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Niamh Cusack

Niamh Cusack

Known For Acting
Birthday Oct 20, 1959 (65)
Birthplace Dalkey, County Dublin, Ireland
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Jun 07, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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

Filmography

Reawakening

Reawakening

2024

as Bella

We Live in Time

We Live in Time

2024

as Sylvia

A Reflection

A Reflection

2023

as Iris

Unwelcome

Unwelcome

2023

as Niamh

RSC Live: Macbeth

RSC Live: Macbeth

2018

as Lady Macbeth

The Ghoul

The Ghoul

2017

as Fisher

Departure

Departure

2016

as Sally

ChickLit

ChickLit

2016

as Claire

Testament of Youth

Testament of Youth

2014

as Sister Jones

The Best of Men

The Best of Men

2012

as Sister Edwards

In Love with Alma Cogan

In Love with Alma Cogan

2011

as Sandra

The Kid

The Kid

2010

as 1980 School Nurse

Hereafter

Hereafter

2010

as Foster Mother

Five Minutes of Heaven

Five Minutes of Heaven

2009

as Alistair's Mum - 1975

State of Mind

State of Mind

2003

as Dr. Grace Hazlett

Too Good to Be True

Too Good to Be True

2003

as Tina

The Closer You Get

The Closer You Get

2000

as Kate O'Leary

Little Bird

Little Bird

2000

as Ellen Hall

The Playboys

The Playboys

1992

as Brigid Maguire

Angels

Angels

1992

as Mary

Fools of Fortune

Fools of Fortune

1990

as Josephine

Paris by Night

Paris by Night

1989

as Jenny Swanton

Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun

Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun

1988

as Clara Clutterbuck

Lucky Sunil

Lucky Sunil

1988

as Denise Slipper

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Heartbeat

as Dr. Kate Rowan

Episodes: 47

First Aired: Apr 10, 1992

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends

as Beatrix Potter

Episodes: 9

First Aired: May 13, 1992

Brassic

as Clodagh

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Aug 22, 2019

Rebellion

as Nelly Cosgrove

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Jan 03, 2016

Always and Everyone

as Christine Fletcher

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Jun 07, 1999

The Virtues

as Janine

Episodes: 4

First Aired: May 15, 2019

Colour Blind

as Bridget Paterson

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Dec 16, 1998

Fallen Angel

as Vanessa Byfield

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Mar 11, 2007

Death in Paradise

as Maggie O'Connell

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 25, 2011

Jeeves and Wooster

as Bobbie

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 22, 1990

Agatha Christie's Marple

as Emma Crackenthorpe

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 12, 2004

New Tricks

as Joanne Gibson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 01, 2004

Father Brown

as Roisin Crayford

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 14, 2013

Midsomer Murders

as Penny Galsworthy

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 23, 1997

Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Valerie Saintclair

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 08, 1989

Archie: The Man Who Became Cary Grant

as Alma Hitchcock

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 23, 2023

The Hollow Crown

as Lady Northumberland

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 30, 2012

Big Mood

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Mar 28, 2024

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 03, 2007

The Last Detective

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 07, 2003

Loose Women

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 06, 1999

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Year Month Avg Max Min
2024 6 15 27 10
2024 7 16 24 9
2024 8 18 37 9
2024 9 19 35 8
2024 10 14 24 7
2024 11 9 16 4
2024 12 11 16 7
2025 1 15 25 7
2025 2 8 16 1
2025 3 5 10 1
2025 4 1 1 1
2025 5 2 3 1
2025 6 1 1 0
2025 7 1 1 0
2025 8 3 11 0
2025 9 1 1 0
2025 10 1 1 1

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