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Catherine Cusack (born 21 December 1968) is a British actress. She is best known for portraying Nanny Carmel Finnan in the long-running ITV soap opera Coronation Street in 1992 and 1993.




Early life and career


Cusack was born on 21 December 1968 in London, the half-sister of the actresses Sinéad Cusack, Sorcha Cusack and Niamh Cusack, and the fourth daughter of the Irish actor Cyril Cusack. Catherine's mother was her father's long-term mistress, Mary Rose Cunningham; Catherine was their only child together. Her parents married in 1979 after the death of her father's first wife. She is half-sister to theatre producer Pádraig Cusack and television producer Paul Cusack. She was accepted to study at Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, but became a stage manager at the Tricycle Theatre in London. She made her professional debut in Brendan Behan's play The Hostage before making her television debut in the Doctor Who serial Paradise Towers (1987). She performed on stage with her half-sister Sinéad Cusack in Our Lady of Sligo by Sebastian Barry at the National Theatre in London, the Gate Theatre, Dublin and the Irish Arts Centre in New York.
Catherine Cusack is married to the British actor Alex Palmer.




Selected filmography


The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987) ... as Una
Finding Neverland (2004) as Sarah




Selected stage roles


Mill on the Floss
Moonlight
The Glass Menagerie
Brighton Rock
The Seagull
Bold Girls
You Never Can Tell
Poor Beast in the Rain
Agnes of God
Veronica's Room
Nothing Sacred
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Now Is The Hour
The Two-Character Play
King Lear




Selected television roles


Doctor Who: Paradise Towers (1987) ... as Blue Kang Leader
Sophia and Constance (1988) ... as Constance
Coronation Street (1992–93) ... as Carmel Finnan
Ballykissangel (1999–2001) ... as Frankie Sullivan
The Bill ... as Dawn
Jonathan Creek (The Seer of the Sands; 2004) ... as Ashley Farr
The Chief ... as Hilary Scott
Cadfael ... as Catherine
The Open Window ... as Vera
Doctors (2012, 2023) ... as Connie Miller and Bronagh Athy




References






External links


Catherine Cusack at IMDb

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