Sinéad Cusack
Actor, Film actor
1948 –
Who is Sinéad Cusack?
Sinéad Moira Cusack is an Irish stage, television and film actress. Her first acting roles were at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, before moving to London in 1975 to join the Royal Shakespeare Company. She has received two Tony Award nominations: once for Best Leading Actress in Much Ado About Nothing, and again for Best Featured Actress in Rock 'n' Roll.
Cusack married British actor Jeremy Irons in 1978, and together they have two sons: Samuel James, and Maximilian Paul. Prior to her marriage she had given birth to another son, the Irish member of parliament Richard Boyd Barrett, whom she put up for adoption. They have since been reunited, and Cusack has supported him in his political campaigns.
Along with her husband, Cusack was named in a list of the biggest private financial donors to the British Labour Party in 1998.
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- Born
- Feb 18, 1948
Dalkey - Also known as
- Sinead Cusack
- Sinéad Mary Cusack
- Sinéad Moira Cusack
- Jane Moira Cusack
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Jeremy Irons
(1978/03/28 - )
- Jeremy Irons
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Irish people
- Nationality
- Republic of Ireland
- Profession
- Education
- University College Dublin
- Lived in
- County Dublin
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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