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.

Known For

The Dawning
The Dawning
Dirty Work
Dirty Work
Mandy the Haunted Doll
Mandy the Haunted Doll
The Loch Ness Horror
The Loch Ness Horror
Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage
Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage
Deadly Waters
Deadly Waters
Secret Places
Secret Places

Filmography

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