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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 |
|---|
| 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 | 2014 |
| Queen & Country | Grace Rohan | 2014 |
| Ladies of London | Self | 2014 |
| The Sea | Anna Morden | 2014 |
| 37 Days | Margot Asquith | 2014 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| North & South | Hannah Thornton | 2004 |
| Winter Solstice | Elfrida Phibbs | 2003 |
| I Capture the Castle | Mrs Cotton | 2003 |
| Dream | Kathleen | 2001 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Bad Behaviour | Ellie McAllister | 1993 |
| The Cement Garden | Mother | 1993 |
| God on the Rocks | Ellie Marsh | 1992 |
| Waterland | Mary Crick | 1992 |
| Performance | Nelly Mann | 1991 |
| 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 |
| The Last Remake of Beau Geste | Isabel Geste | 1977 |
| Supernatural | Leonora | 1977 |
| Quiller | Roz | 1975 |
| Notorious Woman | Marie Dorval | 1974 |
| Thriller | Sally | 1973 |
| The Protectors | Anne Ferris | 1972 |
| The Persuaders! | Jenny Lindley | 1971 |
| Tam Lin | Rose (as Sinead Cusack) / Rose | 1970 |
| Hoffman | Miss Smith / Miss Janet Smith | 1970 |
| David Copperfield | Emily | 1969 |
| Alfred the Great | Edith | 1969 |
| 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 |
