Caroline O'Hara

Caroline O'Hara is a Burnley born, English actress who trained at The Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.

Caroline O'Hara

Caroline has received acclaim for performances in The Elephant Man,^[1] Cyrano de Bergerac,^[2] and The Mating Game.^[3] She portrayed Lucy Wright, an English nurse who was arrested in 2007 for attempting to smuggle 7 kg of cocaine out of Buenos Aires and subsequently escaped back to England, in a 2012 episode of Banged Up Abroad.^[4][5] Caroline has performed opposite Ray Winstone in Vincent,^[6] Shaun Parkes and Danny Dyer in Kiss of Death,^[7] Tom Conti in Parents,^[8] and has had leading roles in Casualty,^[9][10] The Bill,^[11] Emmerdale^[12] and Coronation Street. Julian Farino cast Caroline at the age of 14 to play child prostitute Justine Paiton in Out of the Blue, alongside Orla Brady and David Morrissey.^[13]

She is in the music video for the song "Genghis Khan" by Miike Snow, in the role of the wife of the Bond-villain character. She has worked on advertising campaigns for Warburtons as recurring character Michelle co-starring Robert de Niro, Sylvester Stallone, The Muppets and Peter Kay,^[14] also for House of Fraser,^[15] playing Cinderella, and was cast in a series of adverts for Walker's Crisps 'to get more young men to buy its crisps'.^[16]

In 2019, Caroline was cast as Kelly Markham on British medical soap opera Doctors,^[17] and Esther in Mike Bartlett's Life,^[18] produced by the BBC and Drama Republic.^[19]

References

1. "Review-The Elephant Man-Performance Exchange". HKELD. 28 November 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
2. Mark Dewey (19 January 2013). "Aquila Theatre's 'Cyrano de Bergerac' at George Mason University". DCMetroTheaterArts. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
3. Anne Morley-Priestman (8 February 2010). "The Mating Games (tour – Westcliff)". WhatsOnStage.com. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
4. Helen Pidd (3 April 2012). "Pregnant British drug mule who swam to freedom". UK news. The Guardian. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
5. "YouTube". YouTube. Retrieved 26 December 2015.^{[dead link]}
6. "Vincent (TV Series 2005–2006) - IMDb". IMDb.
7. . Bbc.co.uk. 15 November 2008. Archived from the original on 18 November 2010. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
8. "Parents (2012)" (in Polish). Filmweb.pl. 6 July 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
9. "Casualty | Series 25 - 18. All the Time in the World". Radio Times. 8 April 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
10. "Casualty, Series 25, All the Time in the World, Casualty Preview: Jordan's reckless New Year". BBC One. 27 December 2010. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
11. "The Bill on Drama, Sun 27 Dec 12:20am - Your UK TV Listings at". TV Guide UK. Retrieved 26 December 2015. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
12. "Emmerdale Cast List TV Guide UK TVguide.co.uk, Film, Soaps, Sports News, Freeview".
13. . British Film Institute. 2 July 2015. Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
14. "Caroline O'Hara: the Coronation Street star on her acting journey and championing Burnley Empire Theatre". Burnley Express. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
15. "The Fairy Tale | It all starts with the dress". YouTube. 21 November 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
16. "Walkers "go big or go home" by Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO". Campaignlive.co.uk. 2 April 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
17. "Doctors - what time is it on TV? by Radio Times". radiotimes.com. 2 February 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
18. "BBC One commissions new drama LIFE by Mike Bartlett". BBC. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
19. "'Doctor Foster' Writer, Producers Team for New BBC Drama 'LIFE' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2019.

External links

• Caroline O'Hara at IMDb