Sorcha Cusack (Irish pronunciation: [ˈsÉ"ɾə̆xÉ™]) (born 9 April
1949) is an Irish television and stage actress. Her numerous
television credits include playing the title role in Jane Eyre (1973),
Casualty (1994â€"1997), Coronation Street (2008) and Father Brown
(2013â€"present).Cusack was born in Dublin, Ireland. She is the second
daughter of the actors Cyril Cusack (1910â€"1993) and Maureen Cusack
(1920â€"1977), her elder sister is actress Sinéad Cusack, and her
younger sister is actress Niamh Cusack. She is a half-sister to
Catherine Cusack. Through her sister Sinéad, she is the sister-in-law
of actor Jeremy Irons and the aunt of actor Max Irons and his brother,
former child actor Samuel Irons. She is married to actor Nigel Cooke
with whom she has two children.Cusack has made many film and
television appearances including Inspector Morse (“Cherubim and
Seraphim“, S6:E5, 1992) as Joyce, The Bill, Casualty (as Staff Nurse
/ Ward Sister Kate Wilson from 1994 to 1997), a BBC adaptation of Jane
Eyre (1973), and the film Snatch (2000) as the traveller mother of
Mickey, played by Brad Pitt. In 1993 she appeared in Poirot “Jewel
Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan†. In 1998, she voiced Mother Duck
on the cartoon The First Snow of Winter in UK Version. She has also
acted for radio, including a guest appearance in the BBC Radio 4
series Baldi and starring as Juno Boyle in the 2014 BBC Radio 3
production of Juno and the Paycock. She played Helen Connor in
Coronation Street in 2008, but because of her other acting commitments
the role was played by Dearbhla Molloy when the character returned in
July 2009.In 2011, Cusack played Prof. Joanna Pinnock in “Wild
Justice†, S5:E2 of Lewis. In the same year she portrayed Hilary
Nicholson in two episodes of the first series of Mrs. Brown's Boys.
Susie Blake took over the role for the second and third series.
Despite this, she did play the part of Justice Dickie in the 2014 film
Mrs. Brown's Boys D'Movie. Since 2013, she has played Mrs McCarthy,
the housekeeper and parish secretary, in the BBC adaptation of Father
Brown. Cusack played Bridie Stevenson in the BBC television series
River (2015).
1949) is an Irish television and stage actress. Her numerous
television credits include playing the title role in Jane Eyre (1973),
Casualty (1994â€"1997), Coronation Street (2008) and Father Brown
(2013â€"present).Cusack was born in Dublin, Ireland. She is the second
daughter of the actors Cyril Cusack (1910â€"1993) and Maureen Cusack
(1920â€"1977), her elder sister is actress Sinéad Cusack, and her
younger sister is actress Niamh Cusack. She is a half-sister to
Catherine Cusack. Through her sister Sinéad, she is the sister-in-law
of actor Jeremy Irons and the aunt of actor Max Irons and his brother,
former child actor Samuel Irons. She is married to actor Nigel Cooke
with whom she has two children.Cusack has made many film and
television appearances including Inspector Morse (“Cherubim and
Seraphim“, S6:E5, 1992) as Joyce, The Bill, Casualty (as Staff Nurse
/ Ward Sister Kate Wilson from 1994 to 1997), a BBC adaptation of Jane
Eyre (1973), and the film Snatch (2000) as the traveller mother of
Mickey, played by Brad Pitt. In 1993 she appeared in Poirot “Jewel
Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan†. In 1998, she voiced Mother Duck
on the cartoon The First Snow of Winter in UK Version. She has also
acted for radio, including a guest appearance in the BBC Radio 4
series Baldi and starring as Juno Boyle in the 2014 BBC Radio 3
production of Juno and the Paycock. She played Helen Connor in
Coronation Street in 2008, but because of her other acting commitments
the role was played by Dearbhla Molloy when the character returned in
July 2009.In 2011, Cusack played Prof. Joanna Pinnock in “Wild
Justice†, S5:E2 of Lewis. In the same year she portrayed Hilary
Nicholson in two episodes of the first series of Mrs. Brown's Boys.
Susie Blake took over the role for the second and third series.
Despite this, she did play the part of Justice Dickie in the 2014 film
Mrs. Brown's Boys D'Movie. Since 2013, she has played Mrs McCarthy,
the housekeeper and parish secretary, in the BBC adaptation of Father
Brown. Cusack played Bridie Stevenson in the BBC television series
River (2015).
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