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Sinéad Moira Cusack is an Irish stage, television and film actress. Her first acting roles were at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, before moving to London in 1975 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, The Taming of the Shrew (1983), Our Lady of Sligo (1998) and Rock 'n' Roll (2007).
Birth Name
Jane Moira Cusack
Born
Wednesday, 18 February 1948
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Napoleon | Letizia Bonaparte | 2023 |
North Sea Connection | Moira Kenny | 2022 |
The Baby | Barbara | 2022 |
MotherFatherSon | Maggie Barns | 2019 |
National Theatre Live: King Lear | Kent | 2018 |
Marcella | Sylvie Gibson | 2016 |
Jekyll and Hyde | Maggie Hope | 2015 |
Stonehearst Asylum | Mrs. Pike / Mrs. Marian Pike | 2014 |
Queen & Country | Grace Rohan | 2014 |
Ladies of London | Self | 2014 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Napoleon | Letizia Bonaparte | 2023 |
North Sea Connection | Moira Kenny | 2022 |
The Baby | Barbara | 2022 |
MotherFatherSon | Maggie Barns | 2019 |
National Theatre Live: King Lear | Kent | 2018 |
Marcella | Sylvie Gibson | 2016 |
Jekyll and Hyde | Maggie Hope | 2015 |
Stonehearst Asylum | Mrs. Pike / Mrs. Marian Pike | 2014 |
Queen & Country | Grace Rohan | 2014 |
Ladies of London | Self | 2014 |
The Sea | Anna Morden | 2014 |
37 Days | Margot Asquith | 2014 |
Wrath of the Titans | Clea | 2012 |
Shakespeare Uncovered | Self | 2012 |
Camelot | Sybil | 2011 |
The Deep | Meg Sinclair | 2010 |
Cracks | Miss Nieven | 2009 |
Moving On | Pat | 2009 |
John Mortimer: A Life in Words | Self | 2009 |
The 62nd Annual Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | 2008 |
A Room with a View | Miss Lavish | 2007 |
Eastern Promises | Helen | 2007 |
The Tiger's Tail | Oona O'Leary | 2006 |
Home Again | Sheila | 2006 |
V for Vendetta | Delia Surridge | 2006 |
Summer Solstice | Elfrida | 2005 |
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle | Mary Doyle | 2005 |
Dad | Sandy James | 2005 |
North & South | Hannah Thornton | 2004 |
Winter Solstice | Elfrida Phibbs | 2003 |
I Capture the Castle | Mrs Cotton | 2003 |
Dream | Kathleen | 2002 |
French & Saunders Live | Patient | 2000 |
My Mother Frank | Frances 'Frank' Kennedy / Frances (Frank) Kennedy | 2000 |
Passion of Mind | Jessie | 2000 |
The Nephew | Brenda O'Boyce | 1998 |
Midsomer Murders | Stella Harris | 1997 |
Have Your Cake and Eat It | Charlotte Dawson | 1997 |
Mirad | Fazila | 1997 |
Stealing Beauty | Diana / Diana Grayson | 1996 |
Oliver's Travels | WPC Diane Priest | 1995 |
The 67th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Audience Member | 1995 |
Uncovered | Menchu | 1995 |
The 66th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Audience Member | 1994 |
Sparrow | Matilde | 1994 |
Rosamunde Pilcher | Elfrida Phibbs | 1993 |
Bad Behaviour | Ellie McAllister | 1993 |
The Cement Garden | Mother | 1993 |
God on the Rocks | Ellie Marsh | 1992 |
Tales from Hollywood | Nelly Mann | 1992 |
Waterland | Mary Crick | 1992 |
Performance | Nelly Mann | 1991 |
Venus Peter | Miss Balsilbie | 1989 |
Poirot | Mrs. Amy Folliat | 1989 |
Rocket Gibraltar | Amanda 'Billi' Rockwell (as Sinead Cusack) / Amanda 'Billi' Rockwell | 1988 |
Cyrano de Bergerac | Roxanne / Roxane | 1985 |
The 38th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Audience Member | 1984 |
Playing Shakespeare | Self | 1982 |
Twelfth Night | Olivia | 1980 |
The Last Remake of Beau Geste | Isabel Geste | 1977 |
Supernatural | Leonora | 1977 |
Quiller | Roz | 1975 |
Notorious Woman | Marie Dorval | 1974 |
Affairs of the Heart | Bessie Alden | 1974 |
Thriller | Sally | 1973 |
The Protectors | Anne Ferris | 1972 |
The Persuaders! | Jenny Lindley | 1971 |
Revenge | Rose | 1971 |
Tam Lin | Rose | 1970 |
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer | Yvonne / Yvonne (Uncredited) | 1970 |
Hoffman | Miss Smith / Miss Janet Smith | 1970 |
David Copperfield | Emily | 1969 |
Alfred the Great | Edith | 1969 |
ITV Playhouse | Catherine / Mary | 1967 |
Those Fantastic Flying Fools | Vera | 1967 |
BBC Play of the Month | Rosaline / Trilby | 1965 |
Call My Bluff | Self | 1965 |
Horizon | Self - Narrator | 1964 |
Armchair Theatre | Amora | 1956 |