Sinéad Cusack
Acting • Born 1948-02-18
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.
Filmography
87 credits
V for Vendetta
Movie • 2006
Delia Surridge
Eastern Promises
Movie • 2007
Helen
The Tiger's Tail
Movie • 2006
Oona O'Leary
Hoffman
Movie • 1970
Miss Smith
Cracks
Movie • 2009
Miss Nieven
Stealing Beauty
Movie • 1996
Diana Grayson
The Cement Garden
Movie • 1993
Mother
Sparrow
Movie • 1994
Matilde
I Capture the Castle
Movie • 2003
Mrs Cotton
Beast
Movie • 2018
Penelope
Uncovered
Movie • 1995
Menchu
Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman
Movie • 2022
Self
Cyrano de Bergerac
Movie • 1985
Roxanne
Rocket Gibraltar
Movie • 1988
Amanda 'Billi' Rockwell (as Sinead Cusack)
The Nephew
Movie • 1998
Brenda O'Boyce
Revenge
Movie • 1971
Rose
Bad Behavior
Movie • 1993
Ellie McAllister
The Ballad of Tam Lin
Movie • 1970
Rose
Winter Solstice
Movie • 2003
Elfrida Phibbs
Waterland
Movie • 1992
Mary Crick
My Mother Frank
Movie • 2000
Frances 'Frank' Kennedy
The Sea
Movie • 2013
Anna Morden
Love's Labour's Lost
Movie • 1975
Rosaline
Mathilde
Movie • 2006
Wife of Col. De Petris
Twelfth Night
Movie • 1980
Olivia
Queen & Country
Movie • 2015
Grace Rohan
This Is Not An Attack On Your Parenting
Movie • 2024
Napoleon
Movie • 2023
Letizia Bonaparte
Horowitz in Dublin
Movie • 1973
Liz
Stonehearst Asylum
Movie • 2014
Mrs. Pike
Dream
Movie • 2001
Kathleen
David Copperfield
Movie • 1969
Emily
And Mrs.
Movie • 2024
Lorraine
A Sound from the Sea
Movie • 1970
Catherine
The Hen House
Movie • 1989
Lily
The Kitchen
Movie • 1977
Monique
The Dolly Scene
Movie • 1970
Anna
A Room with a View
Movie • 2007
Miss Lavish
Dad
Movie • 2005
Sandy James
Passion of Mind
Movie • 2000
Jessie
Summer Solstice
Movie • 2005
Elfrida
Venus Peter
Movie • 1989
Miss Balsilbie
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle
Movie • 2005
Mary Doyle
Tales from Hollywood
Movie • 1992
Nelly Mann
National Theatre Live: People, Places and Things
Movie • 2024
Doctor/Thrapist/Mum
Food for Ravens
Movie • 1997
Jennie Lee
Wrath of the Titans
Movie • 2012
Clea
National Theatre Live: King Lear
Movie • 2018
Kent
The Playboy of the Western World
Movie • 1974
Margaret Flaherty (Pegeen Mike)
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
Movie • 1970
Yvonne (Uncredited)
Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy
Movie • 2020
Self
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
Movie • 1977
Isabel Geste
The Eyes Have It
Movie • 1973
Sally
God on the Rocks
Movie • 1992
Ellie Marsh
Dog & Bull
Movie
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
Movie • 2024
self
Stephen Rea: The Fire in Me Now
Movie • 2025
Self
The Last Days of Rabbit Hayes
Movie
Molly
The Three Urns
Movie • 2026
Deirdre
Thriller
TV • 1973
Sally
The Persuaders!
TV • 1971
Jenny Lindley
Home Again
TV • 2006
North & South
TV • 2004
Hannah Thornton
Oliver's Travels
TV • 1995
WPC Diane Priest
Menace
TV • 1970
Quiller
TV • 1975
Roz
Camelot
TV • 2011
Sybil
37 Days
TV • 2014
Margot Asquith
Marcella
TV • 2016
Sylvie Gibson
MotherFatherSon
TV • 2019
Maggie Barns
Winter Solstice
TV • 2003
Elfrida Phibbs
Rosamunde Pilcher - Magic of Love
TV • 2005
The Deep
TV • 2010
Meg Sinclair
The Baby
TV • 2022
Barbara
Playing Shakespeare
TV • 1984
North Sea Connection
TV • 2022
Moira Kenny
Midsomer Murders
TV • 1997
Stella Harris
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV • 1989
Mrs. Amy Folliat
The Protectors
TV • 1972
Anne Ferris
Performance
TV • 1991
Nelly Mann
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Lady Rosaline
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Trilby
BBC2 Play of the Week
TV • 1977
Monique
Scoop
TV • 1972
Katchen
Camelot
TV • 2011
Sibyl
Supernatural
TV • 1977
Leonora
Notorious Woman
TV • 1974
Marie Dorval