Sinéad Cusack
Sinéad Moira Cusack (born February 18, 1948) is an Irish actress. Her first acting roles were at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, before moving to London in 1969 to join the Royal Shakespeare Company. She has won the Critics' Circle and Evening Standard Awards for her performance in Sebastian Barry's Our Lady of Sligo. Cusack has received two Tony Award nominations: once for Best Leading Actress in Much Ado About Nothing (1985), and again for Best Featured Actress in Rock 'n' Roll (2008). She has also received five Olivier Award nominations for As You Like (1981), The Maid's Tragedy (also 1981), The Taming of the Shrew (1983), Our Lady of Sligo (1998) and Rock 'n' Roll (2007). In 2020, she was listed at number 25 on The Irish Times' list of Ireland's greatest film actors. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sinéad Cusack, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: 18 February 1948
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Jan 1989
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Sep 1988
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Jan 1985
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Jul 1984
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Jan 1980
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Dec 1978
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Nov 1977
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Notorious Woman
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Sep 1974
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Jan 1974
The Playboy of the Western World
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Dec 1973
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Jun 1973
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Apr 1973
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Oct 1972
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Sep 1972
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Sep 1971
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Aug 1971
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Dec 1970
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Nov 1970
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