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