Niamh Cusack is an Irish actress. Born to a family with deep roots in the performing arts, Cusack has been involved as a performer since a young age. She has served with the UK’s two leading theatre companies, the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre and has performed in a long line of major stage productions since the mid-1980s.
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She has made numerous appearances on television including a long-running role as Dr Kate Rowan in the UK series Heartbeat (1992–1995) which made her a household name and favourite.
She has often worked as a voice actress on the radio, and her film credits include a starring role in In Love with Alma Cogan (2011).
In April 2020, Cusack was scheduled to make her long-awaited début at the Abbey Theatre in Brian Friel’s Faith Healer opposite Aidan Gillen and directed by Joe Dowling. Due to COVID-19, production has been temporarily postponed. She will start as Gertrude in Hamlet by Bristol Old Vic along with her real-life husband Finbar Lynch.
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Niamh Cusack Children: Meet Calam Lynch
Calam Lynch was born in Warwickshire to Irish actors Niamh Cusack and Finbar Lynch. He spent some of his childhood in Mottram St Andrew, Cheshire and attended the local primary academy whilst his parents worked in Manchester.
They then moved to Barnes, South West London. He attended Latymer Upper School in Hammersmith before going on to study Classics at Somerville College, Oxford, graduating in 2017.
Originally interested in football, he became inspired to act by his cousin Max Irons and participated in stage productions during his time at university.
In his third and final year at Oxford, Lynch signed with an agent and appeared in Dunkirk.
Lynch starred in the 2020 adaptation of Black Beauty opposite Mackenzie Foy, which was released on Disney+. He played Stephen Tennant in the Terence Davies-directed biographical film Benediction followed by a role in series 2 of the Netflix period drama Bridgerton.
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