Sinéad Cusack
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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.
Known for
Credits
V for Vendetta (2006)
as Delia Surridge
Napoleon (2023)
as Letizia Bonaparte
Wrath of the Titans (2012)
as Clea
Stonehearst Asylum (2014)
as Mrs. Pike
Eastern Promises (2007)
as Helen
Stealing Beauty (1996)
as Diana Grayson
Cracks (2009)
as Miss Nieven
Passion of Mind (2000)
as Jessie
The Three Urns (2026)
as Deirdre
Dad (2005)
as Sandy James
The Last Days of Rabbit Hayes (—)
as Molly
The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977)
as Isabel Geste
Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman (2022)
as Self
I Capture the Castle (2003)
as Mrs Cotton
Love's Labour's Lost (1975)
as Rosaline
And Mrs. (2024)
as Lorraine
The Cement Garden (1993)
as Mother
Queen & Country (2015)
as Grace Rohan
The Ballad of Tam Lin (1970)
as Rose
Beast (2018)
as Penelope
Uncovered (1995)
as Menchu
Waterland (1992)
as Mary Crick
Rocket Gibraltar (1988)
as Amanda 'Billi' Rockwell (as Sinead Cusack)
A Room with a View (2007)
as Miss Lavish
My Mother Frank (2000)
as Frances 'Frank' Kennedy
National Theatre Live: King Lear (2018)
as Kent
Sparrow (1994)
as Matilde
Bad Behavior (1993)
as Ellie McAllister
The Tiger's Tail (2006)
as Oona O'Leary
Hoffman (1970)
as Miss Smith
God on the Rocks (1992)
as Ellie Marsh
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer (1970)
as Yvonne (Uncredited)
The Nephew (1998)
as Brenda O'Boyce
David Copperfield (1969)
as Emily
Twelfth Night (1980)
as Olivia
Revenge (1971)
as Rose
Winter Solstice (2003)
as Elfrida Phibbs
Cyrano de Bergerac (1985)
as Roxanne
The Sea (2013)
as Anna Morden
Tales from Hollywood (1992)
as Nelly Mann
Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy (2020)
as Self
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle (2005)
as Mary Doyle
Alec Guinness: A Class Act (2024)
as self
Stephen Rea: The Fire in Me Now (2025)
as Self
Food for Ravens (1997)
as Jennie Lee
National Theatre Live: People, Places and Things (2024)
as Doctor/Therapist/Mum
The Kitchen (1977)
as Monique
The Eyes Have It (1973)
as Sally
Summer Solstice (2005)
as Elfrida
The Playboy of the Western World (1974)
as Margaret Flaherty (Pegeen Mike)
Dream (2001)
as Kathleen
Horowitz in Dublin (1973)
as Liz
Dog & Bull (—)
Actor
Venus Peter (1989)
as Miss Balsilbie
This Is Not An Attack On Your Parenting (2024)
Actor
Mathilde (2006)
as Wife of Col. De Petris
A Sound from the Sea (1970)
as Catherine
The Hen House (1989)
as Lily
The Dolly Scene (1970)
as Anna