Cusack and Sorcha Cusack, and half-sister of Catherine Cusack. She has two brothers, Paul Cusack, a television producer, and Pádraig Cusack, Producer for the Royal National Theatre of Great Britain. Cusack's husband is the actor Finbar Lynch; they have a son.
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Filmography
46 movies · 34 TV shows, newest first
2.2
Falling
2026
6.7
Once Upon a Time in a Cinema
2026
NR
The Three Urns
2026
7.3
Midwinter Break
2026
8.3
Desperate Journey
2025
7.0
Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes
2025
5.4
I, Jack Wright
2025
6.8
Four Mothers
2025
7.2
We Live in Time
2024
6.3
Reawakening
2024
5.8
Big Mood
2024
6.1
Archie: The Man Who Became Cary Grant
2023
6.0
A Reflection
2023
NR
Sally Leapt Out of a Window Last Night
2023
6.4
In the Land of Saints and Sinners
2023
NR
Hamlet: Bristol Old Vic Live
2023
5.8
Unwelcome
2023
6.8
The Tower
2021
8.4
Brassic
2019
7.9
The Virtues
2019
9.0
RSC Live: Macbeth
2018
6.0
The Ghoul
2017
5.4
ChickLit
2016
6.3
Departure
2016
6.9
Rebellion
2016
7.2
Testament of Youth
2015
7.6
Father Brown
2013
9.6
National Theatre Live: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
2012
6.9
The Best of Men
2012
7.4
The Hollow Crown
2012
7.4
Death in Paradise
2011
7.0
In Love with Alma Cogan
2011
6.1
Hereafter
2010
6.5
The Kid
2010
6.1
Five Minutes of Heaven
20094.5
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007
4.5
Fallen Angel
2007
7.6
Lewis
2007
8.5
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
2006
NR
Friends Reunited
2005
7.8
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
7.3
New Tricks
2004
3.5
Too Good to Be True
2003NR
Too Good to Be True
200310.0
Loving You
2003
7.8
The Last Detective
2003
5.8
State of Mind
2003
5.7
The Closer You Get
2000
4.5
Little Bird
2000
3.4
Loose Women
1999
9.5
Always and Everyone
1999
NR
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mr. Tod
1998
6.3
Colour Blind
1998
NR
Cause of Death
1997
7.5
Midsomer Murders
1997
NR
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and Mrs. Tittlemouse
1996
NR
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse
1996
7.6
Silent Witness
1996
NR
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Pigling Bland
1994
NR
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher
1994
NR
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tailor of Gloucester
1993
NR
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding
1993
8.0
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Tom Kitten and Jemima Puddle-Duck
1993
7.5
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny
1992
6.4
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
1992
7.5
A Touch of Frost
1992
9.0
Angels
1992
6.2
The Playboys
1992
7.2
Heartbeat
1992NR
Chalkface
1991
6.5
Fools of Fortune
1990
8.1
Jeeves and Wooster
1990
7.0
Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again
1989
4.8
Paris by Night
1989
8.2
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
6.0
Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun
1988
7.0
Lucky Sunil
1988
7.1
Screen Two
1985
6.0
Q.E.D
1982NR
Heartland
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