
Tara MacGowran
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.
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Known For
Acting History
2023
The Loch Ness Horror as Tara
2021It Came from Below as Follower
2020Virtual Death Match as Melinda
2019Pagan Warrior as Millicent
2019Rosamunde Pilcher: Meine Cousine, die Liebe und ich as Martha
2019Mummy Reborn as Karen
2018Mandy the Haunted Doll as Diane
2018Dirty Work as Dungeon House Mother
2017Mother Krampus as Frau Perchta
2017House on Elm Lake as Julie Soskin
2017Darker Shades of Elise as Detective Carter
2016Fox Trap as Mrs. Johnson
2015Deadly Waters as Mother Siren
1997The Vanishing Man as Secretary
1991Murder in Eden as Nora Hession
1990The Secret Life of Ian Fleming as Daphne
1988The Dawning as Maeve
1986Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage as Lettice Protheroe
1986Casualty as Ms. Warner
1984Secret Places as Patience
1981Memoirs of a Survivor as Jill









