Highest rated as cast or director
North & South
2004 · 1 Season
Eastern Promises
2007
Marcella
2016 · 3 Seasons
Stealing Beauty
1996
Waterland
1992
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.
Acted in 79
2020s
- 2026
The Three Urns
Deirdre
- 2024
This Is Not An Attack On Your Parenting
Movie
National Theatre Live: People, Places and Things
Doctor/Therapist/Mum
- 2023
- 2022
North Sea Connection
Moira Kenny · 6 episodes
2010s
- 2019
- 2018
National Theatre Live: King Lear
Kent
Beast
Penelope
- 2016
- 2015
Queen & Country
Grace Rohan
- 2014
37 Days
Margot Asquith · 3 episodes
- 2013
- 2012
- 2011
- 2010
The Deep
Meg Sinclair · 5 episodes
2000s
- 2009
- 2007
A Room with a View
Miss Lavish
- 2006
Mathilde
Wife of Col. De Petris
- 2005
Summer Solstice
Elfrida
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle
Mary Doyle
Dad
Sandy James
Rosamunde Pilcher - Magic of Love
TV
- 2004
- 2003
Winter Solstice
Elfrida Phibbs
Winter Solstice
Elfrida Phibbs · 2 episodes
- 2001
Dream
Kathleen
- 2000
My Mother Frank
Frances 'Frank' Kennedy
1990s
- 1998
The Nephew
Brenda O'Boyce
- 1997
Food for Ravens
Jennie Lee
- 1996
- 1995
Oliver's Travels
WPC Diane Priest · 5 episodes
- 1994
Sparrow
Matilde
- 1993
Bad Behavior
Ellie McAllister
- 1992
God on the Rocks
Ellie Marsh
Tales from Hollywood
Nelly Mann
- 1991
1980s
- 1989
The Hen House
Lily
Venus Peter
Miss Balsilbie
- 1988
Rocket Gibraltar
Amanda 'Billi' Rockwell (as Sinead Cusack)
- 1986
- 1985
- 1984
- 1982
- 1980
Twelfth Night
Olivia
1970s
- 1978
- 1977
The Kitchen
Monique
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
Isabel Geste
Supernatural
Leonora · 1 episode
- 1975
Love's Labour's Lost
Rosaline
Quiller
Roz · 3 episodes
- 1974
Notorious Woman
Marie Dorval · 3 episodes
Affairs of the Heart
Bessie Alden · 1 episode
- 1973
Horowitz in Dublin
Liz
The Eyes Have It
Sally
- 1972
- 1971
Revenge
Rose
- 1970
The Ballad of Tam Lin
Rose
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
Yvonne (Uncredited)
Hoffman
Miss Smith
1960s
- 1969
David Copperfield
Emily
- 1967
- 1965
1950s
- 1956
Armchair Theatre
Amora · 1 episode
Appearances5
2020s
- 2025
Stephen Rea: The Fire in Me Now
Self
- 2024
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
self
- 2022
Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman
Self
- 2020
Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy
Self
