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Home/People/Tara MacGowran
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Born
Nov 6, 1964
Age 61
Place of Birth
London, United Kingdom
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female

Career Highlights

19
Movies
3
TV Shows
IMDb ProfileOfficial Website

Tara MacGowran

Acting

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.
The Loch Ness Horror poster

The Loch Ness Horror

as Tara
2023
It Came from Below poster

It Came from Below

as Follower
2021
Virtual Death Match poster

Virtual Death Match

as Melinda
2020
Pagan Warrior poster

Pagan Warrior

as Millicent
2019
Rosamunde Pilcher: Meine Cousine, die Liebe und ich poster

Rosamunde Pilcher: Meine Cousine, die Liebe und ich

as Martha
2019
Mummy Reborn poster

Mummy Reborn

as Karen
2019
Darker Shades of Elise poster

Darker Shades of Elise

as Detective Carter
2018
Mandy the Haunted Doll poster

Mandy the Haunted Doll

as Diane
2018
Dirty Work poster

Dirty Work

as Dungeon House Mother
2018
Mother Krampus poster

Mother Krampus

as Frau Perchta
2017
House on Elm Lake poster

House on Elm Lake

as Julie Soskin
2017
Fox Trap poster

Fox Trap

as Mrs. Johnson
2016
Deadly Waters poster

Deadly Waters

as Mother Siren
2015
The Vanishing Man poster

The Vanishing Man

as Secretary
1997
The Secret Life of Ian Fleming poster

The Secret Life of Ian Fleming

as Daphne
1990
The Dawning poster

The Dawning

as Maeve
1988
Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage poster

Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage

as Lettice Protheroe
1986
Secret Places poster

Secret Places

as Patience
1984
Memoirs of a Survivor poster

Memoirs of a Survivor

as Jill
1981