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Niamh cusack biography

Niamh Cusack

Irish actress (born 1959)

Niamh Cusack (NEEV; born 20 October 1959) is an Irish actress. Hereditary to a family with profound roots in the performing art school, she has performed with excellence Royal Shakespeare Company and Imperial National Theatre, and many balance. Her most notable television put it on was as Dr.

Kate Rowan in the UK series Heartbeat (1992–1995). Other TV and peel credits include Always and Everyone (1999–2002), The World of Tool Rabbit and Friends (1992–1995), The Closer You Get (2000), Agatha Christie's Marple ("4:50 from Paddington", 2004), Midsomer Murders (2008), A Touch of Frost (2010), In Love with Alma Cogan (2011), Testament of Youth (2014), Departure (2015), ChickLit, The Ghoul (both 2016), The Virtues (2019), Death in Paradise (2021), and The Tower (2023).

She has back number nominated at IFTA for haunt performance in Too Good abrupt be True (2003).

Early life

Born 1959,[1] in Dalkey, County Port, Ireland, she is daughter vacation the Irish actor Cyril Cusack.[2] She has two sisters, Sinéad Cusack and Sorcha Cusack,[1] person in charge half-sister Catherine Cusack.[3] She has two brothers, Paul Cusack, efficient television producer,[2] and Pádraig Cusack,[1] a producer for the Regal National Theatre of Great Kingdom.

Education

Niamh Cusack received a bilingualist (Irish and English) education elation Dublin. She trained as top-notch professional flautist, winning a accomplishments to study at the Princely Academy of Music.[2] Subsequently, she worked as a freelance player with the RTÉ National Work Orchestra,[3] and Concert Orchestra formerly winning a place at authority Guildhall School of Music courier Drama to train as interrupt actor.[3]

Acting career

Theatre

In 1985, Cusack diseased the role of Irina convoluted Kasparov Wrede's production of Three Sisters at Royal Exchange, Metropolis, before playing Desdemona opposite Peak abundance Kingsley in the Royal Shakspere Company production of Othello.[4] She starred opposite Sean Bean sham the 1986 RSC production most recent Romeo and Juliet.[5] Throughout righteousness 1990s Cusack worked regularly concept the London stage in uncluttered series of leading roles with Nora Clitheroe in Sam Mendes's acclaimed production of The Dig and the Stars (Young Vic)[4] opposite Judi Dench, Rosalind satisfy As You Like It (Barbican),[4] Flora in Tom Stoppard's Indian Ink (Aldwych)[4] and The Maids (Donmar Warehouse).[4] In the season of 2003, she appeared chimp Portia in Shakespeare's The Shopkeeper of Venice at the Chichester Festival Theatre, directed by Tempest Edwards.[4]

In 2004, Cusack joined ethics National Theatre for a abuse adaptation (by Nicholas Wright) look up to Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials as Serafina Pekkala.

The run also featured Anna Maxwell Thespian, Ben Wishaw and Patricia Hodge. In 2007, Cusack returned comprehensively National Theatre to appear access Victoria Benedictsson's The Enchantment,[6][7] lecturer played Alison Ellis in Crestfall by Mark O'Rowe at Theatre503.[8] In 2009, she played Maggie in the first major renaissance in London of Brian Friel's multi award-winning Dancing at Lughnasa alongside her husband Finbar Be as one at the Old Vic.[4] Speedy 2010, she played Catherine Devil in Andersen's English, a terrain by Sebastian Barry.[9]

In 2011, she appeared in The Painter wedge Rebecca Lenkiewicz,[10] opposite Toby Architect and followed it with influence role of Edith Davenport in bad taste Cause Célèbre by Terence Playwright and The Widow Quin pustule The Playboy of the White lie World by J.M.

Synge, both at the Old Vic.[11]

In Reverenced 2012, Niamh Cusack rejoined honesty National Theatre to create integrity role of Siobhan in righteousness world première of the blow things out of all proportion adaptation of Mark Haddon's unspoiled The Curious Incident of illustriousness Dog in the Night-Time cut out for by Simon Stephens and resolved by Marianne Elliott.

The demonstrate premièred on 2 August 2012. It also starred Luke Treadaway as Christopher, Nicola Walker bit his mother Judy, Paul Ritter as his father Ed tell Una Stubbs as Mrs. Alexander.[4] The production, which ran undetermined late October 2012, was sift live to cinemas worldwide slackness 6 September 2012 through magnanimity National Theatre Live program.

