- Born
- Megan Cusack was born in Cork on 23 May and was brought up just outside Skibbereen, West Cork on the Ilen River. She is an actress known for Call the Midwife (2012), Say Nothing (2024) and The Cherry Orchard (2020). She is the granddaughter of actors Cyril Cusack and Maureen Cusack, daughter of producer Pádraig Cusack and niece of actresses Sinéad Cusack, Sorcha Cusack, Niamh Cusack, and Catherine Cusack. She is a first cousin of actor Max Irons. She is a 2018 graduate of LAMDA.
- IMDb mini biography by: Tom Noble
- Parents
- RelativesMax Irons(Cousin)Sinéad Cusack(Aunt or Uncle)Niamh Cusack(Aunt or Uncle)Sorcha Cusack(Aunt or Uncle)Catherine Cusack(Aunt or Uncle)Calam Lynch(Cousin)Jeremy Irons(Aunt or Uncle)Maureen Cusack(Grandparent)Cyril Cusack(Grandparent)
- In September 2021, Megan was nominated in the category of 'Favourite Newcomer' in the TV Times Awards 2021 for her role as Nancy Corrigan in the hit series Call the Midwife.
- Megan was named as one of the top 10 Period Drama Actresses in 2021 for her recurring role in the BBC/Neal Street television production Call the Midwife, coming in at No. 7 just behind, among others, Judi Dench and Keeley Hawes and just ahead of Emma Thompson and Carey Mulligan.
- Megan made her professional theatrical debut in 2019 at Ireland's National Theatre, the Abbey Theatre, in Edna O'Brien's "The Country Girls".
- Megan quoted in The Irish Times interview on May 1st, 2021, that when she was aged 9, she said to her dad, a theatre producer, that she wanted to be an actor but not to worry, if it didn't work out, she would go in to PR because she was good with people.
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