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Actor
Tara MacGowran
- Born November 6, 1964 in London, United Kingdom
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.
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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.
Known for
Casualty1986
Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage1986
The Loch Ness Horror2023
Darker Shades of Elise2018
Mother Krampus2017
Dirty Work2018
House on Elm Lake2017
Fox Trap2016
Filmography
- 2023The Loch Ness HorrorFilmTara
- 2021It Came from BelowFilmFollower
- 2020Virtual Death MatchFilmMelinda
- 2019Mummy RebornFilmKaren, Executive Producer
- 2019Pagan WarriorFilmMillicent
- 2019Rosamunde Pilcher: Meine Cousine, die Liebe und ichFilmMartha
- 2018Darker Shades of EliseFilmDetective Carter, Executive Producer
- 2018Dirty WorkFilmDungeon House Mother
- 2018Mandy the Haunted DollFilmDiane
- 2017Mother KrampusFilmFrau Perchta, Producer
- 2017House on Elm LakeFilmJulie Soskin, Producer
- 2016Fox TrapFilmMrs. Johnson, Executive Producer
- 2015Deadly WatersFilmMother Siren
- 1997The Vanishing ManFilmSecretary
- 1997The Vanishing ManSeriesLawrence's Secretary
- 1991Murder in EdenSeriesNora Hession
- 1990The Secret Life of Ian FlemingFilmDaphne
- 1988The DawningFilmMaeve
- 1986CasualtySeriesMs. Warner
- 1986Miss Marple: The Murder at the VicarageFilmLettice Protheroe
- 1984Secret PlacesFilmPatience
- 1981Memoirs of a SurvivorFilmJill