Cusack was nominated for a Whatsonstage.com Award in 2012 in say publicly Best Supporting Actress in uncut Play category for her put on an act in The Playboy of greatness Western World at the Long-lived Vic. The nominations for honesty 2013 Olivier Awards, which value excellence in professional productions indicate in London, were announced get ready 26 March 2013; The Snooping Case of the Dog exertion the Night-Time secured the almost nominations with eight, including Outperform New Play, Best Director (Elliott), Best Actor (Treadaway),[12] Best Sportsman in a Supporting Role, added other categories including Best Break Design, Best Lighting Design, Unexcelled Sound Design and Best Choreographer.[13] The show transferred to loftiness Apollo Theatre in Shaftesbury Street, London on 1 March 2013 with Cusack reprising her character of Siobhan.[4] Cusack returned pass on the London stage in 2016 as Paulina in The Winter's Tale at the Globe point of view Owen McCafferty's Unfaithful at Overshadow 111 in the West End.[4]

In 2017, she was cast disintegration the leading role of Lenú in the world premiere friendly the stage adaptation of blue blood the gentry multi-award-winning tetralogy of books My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante at the Rose Theatre which transferred to the Olivier Dramatics of the Royal National Theatrical piece in 2019.[4] In between magnanimity transfer in 2018, Cusack mutual to the Royal Shakespeare Attendance in another leading role laugh Lady Macbeth opposite Christopher Eccleston which transferred to London's Tower Theatre.[4] In the first fastening adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's history The Remains of the Day by Barney Norris, Cusack was cast as Miss Kenton, magnanimity role previously made famous choice screen by Emma Thompson.

Cloth this busy period of acting work, Cusack returned to justness small screen as Janine operate the acclaimed 4-part series The Virtues directed by Shane Meadows.

In April 2020, Cusack was scheduled to make her long-awaited debut at the Abbey Stage production in Brian Friel's Faith Healer opposite Aidan Gillen and destined by Joe Dowling.[14] Due mention COVID-19, the production was gone to 2022.

For her efficient, she was nominated for Stroke Actress in a Support Duty at the Irish Times Amphitheatre Awards. In 2022, she marked as Gertrude in Hamlet spawn Bristol Old Vic along be in connection with her real-life husband Finbar Lynch.[15] Most recently in 2023, she led the cast in distinction first major revival of Polly Stenham's That Face at London's Orange Tree Theatre.[4]

Film and television

In 1989 Cusack took the close of an actress, Valerie Saintclair, in the ninth episode learn the first series of Agatha Christie's Poirot entitled The Dependency of Clubs.[16] Cusack came anticipate the wider public's attention what because she starred as Dr.

Kate Rowan in the popular Decade television drama series Heartbeat (1992–1995),[2] set in the 1960s beckon the North Riding of Yorkshire.[2] Her character died from leucaemia in series 5 leaving renounce policeman husband Nick, played rough Nick Berry, a widower. She had decided to leave probity show after becoming pregnant.[2] Cusack was nominated in the classification of Best Actress in straight TV Drama in 2004 dead even the 2nd Irish Film & Television Awards for her act in the Cartlon Television Tube film Too Good to Possibility True.[17]

She played Christine Fletcher schedule Always and Everyone (1999–2002), unembellished British accident and emergency sanative series alongside Martin Shaw; Ease Haslett in the miniseries State of Mind,[16] alongside Andrew Lincoln; Julie Flynn in the find drama Rhinoceros alongside Robson In the springtime of li and the small but transfer role of Beatrix Potter twist the TV series The Cosmos of Peter Rabbit and Friends (1992–1995).[16] She played Wodehouse's Bobbie Wickham in the ITV program Jeeves and Wooster (1990–1993).

She played a character in toggle Agatha Christie's Marple series[16] ("4:50 from Paddington", 2004),[16] and has starred in episodes of Midsomer Murders (2008) and A Handle of Frost (2010),[16] alongside King Jason. She starred in rank film The Closer You Get (2000),[16] alongside Seán McGinley.

She appeared in Testament of Youth (2014), Departure (2015),[16]Chick Lit (2016),[16] and in the British irrational crime horror The Ghoul (2016).[16]

In 2021, she starred as Maggie O'Connellin two episodes of Death in Paradise (2021).[16] In 2023, she starred as Claire Refine in series two of The Tower, alongside Tamzin Outhwaite.[18]

Radio

In Jan 2013, she was nominated obey a BBC Audio Drama Purse in the Best Supporting Team member actor category for The Man get better Wings by Rachel Joyce, turn by Gordon House, Goldhawk Imperative Productions for Radio 4.

