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Niamh Cusack

Niamh Cusack

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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.

Hearfield

2026

as Rachel Miller

Four Mothers

2024

as Maura the Medium

We Live in Time

2024

as Sylvia

Reawakening

2024

as Bella

Big Mood

2024

Archie: The Man Who Became Cary Grant

2023

as Alma Hitchcock

A Reflection

2023

as Iris

Sally Leapt Out of a Window Last Night

2023

as Lady Betty

In the Land of Saints and Sinners

2023

as Rita Quinn

Hamlet: Bristol Old Vic Live

2023

as Gertrude

Unwelcome

2023

as Niamh

Brassic

2019

as Clodagh

The Virtues

2019

as Janine

RSC Live: Macbeth

2018

as Lady Macbeth

The Ghoul

2017

as Fisher

ChickLit

2016

as Claire

Departure

2016

as Sally

Rebellion

2016

as Nelly Cosgrove

Testament of Youth

2014

as Sister Jones

Father Brown

2013

as Roisin Crayford

National Theatre Live: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

2012

as Siobhan

The Best of Men

2012

as Sister Edwards

The Hollow Crown

2012

as Lady Northumberland

Death in Paradise

2011

as Maggie O'Connell

In Love with Alma Cogan

2011

as Sandra

Hereafter

2010

as Foster Mother

The Kid

2010

as 1980 School Nurse

Five Minutes of Heaven

2009

as Alistair's Mum - 1975

Fallen Angel

2007

as Vanessa Byfield

Agatha Christie's Marple

2004

as Emma Crackenthorpe

New Tricks

2004

as Joanne Gibson

Too Good to Be True

2003

as Tina

The Last Detective

2003

State of Mind

2003

as Dr. Grace Hazlett

The Closer You Get

2000

as Kate O'Leary

Little Bird

2000

as Ellen Hall

Always and Everyone

1999

as Christine Fletcher

Colour Blind

1998

as Bridget Paterson

Cause of Death

1997

as Mary McGuire

Midsomer Murders

1997

as Penny Galsworthy

The Tale of Pigling Bland

1994

as Beatrix Potter

The Tale of Tom Kitten & Jemima Puddle-Duck

1993

as Beatrix Potter

Angels

1992

as Mary

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends

1992

as Beatrix Potter

The Playboys

1992

as Brigid Maguire

Heartbeat

1992

as Dr. Kate Rowan

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends

1992

as Beatrix Potter

Fools of Fortune

1990

as Josephine

Jeeves and Wooster

1990

as Bobbie

Paris by Night

1989

as Jenny Swanton

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989

as Valerie Saintclair

Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun

1988

as Clara Clutterbuck

Lucky Sunil

1988

as Denise Slipper

Desperate Journey