Sorcha Cusack ([ˈsɔɾə̆xə]) (born 9 April 1949) is an Irish actress. She has made many film and television appearances including The Bill, Casualty (as Staff Nurse / Ward Sister Kate Wilson from 1994 to 1997), the 1973 BBC adaptation of Jane Eyre, and the film Snatch (as the traveller mother of Mickey, played by Brad Pitt). 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.

Between 2013 and 2015 she played Mrs McCarthy, the housekeeper, in the BBC adaptation of the Father Brown mysteries.

In 2011, Cusack played Mrs 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.

Cusack was born in Dublin, Ireland, on 9 April 1949. She is the daughter of the actors Cyril Cusack (d. 1993) and Mary Margaret "Maureen" Kiely, the sister of actresses Sinéad Cusack, Niamh Cusack and Catherine Cusack, the sister-in-law of actor Jeremy Irons and the aunt of actor Max Irons and his brother, the former child actor Samuel Irons.

Biography

Elle est surtout connue pour son rôle de Jane dans Jane Eyre avec Michael Jayston en 1973, ensuite on la voit dans plusieurs séries télévisées comme Inspecteur Morse (1992) The Bill (1994) ou encore Casualty (1994-1997). Au cinéma, elle a joué dans Angel ou Snatch, elle joue dans ce film la mère de Brad Pitt.