Tara MacGowran

Acting

Born November 6, 1964, 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. 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.

Filmography

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