Sinéad Cusack

Sinéad Cusack

February 18, 1948 · 78 years old

Sinéad Moira Cusack (born February 18, 1948) is an Irish actress. Her first acting roles were at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, before moving to London in 1969 to join the Royal Shakespeare Company. She has won the Critics' Circle and Evening Standard Awards for her performance in Sebastian Barry's Ou…

Known For

18 titles
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V for Vendetta

V for Vendetta

2006 · 2h 12m · Movie

A young woman living in a dystopian society meets a shadowy freedom fighter who is plotting to overthrow their tyrannical government.

8.1
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Eastern Promises

Eastern Promises

2007 · 1h 40m · Movie

A teenager who dies during childbirth leaves clues in her journal that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.

7.6
3
Wrath of the Titans

Wrath of the Titans

2012 · 1h 39m · Movie

Perseus braves the treacherous underworld to rescue his father, Zeus, captured by his son, Ares, and brother Hades who unleash the ancient Titans upon the world.

5.7
4
Stonehearst Asylum

Stonehearst Asylum

2014 · 1h 52m · Movie

When Dr Edward Newgate arrives at the asylum to begin his residency, he finds the Dr in charge has adopted unusual methods of treatment, methods that give his patients a lot of freedom. But cracks appear in the hospital's cheerful...

6.8
5
Marcella

Marcella

2016 · 45m · TV Show

Marcella Backland left the Metropolitan Police for the sake of her family, only to have her husband leave her. She returns to her job on the murder squad, investigating a case that seems disturbingly familiar to her.

7.3
6
North & South

North & South

2005 · 1m · TV Show

North and South is a four-part adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's love story of Margaret Hale, a middle-class southerner who is forced to move to the northern town of Milton.

8.6
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Stealing Beauty

Stealing Beauty

1996 · 1h 58m · Movie

After her mother commits suicide, a young woman travels to Italy in search of love, truth and a deeper connection with herself.

6.5
8
Cracks

Cracks

2009 · 1h 44m · Movie

A look at the lives and relationships among girls at an elite boarding school.

6.6
9
The Cement Garden

The Cement Garden

1993 · 1h 41m · Movie

Four children live with their terminally ill mother. After she dies, they try to hold things together. In their isolated house, they begin to deteriorate mentally, whilst they hide their mom's decomposing corpse in a makeshift con...

7.0
10
The Baby

The Baby

2022 · 1m · TV Show

38-year-old Natasha is furious that her closest friends are all having babies. When she suddenly finds herself with a baby of her own, her life dramatically implodes and twists itself into a bizarre horror show.

6.4
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Uncovered

Uncovered

1995 · 1h 43m · Movie

A woman finds a hidden message in a restored painting questioning a knight's death. When her friend is murdered investigating it, a chess game's moves in the painting link to killings from the past that she must solve.

5.7
12
Waterland

Waterland

1992 · 1h 35m · Movie

In 1974 Pittsburgh, a high-school history teacher seeking closure tells his class about his experiences as teenager in England during World War II.

6.5
13
Rocket Gibraltar

Rocket Gibraltar

1988 · 1h 39m · Movie

An old patriarch unites all members of his family for his birthday, but the group of people are full of personal and social problems.

6.5
14
The Tiger's Tail

The Tiger's Tail

2006 · 1h 47m · Movie

After a chance encounter, a wealthy businessman is stalked by an evil doppelganger.

5.8
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Inn of the Frightened People

Inn of the Frightened People

1971 · 1h 29m · Movie

A family plots to take its revenge on the man who raped and murdered their daughter.

6.1
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And Mrs

And Mrs

2024 · 1h 51m · Movie

When a reluctant bride-to-be's fiance drops dead, she insists on marrying him anyway - vowing to overcome public opinion, the law of the land, and her loved one's objections.

6.0
17
National Theatre Live: King Lear

National Theatre Live: King Lear

2018 · 3h 47m · Movie

Two aging fathers - one a King, one his courtier - reject the children who truly love them. Their blindness unleashes a tornado of pitiless ambition and treachery, and their worlds crumble.

8.3
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Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman

Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman

2022 · 58m · Movie

The playwright Brian Friel stands among the giants of Irish literature. Those closest to him along with stars such as Sineád Cusack, Stephen Rea and Liam Neeson examine the man who transformed Irish theatre in the 20th century.