Sinéad Cusack
Acting
Born: Feb 18, 1948
From: Dalkey, County Dublin, Ireland
Credits: 30 titles
Biography
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.
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| This Is Not An Attack On Your Parenting | 2024 | — | |
| Napoleon | Letizia Bonaparte | 2023 | 6.306 |
| Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman | Self | 2022 | — |
| Beast | Penelope | 2018 | 9.0 |
| Queen & Country | Grace Rohan | 2015 | 6.056 |
| Stonehearst Asylum | Mrs. Pike | 2014 | 6.851 |
| The Sea | Anna Morden | 2013 | 5.4 |
| Cracks | Miss Nieven | 2009 | 6.6 |
| Eastern Promises | Helen | 2007 | 7.346 |
| V for Vendetta | Delia Surridge | 2006 | 7.899 |
| The Tiger's Tail | Oona O'Leary | 2006 | 5.759 |
| Mathilde | Wife of Col. De Petris | 2006 | — |
| I Capture the Castle | Mrs Cotton | 2003 | 6.737 |
| Winter Solstice | Elfrida Phibbs | 2003 | 7.2 |
| My Mother Frank | Frances 'Frank' Kennedy | 2000 | 5.0 |
| The Nephew | Brenda O'Boyce | 1998 | 5.583 |
| Stealing Beauty | Diana Grayson | 1996 | 6.69 |
| Uncovered | Menchu | 1995 | 5.648 |
| Sparrow | Matilde | 1994 | 7.442 |
| The Cement Garden | Mother | 1993 | 6.745 |
| Bad Behavior | Ellie McAllister | 1993 | 5.556 |
| Waterland | Mary Crick | 1992 | 6.288 |
| Rocket Gibraltar | Amanda 'Billi' Rockwell (as Sinead … | 1988 | 6.014 |
| Cyrano de Bergerac | Roxanne | 1985 | 6.625 |
| Twelfth Night | Olivia | 1980 | 6.75 |
| Love's Labour's Lost | Rosaline | 1975 | 9.0 |
| Horowitz in Dublin | Liz | 1973 | 10.0 |
| Revenge | Rose | 1971 | 5.62 |
| Hoffman | Miss Smith | 1970 | 7.288 |
| The Ballad of Tam Lin | Rose | 1970 | 5.056 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1948 |
| From | Dalkey, County Dublin, … |