Tara MacGowran

Tara MacGowran

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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2023

The Loch Ness Horror
The Loch Ness Horror
as Tara
Movie - Released: 11/7/2023

2021

It Came from Below
It Came from Below
as Follower
Movie - Released: 8/23/2021

2020

Virtual Death Match
Virtual Death Match
as Melinda
Movie - Released: 1/4/2020

2019

Mummy Reborn
Mummy Reborn
as Karen
Movie - Released: 4/1/2019
Pagan Warrior
Pagan Warrior
as Millicent
Movie - Released: 11/11/2019
Rosamunde Pilcher: Meine Cousine, die Liebe und ich
Rosamunde Pilcher: Meine Cousine, die Liebe und ich
as Martha
Movie - Released: 10/30/2019

2018

Dirty Work
Dirty Work
as Dungeon House Mother
Movie - Released: 2/3/2018
Mandy the Haunted Doll
Mandy the Haunted Doll
as Diane
Movie - Released: 6/19/2018

2017

House on Elm Lake
House on Elm Lake
as Julie Soskin
Movie - Released: 9/11/2017
Mother Krampus
Mother Krampus
as Frau Perchta
Movie - Released: 10/8/2017
Darker Shades of Elise
Darker Shades of Elise
as Detective Carter
Movie - Released: 7/10/2017

2016

Fox Trap
Fox Trap
as Mrs. Johnson
Movie - Released: 12/31/2016

2015

Deadly Waters
Deadly Waters
as Mother Siren
Movie - Released: 6/1/2015

1997

The Vanishing Man
The Vanishing Man
as Secretary
Movie - Released: 4/2/1997

1991

TV
Murder in Eden
as Nora Hession
TV - Released: 7/19/1991

1990

The Secret Life of Ian Fleming
The Secret Life of Ian Fleming
as Daphne
Movie - Released: 3/5/1990

1988

The Dawning
The Dawning
as Maeve
Movie - Released: 6/8/1988

1986

Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage
Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage
as Lettice Protheroe
Movie - Released: 12/25/1986
Casualty
Casualty
as Ms. Warner
TV - Released: 9/6/1986

1984

Secret Places
Secret Places
as Patience
Movie - Released: 5/11/1984
Miss Marple
Miss Marple
as Lettice Protheroe
TV - Released: 12/26/1984

1981

Memoirs of a Survivor
Memoirs of a Survivor
as Jill
Movie - Released: 9/1/1981