Niamh Cusack

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.

Known For

Midsomer Murders

Death in Paradise

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Father Brown

Agatha Christie's Marple

New Tricks

Heartbeat

A Touch of Frost

All Movies (46)

• Once Upon a Time in a Cinema2026 · as Mrs. Healy
• The Three Urns2026 · as Roisin (voice)
• Midwinter Break2026 · as Kathy
• Desperate Journey2025 · as Yvette
• Four Mothers2025 · as Maura the Medium
• We Live in Time2024 · as Sylvia
• Reawakening2024 · as Bella
• A Reflection2023 · as Iris
• Sally Leapt Out of a Window Last Night2023 · as Lady Betty
• In the Land of Saints and Sinners2023 · as Rita Quinn
• Hamlet: Bristol Old Vic Live2023 · as Gertrude
• Unwelcome2023 · as Niamh
• RSC Live: Macbeth2018 · as Lady Macbeth
• The Ghoul2017 · as Fisher
• ChickLit2016 · as Claire
• Departure2016 · as Sally
• Testament of Youth2015 · as Sister Jones
• National Theatre Live: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time2012 · as Siobhan
• The Best of Men2012 · as Sister Edwards
• In Love with Alma Cogan2011 · as Sandra
• Hereafter2010 · as Foster Mother
• The Kid2010 · as 1980 School Nurse
• Five Minutes of Heaven2009 · as Alistair's Mum - 1975
• The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends2006 · as Beatrix Potter
• Friends Reunited2005 · as Gill
• Too Good to Be True2003 · as Tina
• Loving You2003 · as Chloe
• State of Mind2003 · as Dr. Grace Hazlett
• The Closer You Get2000 · as Kate O'Leary
• Little Bird2000 · as Ellen Hall
• The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mr. Tod1998 · as Beatrix Potter
• Cause of Death1997 · as Mary McGuire
• The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and Mrs. Tittlemouse1996 · as Beatrix Potter
• The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse1996 · as Beatrix Potter
• The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Pigling Bland1994 · as Beatrix Potter
• The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher1994 · as Beatrix Potter
• The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tailor of Gloucester1993 · as Beatrix Potter
• The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding1993 · as Beatrix Potter
• The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Tom Kitten and Jemima Puddle-Duck1993 · as Beatrix Potter
• The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny1992 · as Beatrix Potter
• Angels1992 · as Mary
• The Playboys1992 · as Brigid Maguire
• Fools of Fortune1990 · as Josephine
• Paris by Night1989 · as Jenny Swanton
• Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun1988 · as Clara Clutterbuck
• Lucky Sunil1988 · as Denise Slipper

All TV Shows (28)

• Falling2026
• I, Jack Wright2025 · as Annie Rouse
• Big Mood2024
• Archie: The Man Who Became Cary Grant2023 · as Alma Hitchcock
• The Tower2021 · as Claire Mills
• Brassic2019 · as Clodagh
• The Virtues2019 · as Janine
• Rebellion2016 · as Nelly Cosgrove
• Father Brown2013 · as Roisin Crayford
• The Hollow Crown2012 · as Lady Northumberland
• Death in Paradise2011 · as Maggie O'Connell
• The Alan Titchmarsh Show2007 · as Self
• Fallen Angel2007 · as Vanessa Byfield
• Lewis2007 · as Dr Ellen Jacoby
• Agatha Christie's Marple2004 · as Emma Crackenthorpe
• New Tricks2004 · as Joanne Gibson
• The Last Detective2003
• Loose Women1999 · as Self
• Always and Everyone1999 · as Christine Fletcher
• Colour Blind1998 · as Bridget Paterson
• Midsomer Murders1997 · as Penny Galsworthy
• The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends1992 · as Beatrix Potter
• A Touch of Frost1992 · as Sally Berland
• Heartbeat1992 · as Dr. Kate Rowan
• Jeeves and Wooster1990 · as Bobbie
• Agatha Christie's Poirot1989 · as Valerie Saintclair
• Screen Two1985 · as Denise Slipper
• Heartland— · as Rachel Miller