Tara Lynne O'Neill
Tara-Lynne O'Neill (born 16 November 1975) is a film, theatre and television actress from Northern Ireland.
During her childhood, she aspired to become a dentist, but abandoned this after failing her General Certificate of Secondary Education in chemistry.
At sixth-form college, she opted for a career in acting.
O'Neill started work as a television presenter on Saturday Disney from 1993 to 1996. She was also a main presenter on The Over the Wall Gang, a young people's television show from BBC Northern Ireland
O'Neill also appeared in film roles such as the town's seductress in The Most Fertile Man in Ireland (1999), and as Claire McKee in Wild About Harry (2000). She later played Joanne Ryan in EastEnders, appearing in 58 episodes between 20 September 2002, and 21 August 2003.
Between 2013 and 2016, she appeared in The Fall. In 2018, she joined the main cast of Derry Girls as Mary Quinn, remaining on the show until the airing of the final episode on 18 May 2022. In April 2024, O'Neill was cast as Inspector Eve Dunlop in BBC's Hope Street for the show's fourth series.
Her other roles include The Informant (1997), Disco Pigs (2001), Full Circle and Omagh (2004).
Acting
TV
The Fall
as Martina Dean
2013
TV
Line of Duty
as Lorna
2012
TV
Line of Duty
as Lorna Barrett
2012
TV
Derry Girls
as Ma Mary Quinn
2018
TV
Touched by an Angel
1994
TV
The Bay
as Sinead Flanagan
2019
Movie
The Last Rifleman
as Tracy Milligan
2023
Movie
Disco Pigs
as Mags
2001
Movie
A Patch of Fog
as Vera
2015
Movie
Omagh
as Carol Radford
2005
Movie
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
as Angel Hunter
2003
Movie
The Informant
as RUC Policewoman
1997
Movie
The Most Fertile Man in Ireland
as Mary Mallory
2000
Movie
Made in Belfast
as Jane
2013
TV
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
as Self - Participant
2011
Movie
Chaos
as Marie
2002
Movie
Malcolm
as Dr Gallagher
2023
Movie
Insulin
as The Pharmacist's Wife
2015
Movie
Just Johnny
as Mrs. Wilson
2021
Movie
Best Before
2024
Movie
The Spin
as Sadie
2026
Movie
So You're Going to Die
as Bernie
TV
Our Lives
as Self - Narrator
2017
TV
Farr
as Jennifer Conroy
2015