
Niamh Cusack
Actress
Born: October 20, 1959 (66 years old)
Place of birth: 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 (38)
- The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends (2006, ★ 8.2)
- Testament of Youth (2015, ★ 7.3)
- We Live in Time (2024, ★ 7.2)
- Jeeves and Wooster (1990, ★ 8.1)
- Agatha Christie's Marple (2004, ★ 7.8)
- The Last Detective (2003, ★ 7.7)
- New Tricks (2004, ★ 7.3)
- Father Brown (2013, ★ 7.6)
- Midsomer Murders (1997, ★ 7.5)
- Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989, ★ 8.2)
- Brassic (2019, ★ 8.4)
- The Virtues (2019, ★ 7.8)
- The Hollow Crown (2012, ★ 7.4)
- Death in Paradise (2011, ★ 7.5)
- The Playboys (1992, ★ 6.2)
- The Best of Men (2012, ★ 6.9)
- In the Land of Saints and Sinners (2023, ★ 6.5)
- Four Mothers (2025, ★ 6.8)
- Heartbeat (1992, ★ 7.1)
- Unwelcome (2023, ★ 5.8)
- Reawakening (2024, ★ 6.3)
- Five Minutes of Heaven (2009, ★ 6.1)
- Departure (2016, ★ 6.4)
- The Closer You Get (2000, ★ 5.3)
- ChickLit (2016, ★ 5.4)
- The Ghoul (2017, ★ 6)
- The Kid (2010, ★ 6.4)
- Hereafter (2010, ★ 6.1)
- State of Mind (2003, ★ 5.6)
- Midwinter Break (2026, ★ 6.3)