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