Sinead Cusack: A life

Acting dynasty: Sinéad with son Max

* 1948: Born to actors Maureen Kiely and Cyril Cusack in Dalkey

* 1959: Stage debut at the Olympia in Kafka's The Trial

* 1966: Stars in One for The Grave at The Abbey

* 1968: Gives up first child, Richard, for adoption

* 1975: Moves to London and joins the Royal Shakespeare Co

* 1978: Marries actor Jeremy Irons. Son Samuel is born

* 1984: Broadway debut in Cyrano De Bergerac

* 1985: Son Max is born the same year she gets first Tony nomination for Much Ado About Nothing

* 1992: Stars with Irons in Graham Swift's Waterland

* 1998: Best Actress for Critics Drama Award and Evening Standard Award for Our Lady of Sligo

* 2008: Another Tony nomination for Rock n'Roll

* 2012: News breaks of adoption of son Richard. The pair had already been united long before this.

* 2014: IFTA win for Best Supporting Film Actress for The Sea