Portrait of Niamh Cusack

Niamh Cusack

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.

Born: October 20, 1959

Place of Birth: Dalkey, County Dublin, Ireland

Filmography

2025
2025
Patriarche

as Annie Rouse

2025
Four Mothers

as Maura the Medium

2024
2024
Reawakening

as Bella

2023
2023
Unwelcome

as Niamh

2021
The Tower

as Claire Mills

2019
Brassic

as Clodagh

2019
The Virtues

as Janine

2018
RSC Live: Macbeth

as Lady Macbeth

2017
The Ghoul

as Fisher

2016
ChickLit

as Claire

2016
Departure

as Sally

2016
Rebellion

as Nelly Cosgrove

2015
Testament of Youth

as Sister Jones

2013
Father Brown

as Roisin Crayford

2012
The Best of Men

as Sister Edwards

2012
The Hollow Crown

as Lady Northumberland

2011
Death in Paradise

as Maggie O'Connell

2010
Hereafter

as Foster Mother

2010
The Kid

as 1980 School Nurse

2009
Five Minutes of Heaven

as Alistair's Mum - 1975

2007
Fallen Angel

as Vanessa Byfield

2005
2004
Agatha Christie's Marple

as Emma Crackenthorpe

2004
New Tricks

as Joanne Gibson

2003
State of Mind

as Dr. Grace Hazlett

2000
The Closer You Get

as Kate O'Leary

2000
Little Bird

as Ellen Hall

1999
1999
Always and Everyone

as Christine Fletcher

1998
Colour Blind

as Bridget Paterson

1997
Cause of Death

as Mary McGuire

1997
Midsomer Murders

as Penny Galsworthy

1994
The Tale of Pigling Bland

as Beatrix Potter

1993
The Tailor of Gloucester

as Beatrix Potter

1992
Angels

as Mary

1992
The Playboys

as Brigid Maguire

1992
Heartbeat

as Dr. Kate Rowan

1990
Fools of Fortune

as Josephine

1990
1989
Paris by Night

as Jenny Swanton

1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Valerie Saintclair

1988
1988
Lucky Sunil

as Denise Slipper

1985
Screen Two

as Denise Slipper