Sinéad Cusack

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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Filmography (89 Appearances)

Dog & Bull

TBA

The Last Days of Rabbit Hayes

TBA

The Three Urns

2026

Stephen Rea: The Fire in Me Now

2025

And Mrs.

2024

Alec Guinness: A Class Act

2024

This Is Not An Attack On Your Parenting

2024

National Theatre Live: People, Places and Things

2024

Napoleon

2023

North Sea Connection

2022

The Baby

2022

Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman

2022

Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy

2020

MotherFatherSon

2019

National Theatre Live: King Lear

2018

Beast

2018

Marcella

2016

Queen & Country

2015

Stonehearst Asylum

2014

37 Days

2014

The Sea

2013

Wrath of the Titans

2012

Camelot

2011

The Deep

2010

Cracks

2009

A Room with a View

2008

A Room with a View

2007

Eastern Promises

2007

The Tiger's Tail

2006

Home Again

2006

V for Vendetta

2006

Mathilde

2006

Summer Solstice

2005

The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle

2005

Dad

2005

Rosamunde Pilcher - Magic of Love

2005

North & South

2004

Winter Solstice

2003

Winter Solstice

2003

I Capture the Castle

2003

Dream

2001

My Mother Frank

2000

Passion of Mind

2000

The Nephew

1998

Food for Ravens

1997

Midsomer Murders

1997

Stealing Beauty

1996

Oliver's Travels

1995

Uncovered

1995

Sparrow

1994

Bad Behavior

1993

The Cement Garden

1993

God on the Rocks

1992

Tales from Hollywood

1992

Waterland

1992

Performance

1991

The Hen House

1989

Venus Peter

1989

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989

Rocket Gibraltar

1988

Cyrano de Bergerac

1985

Playing Shakespeare

1984

Twelfth Night

1980

The Kitchen

1977

BBC2 Play of the Week

1977

The Last Remake of Beau Geste

1977

Supernatural

1977

Love's Labour's Lost

1975

Quiller

1975

Notorious Woman

1974

The Playboy of the Western World

1974

Horowitz in Dublin

1973

The Eyes Have It

1973

Thriller

1973

Scoop

1972

The Protectors

1972

The Persuaders!

1971

Revenge

1971

The Ballad of Tam Lin

1970

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer

1970

The Dolly Scene

1970

Menace

1970

A Sound from the Sea

1970

Hoffman

1970

David Copperfield

1969 Debut

ITV Playhouse

1967

BBC Play of the Month

1965

Armchair Theatre

1956

Tony Awards

1956
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