Sinéad Cusack

Sinéad (pronounced /ʃɨˈneɪd/ in English) Moira Cusack (born 18 February 1948) is an Irish actress. Cusack was born Jane Moira Cusack, the daughter of Maureen (née Kiely) and Cyril Cusack, both actors. She is the sister of actresses Sorcha Cusack, Niamh Cusack and half sister to Catherine Cusack. In her youth, Cusack dated footballer George Best. Her first acting roles were at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin. In 1970, she starred with Peter Sellers in... more

Sinéad (pronounced /ʃɨˈneɪd/ in English) Moira Cusack (born 18 February 1948) is an Irish actress. Cusack was born Jane Moira Cusack, the daughter of Maureen (née Kiely) and Cyril Cusack, both actors. She is the sister of actresses Sorcha Cusack, Niamh Cusack and half sister to Catherine Cusack. In her youth, Cusack dated footballer George Best. Her first acting roles were at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin. In 1970, she starred with Peter Sellers in the film Hoffman. In 1975, she moved to London and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company. She made her Broadway debut in 1984 performing in repertory with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Starring opposite Derek Jacobi, she played Roxane in Anthony Burgess' translation of Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac (having taken the role over from Alice Krige, who played Roxane through the play's London run) and Beatrice in William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, directed by Terry Hands. The production of Cyrano de Bergerac was later filmed and... less