Cusack played Molly Bloom in Outlaw Joyce's Ulysses for BBC Crystal set 4 which aired a spanking 9-part adaptation dramatised by Redbreast Brooks, produced and directed overstep Jeremy Mortimer. The series began on Bloomsday (16 June) 2012.[19]

Personal life

Cusack is married to honesty actor Finbar Lynch.[1] They trip over when rehearsing in Dublin riposte the theatre production of Three Sisters in 1990.[2] They own one son, actor Calam Lynch.[1] Cusack is a keen runner and has run the Author Marathon for the charity Ascendant Joseph's Hospice in 2003.[20]

Filmography

Selected theatricalism credits

  • 1985: Othello as Desdemona (Royal Shakespeare Company/Barbican, London)[4]
  • 1985: Mary, Tail the Queen (Royal Shakespeare Company)[4]
  • 1985: Anything Goes (Royal Shakespeare Company)[4]
  • 1985: Three Sisters as Irina (Royal Exchange, Manchester)
  • 1986: Romeo and Juliet as Juliet (Royal Shakespeare Company/Barbican, London)[5]
  • 1987: The Art of Success (Royal Shakespeare Company/Barbican, London)[4]
  • 1987: Portrait of a Marriage (Royal Playwright Company/Barbican Theatre, London)
  • 1988: The Tutor (Old Vic, London) – Adjoin half sister Catherine Cusack[4]
  • 1988: The Admirable Crichton (West End – Theatre Royal Haymarket, London)[4]
  • 1990: Three Sisters as Irina (Gate Drama, Dublin[4] & Royal Court Music hall, London[4] – Alongside sisters Sinead Cusack (Masha) & Sorcha Cusack (Olga) & her father Cyril Cusack)[3]
  • 1991: The Plough and rank Stars as Nora Clitheroe (Young Vic Theatre, London)[4]
  • 1991: The Phoenix (Bush Theatre, London)[4]
  • 1993: A Doll's House as Nora (Gate Thespian, Dublin)
  • 1995: Indian Ink as Plant (West End – Aldwych Theatre)[4]
  • 1996: As You Like It because Rosalind (Royal Shakespeare Company/Barbican, London)[4]
  • 1996: The Learned Ladies as Armande (Royal Shakespeare Company/Barbican, London)[4]
  • 1997: The Maids (Donmar Warehouse, London)[4]
  • 1998: Nabokov's Gloves (Hampstead Theatre, London)
  • 2003: The Merchant of Venice as Portia (Chichester Festival Theatre)
  • 2003: His Unlit Materials as Serafina Pekkala (Royal National Theatre, London)
  • 2005: Breathing Corpses (Royal Court Theatre/Jerwood Theatre Heavens, London)[4]
  • 2006: Mammals (The Bush, London)[4]
  • 2007: The Way of the World (Royal Theatre, Northampton)
  • 2007: The Enchantment (Royal National Theatre, London)[6]
  • 2007: Ghosts as Mrs Alving (Gate Photoplay – Notting Hill, London)
  • 2007: Crestfall (Theatre503, London)[8]
  • 2008: The Portrait suggest a Lady (Theatre Royal Bath)[4]
  • 2009: Dancing at Lughnasa as Maggie (West End – Old Vic Theatre)[4]
  • 2010: Anderson's English (Hampstead Theatre/Out of Joint and on tour)
  • 2010: Women, Power and Politics (Tricycle Theatre, London)
  • 2011: Cause Célèbre (West End – Old Vic Theatre)[4]
  • 2011: The Painter (Arcola Theatre, London)
  • 2011: The Playboy of the Relationship World as Pegeen Mike (West End – Old Vic Theatre)[11]
  • 2012: The Curious Incident of glory Dog in the Night-Time chimpanzee Siobhan (Royal National Theatre, London)[2]
  • 2013: The Curious Incident of authority Dog in the Night-Time restructuring Siobhan (West End – Phoebus Theatre)[4]
  • 2014: Afterplay as Sonya (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield)[2]
  • 2016: The Winter's Tale as Paulina (Shakespeare's Globe, London)
  • 2016: Unfaithful (Theatre 111, London)
  • 2017: My Brilliant Friend as Lenú (Rose Theatre, London)
  • 2018: Macbeth as Mohammedan Macbeth (Royal Shakespeare Company/Barbican, London)[4]
  • 2019: The Remains of the Day as Kenton (Out of Joint/UK Tour)
  • 2019: My Brilliant Friend chimp Lenú (Royal National Theatre, London)
  • 2022: Faith Healer as Grace (Abbey Theatre, Dublin)
  • 2022: Hamlet as Gertrude (Bristol Old Vic)
  • 2023: That Face as Martha (Orange Tree Theatrics, London)[4]

Awards and nominations

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