Cast & creator
Sinéad Cusack
Best known for Midsomer Murders, Agatha Christie's Poirot, American Playhouse
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.
Also known as: Sinead Cusack, 西妮德·库萨克, شینید کیوسک, Sinéad Moira Cusack
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film credits
41
television credits
100
1956–2026 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (100)
Showing 100 of 100 credits
Midsomer Murders
Stella Harris
1997
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Mrs. Amy Folliat
1989
American Playhouse
Nelly Mann
1982
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
1956
Screen Two
Mother
1985
BBC Play of the Month
Lady Rosaline
1965BBC Play of the Month
Trilby
1965
ITV Playhouse
Mary
1967ITV Playhouse
Catherine
1967
Performance
Nelly Mann
1991
ScreenPlay
Lily
1986
The Persuaders!
Jenny Lindley
1971
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Olivia
1978
V for Vendetta
Delia Surridge
2006
BBC2 Play of the Week
Monique
1977
Thriller
Sally
1973
The Protectors
Anne Ferris
1972
Wrath of the Titans
Clea
2012
Marcella
Sylvie Gibson
2016
Camelot
Sybil
2011Camelot
Sibyl
2011
Napoleon
Letizia Bonaparte
2023
Eastern Promises
Helen
2007
Stonehearst Asylum
Mrs. Pike
2014
North & South
Hannah Thornton
2004
Stealing Beauty
Diana Grayson
1996
MotherFatherSon
Maggie Barns
2019The Sinners
Polly Donegan
1970
Playing Shakespeare
1984
Supernatural
Leonora
1977
The Baby
Barbara
2022Romance
Ermine
1977Menace
Sylvia Terry
1970
Affairs of the Heart
Bessie Alden
1974
Oliver's Travels
WPC Diane Priest
1995
Armchair Theatre
Amora
1956
Quiller
Roz
1975
Cracks
Miss Nieven
2009
The Deep
Meg Sinclair
2010A Room with a View
Miss Lavish
2008
The Cement Garden
Mother
1993
37 Days
Margot Asquith
2014Scoop
Katchen
1972
And Mrs.
Lorraine
2024
I Capture the Castle
Mrs Cotton
2003
North Sea Connection
Moira Kenny
2022
Rosamunde Pilcher - Magic of Love
2005
Passion of Mind
Jessie
2000Stage 2
Minnie Powell
1971
The Ballad of Tam Lin
Rose
1970
Dad
Sandy James
2005
Notorious Woman
Marie Dorval
1974
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
Isabel Geste
1977
Waterland
Mary Crick
1992
Rocket Gibraltar
Amanda 'Billi' Rockwell (as Sinead Cusack)
1988
The Tiger's Tail
Oona O'Leary
2006
Queen & Country
Grace Rohan
2015
The Three Urns
Deirdre
2026
Sparrow
Matilde
1994
Love's Labour's Lost
Rosaline
1975
A Room with a View
Miss Lavish
2007
Winter Solstice
Elfrida Phibbs
2003
National Theatre Live: King Lear
Kent
2018
Uncovered
Menchu
1995The Last Days of Rabbit Hayes
Molly
Beast
Penelope
2018Home Again
2006
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
self
2024
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
Yvonne (Uncredited)
1970
Winter Solstice
Elfrida Phibbs
2003
Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman
Self
2022
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle
Mary Doyle
2005
The Nephew
Brenda O'Boyce
1998
National Theatre Live: People, Places and Things
Doctor/Therapist/Mum
2024
God on the Rocks
Ellie Marsh
1992
Revenge
Rose
1971
Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy
Self
2020
The Sea
Anna Morden
2013
The Eyes Have It
Sally
1973
Twelfth Night
Olivia
1980A Sound from the Sea
Catherine
1970
My Mother Frank
Frances 'Frank' Kennedy
2000The Playboy of the Western World
Margaret Flaherty (Pegeen Mike)
1974
Hoffman
Miss Smith
1970
David Copperfield
Emily
1969
Food for Ravens
Jennie Lee
1997
Tales from Hollywood
Nelly Mann
1992
Stephen Rea: The Fire in Me Now
Self
2025Cyrano de Bergerac
Roxanne
1985
Summer Solstice
Elfrida
2005
Bad Behavior
Ellie McAllister
1993
Venus Peter
Miss Balsilbie
1989
Mathilde
Wife of Col. De Petris
2006
The Kitchen
Monique
1977
Horowitz in Dublin
Liz
1973
This Is Not An Attack On Your Parenting
2024
Dream
Kathleen
2001Dog & Bull
The Hen House
Lily
1989The Dolly Scene
Anna
1970