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Niamh Cusack
Niamh Cusack

Niamh Cusack

ActingBorn October 20, 1959 (age 66)Dalkey, County Dublin, Ireland

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

2026TV
2026Movie
2026
The Three Urns

as Roisin (voice)

Movie
2026Movie
2025Movie
2025
I, Jack Wright

as Annie Rouse

TV
2025
Four Mothers

as Maura the Medium

Movie
2024Movie
2024
Reawakening

as Bella

Movie
2024TV
2023Movie
2023Movie
2023Movie
2023
Unwelcome

as Niamh

Movie
2021
The Tower

as Claire Mills

TV
2019
Brassic

as Clodagh

TV
2019
The Virtues

as Janine

TV
2018
RSC Live: Macbeth

as Lady Macbeth

Movie
2017
The Ghoul

as Fisher

Movie
2016
ChickLit

as Claire

Movie
2016
Departure

as Sally

Movie
2016
Rebellion

as Nelly Cosgrove

TV
2015
Testament of Youth

as Sister Jones

Movie
2013
Father Brown

as Roisin Crayford

TV
2012
The Best of Men

as Sister Edwards

Movie
2012
The Hollow Crown

as Lady Northumberland

TV
2011
Death in Paradise

as Maggie O'Connell

TV
2011Movie
2010
Hereafter

as Foster Mother

Movie
2010
The Kid

as 1980 School Nurse

Movie
2009
Five Minutes of Heaven

as Alistair's Mum - 1975

Movie
2007
Fallen Angel

as Vanessa Byfield

TV
2007
Lewis

as Dr Ellen Jacoby

TV
2006Movie
2005Movie
2004
Agatha Christie's Marple

as Emma Crackenthorpe

TV
2004
New Tricks

as Joanne Gibson

TV
2003Movie
2003
Loving You

as Chloe

Movie
2003
State of Mind

as Dr. Grace Hazlett

Movie
2000
The Closer You Get

as Kate O'Leary

Movie
2000
Little Bird

as Ellen Hall

Movie
1999TV
1999
Always and Everyone

as Christine Fletcher

TV
1998
Colour Blind

as Bridget Paterson

TV
1997
Cause of Death

as Mary McGuire

Movie
1997
Midsomer Murders

as Penny Galsworthy

TV
1992
A Touch of Frost

as Sally Berland

TV
1992
Angels

as Mary

Movie
1992
The Playboys

as Brigid Maguire

Movie
1992
Heartbeat

as Dr. Kate Rowan

TV
1990
Fools of Fortune

as Josephine

Movie
1990TV
1989
Paris by Night

as Jenny Swanton

Movie
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Valerie Saintclair

TV
1988Movie
1988
Lucky Sunil

as Denise Slipper

Movie
1985
Screen Two

as Denise Slipper

TV
Heartland

as Rachel Miller

TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayOctober 20, 1959
Place of BirthDalkey, County Dublin, Ireland
Popularity0.9