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