Niamh Cusack

    Actor

    Birthdate: Oct 20, 1959

    Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland

    The daughter of actors Cyril Cusack and Maureen Cusack, she along with her two brothers and two sisters were raised in Dalkey, a seaside village south of Dublin, Ireland. She is an actress known for Hereafter (2010), In Love with Alma Cogan (2012) and Paris by Night (1988). She won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music in London where she studied the flute and performed professionally with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and National Symphony Orchestra in Ireland before taking up acting and joining the Royal Shakespeare Company at 23. She came to more public prominence when she was cast in the popular television series Heartbeat (1992) as Dr Kate Rowan, leaving in 1995. She is married to the actor Finbar Lynch and have one son, Calam Lynch, who is also an actor.

    Known For

    Hereafter
    Hereafter

    (2010)

    Testament of Youth
    Testament of Youth

    (2014)

    Niamh Cusack Movies

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    Previous (16)

    • 2026 |

      Midwinter Break

      asKathy
    • 2024 |

      We Live in Time

      asSylvia
    • 2024 |

      In the Land of Saints and Sinners

    • 2023 |

      Unwelcome

      asMaeve
    • 2022 |
      Cyril Cusack - Lár an Stáitse
    • 2018 |
      Royal Shakespeare Company: Macbeth
    • 2017 |

      The Ghoul

      asFisher
    • 2016 |
      ChickLit
    • 2015 |
      Departure
    • 2012 |
      In Love with Alma Cogan
    • 2012 |

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

      asSiobhan
    • 2009 |
      Five Minutes of Heaven
    • 2000 |
      American Women
    • 1992 |
      The Playboys
    • 1990 |
      Fools of Fortune
    • 1988 |
      Paris by Night