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Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 20, 1959
Place of Birth
Dalkey, County Dublin, Ireland
Also Known As
- Niamh Cussack
- نیو کوزاک
Niamh Cusack
0.8 Popularity
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.
Known For
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Rachel Miller
Hearfield
2026
8.2
Maura the Medium
Four Mothers
2025
7.3
Sylvia
We Live in Time
2024
5.6
Bella
Reawakening
2024
5.6
Big Mood
2024
6.4
Alma Hitchcock
Archie: The Man Who Became Cary Grant
2023
6.0
Iris
A Reflection
2023
0.0
Lady Betty
Sally Leapt Out of a Window Last Night
2023
6.5
Rita Quinn
In the Land of Saints and Sinners
2023
0.0
Gertrude
Hamlet: Bristol Old Vic Live
2023
Credits
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Hearfield
as Rachel Miller
2026
0.0
Four Mothers
as Maura the Medium
2025
8.2
We Live in Time
as Sylvia
2024
7.3
Reawakening
as Bella
2024
5.6
Big Mood
2024
5.6
Archie: The Man Who Became Cary Grant
as Alma Hitchcock
2023
6.4
A Reflection
as Iris
2023
6.0
Sally Leapt Out of a Window Last Night
as Lady Betty
2023
0.0
In the Land of Saints and Sinners
as Rita Quinn
2023
6.5
Hamlet: Bristol Old Vic Live
as Gertrude
2023
0.0
Unwelcome
as Niamh
2023
5.9
Brassic
as Clodagh
2019
8.5
The Virtues
as Janine
2019
7.8
RSC Live: Macbeth
as Lady Macbeth
2018
9.3
The Ghoul
as Fisher
2017
6.0
ChickLit
as Claire
2016
5.5
Departure
as Sally
2016
6.5
Rebellion
as Nelly Cosgrove
2016
7.0
Testament of Youth
as Sister Jones
2015
7.3
Father Brown
as Roisin Crayford
2013
7.5
National Theatre Live: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
as Siobhan
2012
10.0
The Best of Men
as Sister Edwards
2012
7.0
The Hollow Crown
as Lady Northumberland
2012
7.3
Death in Paradise
as Maggie O'Connell
2011
7.4
In Love with Alma Cogan
as Sandra
2011
7.0
Hereafter
as Foster Mother
2010
6.1
The Kid
as 1980 School Nurse
2010
6.7
Five Minutes of Heaven
as Alistair's Mum - 1975
2009
6.1
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The Alan Titchmarsh Show
as Self
2007
3.7
Fallen Angel
as Vanessa Byfield
2007
4.5
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Emma Crackenthorpe
2004
7.7
New Tricks
as Joanne Gibson
2004
7.4
Too Good to Be True
as Tina
2003
3.0
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Loving You
as Chloe
2003
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The Last Detective
2003
7.6
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State of Mind
as Dr. Grace Hazlett
2003
6.0
The Closer You Get
as Kate O'Leary
2000
5.3
Little Bird
as Ellen Hall
2000
1.0
Loose Women
as Self
1999
3.2
Always and Everyone
as Christine Fletcher
1999
0.0
Colour Blind
as Bridget Paterson
1998
6.0
Cause of Death
as Mary McGuire
1997
0.0
Midsomer Murders
as Penny Galsworthy
1997
7.5
The Tale of Pigling Bland
as Beatrix Potter
1994
0.0
The Tailor of Gloucester
as Beatrix Potter
1993
0.0
The Tale of Peter Rabbit & Benjamin Bunny
as Beatrix Potter
1993
8.0
The Tale of Tom Kitten & Jemima Puddle-Duck
as Beatrix Potter
1993
8.0
Angels
as Mary
1992
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The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
as Beatrix Potter
1992
6.1
The Playboys
as Brigid Maguire
1992
6.0
Heartbeat
as Dr. Kate Rowan
1992
7.0
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
as Beatrix Potter
1992
8.5
Fools of Fortune
as Josephine
1990
5.3
Jeeves and Wooster
as Bobbie
1990
8.1
Paris by Night
as Jenny Swanton
1989
4.5
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Valerie Saintclair
1989
8.2
Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun
as Clara Clutterbuck
1988
3.0
Lucky Sunil
as Denise Slipper
1988
0.0
Screen Two
as Denise Slipper
1985
6.8
One Night Only
as Mrs. Healy
N/A
0.0
Desperate Journey
N/A
0.0