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.
Acting
Movie
Hereafter
as Foster Mother
2010
Movie
We Live in Time
as Sylvia
2024
Movie
Testament of Youth
as Sister Jones
2015
Movie
In the Land of Saints and Sinners
as Rita Quinn
2023
TV
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Valerie Saintclair
1989
TV
Midsomer Murders
as Penny Galsworthy
1997
TV
Death in Paradise
as Maggie O'Connell
2011
TV
Brassic
as Clodagh
2019
Movie
Five Minutes of Heaven
as Alistair's Mum - 1975
2009
Movie
Unwelcome
as Niamh
2023
TV
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Emma Crackenthorpe
2004
TV
Father Brown
as Roisin Crayford
2013
TV
Jeeves and Wooster
as Bobbie
1990
Movie
Departure
as Sally
2016
TV
The Hollow Crown
as Lady Northumberland
2012
TV
The Tower
as Claire Mills
2021
TV
A Touch of Frost
as Sally Berland
1992
TV
New Tricks
as Joanne Gibson
2004
TV
The Virtues
as Janine
2019
TV
Rebellion
as Nelly Cosgrove
2016
Movie
The Ghoul
as Fisher
2017
TV
Heartbeat
as Dr. Kate Rowan
1992
Movie
The Best of Men
as Sister Edwards
2012
TV
I, Jack Wright
as Annie Rouse
2025