Niamh Cusack
Born: 1959-10-20 in Dalkey, County Dublin, Ireland
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Niamh Cusack (born 20 October 1959) is an Irish actress. Born to a family with deep roots in the performing arts, Cusack has been involved in acting since a young age. She has served with the Royal Shakespeare Company and performed in a long line of major stage productions since the mid-1980s. She has made numerous appearances on television including a long-running role as Dr. Kate Rowan in the UK series Heartbeat (1992–1995). She has often worked as a voice actress on radio, and her film credits include a starring role in In Love with Alma Cogan (2011). The daughter of the Irish actor Cyril Cusack, she is the sister of Sinéad Cusack and Sorcha Cusack, and half-sister of Catherine Cusack. She has two brothers, Paul Cusack, a television producer, and Pádraig Cusack, Producer for the Royal National Theatre of Great Britain. Cusack's husband is the actor Finbar Lynch; they have a son.
Filmography
2026
2025
- Four Mothers as Maura the Medium
- Desperate Journey as Yvette
- I, Jack Wright as Annie Rouse
2024
- We Live in Time as Sylvia
- Reawakening as Bella
- Big Mood
2023
- In the Land of Saints and Sinners as Rita Quinn
- Unwelcome as Niamh
- Sally Leapt Out of a Window Last Night as Lady Betty
- Archie: The Man Who Became Cary Grant as Alma Hitchcock
- Hamlet: Bristol Old Vic Live as Gertrude
- A Reflection as Iris
2021
- The Tower as Claire Mills
2019
- Brassic as Clodagh
- The Virtues as Janine
2018
- RSC Live: Macbeth as Lady Macbeth
2017
- The Ghoul as Fisher
2015
- Testament of Youth as Sister Jones
2013
- Father Brown as Roisin Crayford
2012
- The Hollow Crown as Lady Northumberland
- The Best of Men as Sister Edwards
- National Theatre Live: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time as Siobhan
2011
- Death in Paradise as Maggie O'Connell
- In Love with Alma Cogan as Sandra
2009
- Five Minutes of Heaven as Alistair's Mum - 1975
2007
- The Alan Titchmarsh Show as Self
- Fallen Angel as Vanessa Byfield
2005
- Friends Reunited as Gill
2004
- Agatha Christie's Marple as Emma Crackenthorpe
- New Tricks as Joanne Gibson
2003
- Loving You as Chloe
- The Last Detective
- State of Mind as Dr. Grace Hazlett
- Too Good to Be True as Tina
2000
- The Closer You Get as Kate O'Leary
- Little Bird as Ellen Hall
1999
- Loose Women as Self
- Always and Everyone as Christine Fletcher
1998
- Colour Blind as Bridget Paterson
1997
- Midsomer Murders as Penny Galsworthy
- Cause of Death as Mary McGuire
1994
- The Tale of Pigling Bland as Beatrix Potter
1993
- The Tale of Peter Rabbit & Benjamin Bunny as Beatrix Potter
- The Tale of Tom Kitten & Jemima Puddle-Duck as Beatrix Potter
- The Tailor of Gloucester as Beatrix Potter
1992
- Heartbeat as Dr. Kate Rowan
- The Playboys as Brigid Maguire
- The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends as Beatrix Potter
- Angels as Mary
- The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends as Beatrix Potter
1990
- Jeeves and Wooster as Bobbie
- Fools of Fortune as Josephine
1989
- Agatha Christie's Poirot as Valerie Saintclair
- Paris by Night as Jenny Swanton
1988
- Lucky Sunil as Denise Slipper
- Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun as Clara Clutterbuck
1985
- Screen Two as Denise Slipper