Sinéad Cusack
Date of birth: 1948-02-18
Place of birth: Dalkey, County Dublin, Ireland
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Sinead Cusack, 西妮德·库萨克, شینید کیوسک
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.
Movie Credits
V for Vendetta
2006-02-23
In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as “V” c
Eastern Promises
2007-09-14
A Russian teenager living in London dies during childbirth but leaves clues in her diary that could
The Tiger's Tail
2006-09-26
After a chance encounter, a Dubliner is stalked by a murderous facsimile of himself.
Hoffman
1970-07-16
A businessman blackmails his young secretary into spending a weekend with him.
Cracks
2009-12-04
Jealousy flares after the headmistress of an elite boarding school for girls becomes obsessed with a
Stealing Beauty
1996-03-29
Lucy Harmon, an American teenager is arriving in the lush Tuscan countryside to be sculpted by a fam
The Cement Garden
1993-02-20
After the death of her husband, the mother of Julie, Jack, Sue and Tom begins to suffer from a myste
Sparrow
1994-02-04
Catania, Sicilia 1854. A serious epidemic of cholera is hitting the region. Maria a 16 years old nov
I Capture the Castle
2003-05-09
In 1930s England, 17-year-old Cassandra Mortmain and her eccentric family struggle to survive in a d
Beast
2018-08-10
A gothic fairytale following three generations of women struggling with the aftermath of a divorce.
Uncovered
1995-01-04
While restoring a fifteenth-century painting Julia reveals a hidden Latin phrase. A series of murder
Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman
2022-01-06
The playwright Brian Friel stands among the giants of Irish literature. From the 1980s onwards, he w
Cyrano de Bergerac
1985-07-26
As incomparable in swordplay and wordplay as he is, the gallant soldier, philosopher, and poet Cyran
Rocket Gibraltar
1988-09-02
A man's family comes for his 77th birthday and while he loves all of his children and their children
The Nephew
1998-08-28
Twenty years ago, Tony Egan's sister went to America. Nobody ever heard of her again. But now, the m
Revenge
1971-08-26
A British family takes revenge into its own hands in avenging their recently slain daughter.
Bad Behavior
1993-05-28
The McAllister family house is the setting for Gerry and Ellie's grapples with work, children and ho
The Ballad of Tam Lin
1970-12-01
Based upon the Celtic legend Tam Lin, a young man is bewitched by a beautiful, heartless, aging sorc
Winter Solstice
2003-12-25
When Elfrida Philips abandons London for a country village, she settles in quickly. She is very poor
Waterland
1992-08-21
The story of a mentally anguished high school history teacher going through a complete reassessment
My Mother Frank
2000-08-16
When a meddlesome mother enrolls in university with her son, old and new worlds collide with awesome
The Sea
2013-06-23
A man returns to the sea where he spent his childhood summers in search of peace following the death
Love's Labour's Lost
1975-12-14
A scholarly king and his three companions swear off the society of women for three years, only to ha
Mathilde
2006-01-01
A young girl attempts to kill a UN peacekeeper after the war in Croatia, leading to an investigation
Twelfth Night
1980-01-06
Viola and Sebastian are lookalike twins, separated by a shipwreck. Viola lands in Illyria, where she
Queen & Country
2014-09-14
In this sequel to Hope and Glory (1987), Bill Rohan has grown up and is drafted into the army, where
This Is Not An Attack On Your Parenting
2024-08-02
A Mother and her gay adult Son, who has recently suffered a breakdown, explore their opposing views
Napoleon
2023-11-22
An epic that details the checkered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his relent
Horowitz in Dublin
1973-12-12
A New York cop, Dan Horowitz, arrives in Dublin to pay respects to the Irish parents of his young w
Stonehearst Asylum
2014-10-23
An Oxford Medical School graduate takes a position at a mental institution and soon becomes obsessed
Dream
2001-08-26
16-year-old Emma has a dream - her boyfriend Tommy, has a completely different one. Emma is less at
David Copperfield
1969-12-01
A young man journeys from a difficult childhood to maturity, exploring social injustice, personal de
And Mrs.
2024-09-20
When a reluctant bride-to-be's fiancé drops dead, she insists on going ahead with the wedding anyway
A Sound from the Sea
1970-08-17
While hitchhiking towards the coast, two young men find themselves trapped at an inn by its strange
The Hen House
1989-09-06
Lily lives on a remote smallholding in County Donegal. She keeps herself to herself. But a game of h
The Kitchen
1977-11-02
Alvin Rakoff's adaptation of Arnold Wesker's The Kitchen for Play of the Week. The Kitchen, first pr
The Dolly Scene
1970-11-03
Anna can't seem to help ending up with the wrong partner in a line of disastrous affairs. Her hope n
A Room with a View
2007-11-04
When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperon Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without
Dad
2005-02-24
Lucy Gannon (Soldier, Soldier, Bramwell, Trip Trap) has written Dad, the poignant story of Larry Jam
Passion of Mind
2000-01-07
A psychological romantic thriller where fantasy and reality become indistinguishable for a woman lea
Summer Solstice
2005-12-25
Summer Solstice is a collection of love stories about, and for, people of all different ages and gen
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle
2005-09-08
What led Arthur Conan Doyle to create, and then destroy the world famous detective, Sherlock Holmes?
Venus Peter
1989-03-05
Produced for Scottish television, Venus Peter was financed by the Orkney Islands Council. The title
Tales from Hollywood
1992-10-18
A slightly ironical description of the colony of German artists in Los Angeles, who had to leave the
National Theatre Live: People, Places and Things
2024-05-03
Emma was having the time of her life. Now she’s in rehab. Her first step is to admit that she has a
Food for Ravens
1997-11-11
A biopic by the dramatist Trevor Griffiths of Aneurin "Nye" Bevan, the British Labour politician who
Wrath of the Titans
2012-03-28
Perseus tries to live a quieter life as a village fisherman while – dangerously weakened by humanity
National Theatre Live: King Lear
2018-09-27
Considered by many to be the greatest tragedy ever written, King Lear sees two ageing fathers – one
The Playboy of the Western World
1974-01-01
A man comes into a pub and boasts that he has just killed his father. Instead of condemning him for
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
1970-11-12
Fresh-faced young Michael Rimmer worms his way into an opinion poll company and is soon running the
Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy
2020-05-09
The comedy pioneer behind the Goon Show, Dr Strangelove and the Pink Panther series is explored in d
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
1977-06-15
Digby Geste joins his brother, Beau, in the Foreign Legion following the theft of a priceless family
The Eyes Have It
1973-06-09
A group of terrorists posing as plumbers set up base at a school for the blind. The students remain
God on the Rocks
1992-12-29
Growing up in a household incapable of showing love and affection, Margaret's life is transformed wh
Dog & Bull
A fugitive criminal, who is hiding out as a pub landlord begins to question his identity when he get
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
2024-09-03
The story of one of Britain's most celebrated actors of the 20th century, told by those who knew and
Stephen Rea: The Fire in Me Now
2025-02-24
Over an extraordinary acting career spanning a decade, Stephen Rea has shown himself to be a versati