Niamh Cusack

Niamh Cusack

Nascimento : 1959-10-20, Dalkey, County Dublin, Ireland

História

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.

Perfil

Niamh Cusack

Filmes

In the Land of Saints and Sinners
Rita Quinn
Em um remoto vilarejo irlandês, Finbar é forçado a lutar pela redenção após uma vida inteira de pecados, mas que preço ele está disposto a pagar? Na terra de santos e pecadores, alguns pecados não podem ser enterrados.
Hamlet: Bristol Old Vic Live
'Must I remember?' Hamlet's father is dead. His mother has remarried. He is alone with his thoughts. Then, he speaks. Haunted by grief, and with his world spinning violently out of control, Hamlet has to make some decisions: forget or remember; live or die.
Unwelcome
Niamh
Os ingleses Maya e Jamie escapam do pesadelo urbano para a tranquilidade da Irlanda rural apenas para descobrir assassinos à espreita na floresta que é seu novo quintal. Quando o bom relacionamento de Maya, grávida, com seus vizinhos chega ao fim, a quem – ou a o quê – ela irá recorrer para proteger seu filho ainda não nascido?
RSC Live: Macbeth
Lady Macbeth
Returning home from battle, the victorious Macbeth meets three witches on the heath. Driven by their disturbing prophecies, he sets out on the path to murder. This contemporary production of Shakespeare’s darkest psychological thriller marks both Christopher Eccleston’s RSC debut and the return of Niamh Cusack to the company.
The Ghoul
Fisher
Um detetive de homicídios se disfarça de paciente para investigar um psicoterapeuta que acredita estar ligado a um estranho duplo assassinato. Conforme suas sessões de terapia continuam, a linha entre a fantasia e a realidade começa a se confundir.
ChickLit
Claire
ChickLit is a comedy drama about four guys trying to save their local pub from closing down. They group write a chick lit, or more specifically a 'mummy porn' novel in the style of 'Fifty Shades of Grey' and it gets snapped up. The only snag is that the publisher insists that the young woman 'author' does press and publicity. The guys have to keep their involvement a secret and so engage an out of work actress to 'role play' the part of the author. This leads to her becoming the star in the film of the book, the tables are turned on the guys and she is in control - leaving them with the awful prospect of having to secretly churn out sex novels for the foreseeable future.
Departure
Sally
Uma mãe e seu filho vão ao sul da França passar uma semana em uma casa de verão que estão tentando vender. Neste cenário, a desintegração da família toma forma e as coisas tornam-se mais complicadas com a entrada de um enigmático rapaz na vida dos dois.
Juventudes Roubadas
Sister Jones
Vera Brittain, uma jovem mulher na Grã-Bretanha em 1914, conta como toda a sua geração foi consumida e irrevogavelmente alterada pela chegada da Primeira Guerra Mundial.
National Theatre Live: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Siobhan
Christopher, fifteen years old, has an extraordinary brain – exceptional at maths while ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. When he falls under suspicion of killing Mrs Shears' dog Wellington, he records each fact about the event in the book he is writing to solve the mystery of the murder. But his detective work, forbidden by his father, takes him on a frightening journey that upturns his world.
Mais vivos do que nunca
Sister Edwards
Um relato fascinante sobre o surgimento das Paraolimpíadas em 1948. Um médico alemão viaja para o Reino Unido para transformar a vida de seus pacientes: soldados paralisados, descartados e enfrentando a morte por negligência. Seu grande avanço ocorre quando o médico introduz o esporte em sua reabilitação.
In Love with Alma Cogan
Sandra
The film revolves around, Norman, a world-weary manager of a pier theatre in a seaside resort. Norman has worked in the theatre for all of his life, but will not accept that the local council, which own the theatre are planning to install more commercial management in an attempt to boost audience numbers. As the story unfolds he realises it may be time to move on and put behind him the ghost of 50s & 60s singer Alma Cogan, who performed at the theatre many years ago. Sandra, his devoted long-suffering assistant and Norman decide to leave the theatre to fulfill her dream of being a professional singer and unexpectedly enjoying a late blossoming romance. From Wikipedia.
Além da Vida
Foster Mother
