Niamh Cusack
| Niamh Cusack | |
|---|---|
| Born |
20 October 1959 Dalkey, County Dublin, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1984 – present |
| Spouse(s) | Finbar Lynch |
| Children | 1 |
| Parent(s) | Cyril Cusack, Maureen Cusack |
| Relatives |
Sinéad Cusack (sister) Jeremy Irons (brother-in-law) Max Irons (nephew) Richard Boyd Barrett (nephew) |
Sinéad Cusack (sister)
Sorcha Cusack (sister)
Pádraig Cusack (brother)
Niamh Cusack (/ˈniːv/ NEEV; born 20 October 1959 in Dublin, Ireland) 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, Calam.
Niamh Cusack originally trained as a professional flautist, winning a scholarship to train at the Royal Academy of Music working as a freelance musician with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra and Concert Orchestra before winning a place at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama to train as an actress. Cusack left the school after one year without completing the course because she was offered her first professional acting job at the Gate Theatre in Dublin, playing the juvenile lead in their summer play.
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