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.
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Films (47)

Once Upon a Time in a Cinema
2026 · Mrs. Healy

The Three Urns
2026 · Roisin (voice)

Jours d’hiver
2026 · Kathy

Desperate Journey
2025 · Yvette

Carrot Cake
2025

Mamie-sitting
2025 · Maura the Medium

L'Amour au présent
2024 · Sylvia

Reawakening
2024 · Bella

A Reflection
2023 · Iris

Sally Leapt Out of a Window Last Night
2023 · Lady Betty

Saints & Sinners
2023 · Rita Quinn

Hamlet: Bristol Old Vic Live
2023 · Gertrude

Unwelcome
2023 · Niamh

RSC Live: Macbeth
2018 · Lady Macbeth

The Ghoul
2017 · Fisher

ChickLit
2016 · Claire

Departure
2016 · Sally

Mémoires de jeunesse
2015 · Sister Jones

National Theatre Live: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
2012 · Siobhan

Renaissance
2012 · Sister Edwards

In Love with Alma Cogan
2011 · Sandra

Au-delà
2010 · Foster Mother

The Kid
2010 · 1980 School Nurse

À l'ombre de la vengeance
2009 · Alistair's Mum - 1975

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
2006 · Beatrix Potter

Friends Reunited
2005 · Gill

Too Good to Be True
2003 · Tina
Loving You
2003 · Chloe

State of Mind
2003 · Dr. Grace Hazlett

Séduction à l'irlandaise
2000 · Kate O'Leary

Little Bird
2000 · Ellen Hall

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mr. Tod
1998 · Beatrix Potter

Cause of Death
1997 · Mary McGuire

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and Mrs. Tittlemouse
1996 · Beatrix Potter

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse
1996 · Beatrix Potter

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Pigling Bland
1994 · Beatrix Potter

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher
1994 · Beatrix Potter

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tailor of Gloucester
1993 · Beatrix Potter

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding
1993 · Beatrix Potter

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Tom Kitten and Jemima Puddle-Duck
1993 · Beatrix Potter

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny
1992 · Beatrix Potter

Angels
1992 · Mary

The Playboys
1992 · Brigid Maguire

Fools of Fortune
1990 · Josephine

Paris by Night
1989 · Jenny Swanton

Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun
1988 · Clara Clutterbuck

Lucky Sunil
1988 · Denise Slipper
Séries (33)

Falling
2026 · Francesca

Héritage
2025 · Annie Rouse

Big Mood
2024 · Gillian

Archie
2023 · Alma Hitchcock

The Tower
2021 · Claire Mills

Brassic
2019 · Clodagh

The Virtues
2019 · Janine

Rébellion
2016 · Nelly Cosgrove

Padre Brown, detective
2013 · Roisin Crayford

La guerre des Deux-Roses
2012 · Lady Northumberland

Meurtres au paradis
2011 · Maggie O'Connell
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007 · Self

Fallen Angel
2007 · Vanessa Byfield

Inspecteur Lewis
2007 · Dr Ellen Jacoby

Miss Marple
2004 · Emma Crackenthorpe

New Tricks
2004 · Joanne Gibson
Too Good to Be True
2003 · Tina Lewis

The Last Detective
2003 · Gill

Loose Women
1999 · Self

Always and Everyone
1999 · Christine Fletcher

Colour Blind
1998 · Bridget Paterson

Midsomer Murders
1997 · Penny Galsworthy

Silent Witness
1996 · Sylvie Blake

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
1992 · Beatrix Potter

A Touch of Frost
1992 · Sally Berland

Heartbeat
1992 · Dr. Kate Rowan
Chalkface
1991 · Melanie Clough

Jeeves and Wooster
1990 · Bobbie

Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again
1989 · Louise

Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · Valerie Saintclair

Screen Two
1985 · Denise Slipper

Q.E.D
1982 · Mary McGuire
Heartland
· Rachel Miller
