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Tara MacGowran

Acting Born Nov 6, 1964 London, United Kingdom 22 credits

Biography

TARA MACGOWRAN has worked in television, film and theatre in the UK, Ireland and USA since appearing in ‘Children of the New Forest’ for the BBC at the age of 12. She lived and worked in the USA for some time appearing at The Great Lakes Shakespeare Theatre Festival in Cleveland, Ohio and The Attic Theatre, Detroit among others, before returning to London for her first major film appearance as Patience in ‘Secret Places’ for which she won the Bronze Mask at the Taormina Film Festival.

Other film credits include: ‘The Dawning’, ‘Memoirs of a Survivor’ and ‘Spymaker: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming’. Television includes: ‘Children of the New Forest’ (BBC) , ‘Miss Marple: Murder at the Vicarage’ (BBC), ‘Tropical Moon Over Dorking’ (Limehouse), ‘Murder in Eden’ (BBC) and ‘Spring Cleaning’ (RTE). Theatre includes: ‘Aristocrats’ – Hampstead Theatre, ‘Hinkemann’ – The Old Red Lion and ‘Translations’. Upcoming film releases include: ‘Mummy Reborn’, ‘Krampus vs Vikings’ and ‘End Game’.

Having spent several years travelling, as a journalist and photographer, covering tournament chess with husband Michael Adams, Tara returned to acting in 2014.

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Known for

Casualty

as Ms. Warner
Film

Ben 10: Alien Swarm

as Lawrence's Secretary
Film

Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage

as Lettice Protheroe

Full filmography

  • Casualty (1986) as Ms. Warner
  • Murder in Eden (1991) as Nora Hession
  • Darker Shades of Elise (2018) as Detective Carter
  • Dirty Work (2018) as Dungeon House Mother
  • The Vanishing Man (1997) as Lawrence's Secretary
  • Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage (1986) as Lettice Protheroe
  • The Dawning (1988) as Maeve
  • House on Elm Lake (2017) as Julie Soskin
  • The Loch Ness Horror (2023) as Tara
  • It Came from Below (2021) as Follower
  • Mother Krampus (2017) as Frau Perchta
  • The Secret Life of Ian Fleming (1990) as Daphne
  • Memoirs of a Survivor (1981) as Jill
  • Fox Trap (2016) as Mrs. Johnson
  • Secret Places (1984) as Patience
  • Mandy the Haunted Doll (2018) as Diane
  • The Vanishing Man (1997) as Secretary
  • Mummy Reborn (2019) as Karen
  • Pagan Warrior (2019) as Millicent
  • Rosamunde Pilcher: Meine Cousine, die Liebe und ich (2019) as Martha
  • Virtual Death Match (2020) as Melinda
  • Deadly Waters (2015) as Mother Siren