20 Facts About Niamh Cusack

Niamh Cusack received a nomination for an IFTA Award for her role in the television film Too Good to be True.

Niamh Cusack was born on 20 October 1959 in Dalkey, County Dublin, Ireland.

Niamh Cusack is the daughter of actor Cyril Cusack and actress Maureen Cusack.

Niamh Cusack's brothers include Paul Cusack, a television producer, and Padraig Cusack, a producer for the Royal National Theatre of Great Britain.

Niamh Cusack received a bilingual education in Dublin, and is fluent in both Irish and English.

Niamh Cusack later transitioned to acting, securing a place at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama to undertake formal training.

Niamh Cusack began her stage career in 1985, playing Irina in Kasparov Wrede's production of Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters at the Royal Exchange, Manchester, followed by portraying Desdemona opposite Ben Kingsley in the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Othello.

Niamh Cusack returned to the London stage in 2016 as Paulina in The Winter's Tale at the Globe and Owen McCafferty's Unfaithful at Found 111 in the West End.

In between the transfer in 2018, Niamh Cusack returned to the Royal Shakespeare Company in another leading role as Lady Macbeth opposite Christopher Eccleston which transferred to London's Barbican Theatre.

Niamh Cusack returned television as Janine in the acclaimed 4-part series The Virtues directed by Shane Meadows.

In 2022, Niamh Cusack appeared at Abbey Theatre in Brian Friel's Faith Healer opposite Aidan Gillen and directed by Joe Dowling.

In 1989 Niamh Cusack appeared in the ninth episode of the first series of Agatha Christie's Poirot entitled The King of Clubs.

Niamh Cusack starred as Dr Kate Rowan in the popular 1990s television drama series Heartbeat, set in the 1960s in the North Riding of Yorkshire.

Niamh Cusack played Christine Fletcher in Always and Everyone, a British accident and emergency medical series alongside Martin Shaw; Grace Haslett in the miniseries State of Mind, alongside Andrew Lincoln; Julie Flynn in the one-off drama Rhinoceros alongside Robson Green and Beatrix Potter in the TV series The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends.

Niamh Cusack played Wodehouse's Bobbie Wickham in the ITV series Jeeves and Wooster.

Niamh Cusack was in Agatha Christie's Marple series, and has appeared in episodes of Midsomer Murders and A Touch of Frost, alongside David Jason.

Niamh Cusack starred in the film The Closer You Get, alongside Sean McGinley.

Niamh Cusack appeared in Testament of Youth, Departure, Chick Lit, and in the British psychological crime horror The Ghoul.

Niamh Cusack played Molly Bloom in James Joyce's Ulysses for BBC Radio 4 which aired a new 9-part adaptation dramatised by Robin Brooks, produced and directed by Jeremy Mortimer.

Niamh Cusack is a keen athlete and has run the London Marathon for the charity St Joseph's Hospice in 2003.