Niamh Cusack is an Irish actress with an extensive career in British television and theater. She is best known to television audiences for her role in the long-running series Heartbeat. Coming from the noted Cusack acting family, she has also built a respected career in classical and contemporary stage work. She remains an established performer across British and Irish drama.
Niamh Cusack
67 years (Oct 20, 1959)Dalkey, County Dublin, Ireland
43 Movies27 Series
Niamh Cusack is an Irish actress with an extensive career in British television and theater. She is best known to television audiences for her role in the long-running series Heartbeat. Coming from the noted Cusack acting family, she has also built a respected career in classical and contemporary stage work. She remains an established performer across British and Irish drama.
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.