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Niamh Cusack is an Irish actress. Born to a family with deep roots in the performing arts, Cusack has been involved as a performer since a young age. She has served with the UK's two leading theatre companies, the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre and has 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) which made her a household name and favourite. 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).
Born
Tuesday, 20 October 1959
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Big Mood | Gillian | 2024 |
Archie | Alma Hitchcock | 2023 |
In the Land of Saints and Sinners | Rita Quinn | 2023 |
Unwelcome | Maeve / Niamh | 2023 |
The Tower | Claire Mills | 2021 |
Brassic | Clodagh | 2019 |
The Virtues | Janine | 2019 |
Royal Shakespeare Company: Macbeth | Lady Macbeth | 2018 |
The Ghoul | Fisher | 2017 |
ChickLit | Claire | 2016 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Big Mood | Gillian | 2024 |
Archie | Alma Hitchcock | 2023 |
In the Land of Saints and Sinners | Rita Quinn | 2023 |
Unwelcome | Maeve / Niamh | 2023 |
The Tower | Claire Mills | 2021 |
Brassic | Clodagh | 2019 |
The Virtues | Janine | 2019 |
Royal Shakespeare Company: Macbeth | Lady Macbeth | 2018 |
The Ghoul | Fisher | 2017 |
ChickLit | Claire | 2016 |
Rebellion | Nelly Cosgrave / Nelly Cosgrove | 2016 |
Departure | Sally | 2015 |
Testament of Youth | Sister Jones | 2015 |
Father Brown | Roisin Crayford | 2013 |
National Theatre Live: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time | Siobhan | 2012 |
The Best of Men | Sister Edwards | 2012 |
The Hollow Crown | Lady Northumberland | 2012 |
Death in Paradise | Maggie O'Connell | 2011 |
In Love With Alma Cogan | Sandra | 2011 |
Hereafter | Foster Mother | 2010 |
The Kid | 1980 School Nurse | 2010 |
Five Minutes of Heaven | Alistair's Mum - 1975 | 2009 |
Fallen Angel | Vanessa Byfield / Vanessa | 2007 |
Inspector Lewis | Dr. Ellen Jacoby | 2006 |
Marple | Emma Crackenthorpe | 2004 |
The Last Detective | Gill | 2003 |
New Tricks | Joanne Gibson | 2003 |
10 Years of Heartbeat | Self | 2002 |
The fairy queen (La reine des fées) | Helena | 2001 |
Little Bird | Ellen Hall | 2000 |
Live Talk | Self | 2000 |
American Women | Kate O'Leary | 2000 |
Heartbeat Chronicles | Dr. Kate Rowan | 1999 |
Always and Everyone | Christine Fletcher | 1999 |
Rhinoceros | Julie Flynn | 1999 |
Colour Blind | Bridget Paterson | 1998 |
Midsomer Murders | Penny Galsworthy | 1997 |
Silent Witness | Sylvie Blake | 1996 |
A Touch of Frost | Sally Berland | 1992 |
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends | Beatrix Potter | 1992 |
The Playboys | Brigid Maguire | 1992 |
Heartbeat | Dr. Kate Rowan | 1992 |
Chalkface | Melanie Clough | 1991 |
A Marriage of Inconvenience | Ruth | 1990 |
Fools of Fortune | Josephine | 1990 |
Jeeves and Wooster | Bobbie | 1990 |
Till We Meet Again | Louise | 1989 |
Paris by Night | Jenny Swanton | 1989 |
Poirot | Valerie Saintclair | 1989 |
Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun | Clara Clutterbuck | 1988 |
Screen Two | Denise Slipper | 1985 |