
Tara MacGowran
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1964-11-06
Place of birth: London, United Kingdom
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.
Known for

The Dawning
1988Maeve
Dirty Work
2018Dungeon House Mother
It Came from Below
2021Follower
Mandy the Haunted Doll
2018Diane
The Loch Ness Horror
2023Tara
Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage
1986Lettice Protheroe
Deadly Waters
2015Mother Siren
The Secret Life of Ian Fleming
1990Daphne
Fox Trap
2016Mrs. Johnson
Secret Places
1984Patience
Memoirs of a Survivor
1981Jill
House on Elm Lake
2017Julie Soskin
Mother Krampus
2017Frau Perchta
Darker Shades of Elise
2018Detective Carter
Mummy Reborn
2019Karen
Virtual Death Match
2020Melinda
Pagan Warrior
2019Millicent
The Vanishing Man
1997Secretary