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Tara MacGowran

Tara MacGowran

Birthday: 1964-11-06 | Place of Birth:

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2023
The Loch Ness Horror

as    Tara

2021
It Came from Below

as    Follower

2019
Mummy Reborn

as    Karen

2019
Pagan Warrior

as    Millicent

2018
Mandy the Haunted Doll

as    Diane

2018
Dirty Work

as    Dungeon House Mother

2017
Darker Shades of Elise

as    Detective Carter

2017
Mother Krampus

as    Frau Perchta

2017
House on Elm Lake

as    Julie Soskin

2016
Fox Trap

as    Mrs. Johnson

1991
Murder in Eden

as    Nora Hession

1989
The Dawning

as    Maeve

1986
Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage

as    Lettice Protheroe

1984
Secret Places

as    Patience

1981
Memoirs of a Survivor

as    Jill