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