Três pessoas são tocadas pela morte de maneiras diferentes. George (Matt Damon) é um americano que desde pequeno consegue manter contato com a vida fora da matéria, mas considera o seu dom uma maldição e tenta levar uma vida normal. Marie (Cécile De France) é jornalista, francesa, e passou por uma experiência de quase morte durante um tsunami. Em Londres, o menino Marcus (Frankie McLaren/George McLaren) perde alguém muito ligado a ele e parte em busca desesperada por respostas. Enquanto cada um segue sua vida, o caminho deles irá se cruzar, podendo mundar para sempre as suas crenças.
The Kid
1980 School Nurse
Kevin Lewis, maltrado pelos pais, abandonado pelo governo, "bullied" na escola, nunca teve vida própria. Mesmo depois de ir para um orfanato, é "jogado" nas ruas e se envolve no mundo da criminalidade, onde fica conhecido como "O Garoto". Ainda assim, ele consegue lutar e sobreviver para ter uma vida melhor para ele e sua família.
Rastros de Justiça
Alistair's Mum - 1975
Em fevereiro de 1975, na Irlanda do Norte, Alistair Little, um jovem de 17 anos de idade membro de um grupo paramilitar protestante, mata o católico Jim Griffin na frente de seu irmão mais novo, Joe. Trinta anos depois, com Little solto da prisão, uma emissora de TV decide promover o encontro dele com Joe, para tentar uma reconciliação. O problema é que Joe tem outros planos para o encontro.
Too Good to Be True
Tina
A divorced father objects to his former wife's new partner.
State of Mind
Reeling from the discovery of her husband's adultery, Grace moves back to her family home with her son. Amidst all this emotional turmoil, forensic psychologist Grace is asked by police to determine the guilt or innocence a man who killed his wife.
The Closer You Get
Kate O'Leary
Irish lads send an ad to the Miami Herald inviting fit and enticing women, between the ages of 20 and 21, to live in their isolated Donegal village. The whole town knows about the ad, and it sharpens everyone's sense of the opportunities for happiness already at hand. Kate, a publican with a young daughter, is separating from her husband and catches the eye of a bachelor sheep farmer. Kieran the butcher realizes that his assistant Siobhan is comely, and then he discovers she's fiery as well. Ollie sends off for Dutch skin magazines that the village postmistress won't release to him. The men, and women, find counsel in their movie-loving priest. Will anyone answer the ad?
Cause of Death
Mary McGuire
A QED drama special, based upon a real-life case of medical negligence. Within four days of being admitted to hospital with minor injuries, Ray Peters' son Mark is in a coma, and two weeks later he is dead. Suspecting critical mistakes by the doctors. Ray vows to find out the truth.
Angels
Three guardian angels help three souls evaluate their past lives.
Romance Proibido
Brigid Maguire
A young woman, Tara Maguire (Robin Wright) scandalizes her provincial Irish village in the 1950s by having a baby out of a wedlock, and refusing to name the father. She has a rare beauty and every man in town desires her, especially Sergeant Hegarty (Albert Finney). The arrival of a dramatic troupe stirs things up even more, especially when she falls in love with one f the "Playboys", Tom Casey (Aidan Quinn).
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Classic tales of Peter Rabbit."Once upon a time there were four little rabbits, and their names were Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail and Peter." So begins the first of Original Peter Rabbit TalesTM, which have been translated into 35 languages and have achieved international success in more than 117 countries worldwide. The beautiful illustrations are magically brought to life in this captivating series, including a live action introduction featuring Niamh Cusack as Beatrix Potter, specially tailored for each story. This DVD includes three delightful tales: "The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny", "The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and Mrs. Tittlemouse", and "The Tale of Tom Kitten and Jemima Puddle-Duck", all beautifully animated and featuring the voices of Richard Griffiths (Harry Potter), June Whitfield (Ab Fab) and others!
Fools of Fortune
Josephine
A Protestant Irish family is caught up in a conflict between Irish Republicans and the British army.
Paris by Night
Jenny Swanton
Clara Bell is a busy Euro MP with a husband and child at home and a high powered career - but on a trip to Paris her ordered existence is overturned by a murder and a chance encounter.
Rumo ao Sol
Clara Clutterbuck
The singular life of Beryl Markham - renowned aviatrix, author and adventurer
Lucky Sunil
Denise Slipper
Young, handsome and alone in London at the start of a great career. But will Sunil's luck hold out against the seductions of pretty girls, the wiles of con-men and a hundred temptations of the great city?