
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1964-11-06
Place of Birth
London, United Kingdom
Tara MacGowran
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.
Known For

Casualty
as Ms. Warner

Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage
as Lettice Protheroe

The Loch Ness Horror
as Tara

Mother Krampus
as Frau Perchta

Darker Shades of Elise
as Detective Carter

House on Elm Lake
as Julie Soskin

Dirty Work
as Dungeon House Mother

The Secret Life of Ian Fleming
as Daphne

Fox Trap
as Mrs. Johnson

Memoirs of a Survivor
as Jill