Caroline O'Hara
Caroline O'Hara is a Burnley-born, English actress who trained at The Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.
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
[edit]- ^ "Review-The Elephant Man-Performance Exchange". HKELD. 28 November 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- ^ Mark Dewey (19 January 2013). "Aquila Theatre's 'Cyrano de Bergerac' at George Mason University". DCMetroTheaterArts. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- ^ Anne Morley-Priestman (8 February 2010). "The Mating Games (tour – Westcliff)". WhatsOnStage.com. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- ^ Helen Pidd (3 April 2012). "Pregnant British drug mule who swam to freedom". UK news. The Guardian. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- ^ "YouTube". YouTube. Retrieved 26 December 2015.[dead link]
- ^ "Vincent (TV Series 2005–2006) - IMDb". IMDb.
- ^ "BBC One - Kiss of Death". Bbc.co.uk. 15 November 2008. Archived from the original on 18 November 2010. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- ^ "Parents (2012)" (in Polish). Filmweb.pl. 6 July 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- ^ "Casualty | Series 25 - 18. All the Time in the World". Radio Times. 8 April 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "The Bill on Drama, Sun 27 Dec 12:20am - Your UK TV Listings at". TV Guide UK. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
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- ^ "Out of the Blue". British Film Institute. 2 July 2015. Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "The Fairy Tale | It all starts with the dress". YouTube. 21 November 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- ^ "Walkers "go big or go home" by Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO". Campaignlive.co.uk. 2 April 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- ^ "Doctors - what time is it on TV? by Radio Times". radiotimes.com. 2 February 2019. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
- ^ "BBC One commissions new drama LIFE by Mike Bartlett". BBC. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- ^ "'Doctor Foster' Writer, Producers Team for New BBC Drama 'LIFE' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2019.