Tara MacGowran
Actor
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.
Filmography
Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage
as Lettice Protheroe 1986
Mother Krampus
as Frau Perchta 2017
Darker Shades of Elise
as Detective Carter 2018
House on Elm Lake
as Julie Soskin 2017
Dirty Work
as Dungeon House Mother 2018
Fox Trap
as Mrs. Johnson 2016
The Secret Life of Ian Fleming
as Daphne 1990
Memoirs of a Survivor
as Jill 1981
Mummy Reborn
as Karen 2019
It Came from Below
as Follower 2021
Mandy the Haunted Doll
as Diane 2018
The Dawning
as Maeve 1988
Pagan Warrior
as Millicent 2019
Secret Places
as Patience 1984
Virtual Death Match
as Melinda 2020
Rosamunde Pilcher: Meine Cousine, die Liebe und ich
as Martha 2019