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