Caroline Carver (actress)
Caroline Carver (born 1976)[1] is an English actress, screenwriter, and producer best known for roles such as Princess Jessica in the TV film The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns (1999), Ingrid in The Aryan Couple (2004), and Sandy in My First Wedding (2006).
Caroline Carver | |
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Carver with Kenny Doughty in 2010 | |
Born | 1976 (age 44–45) Manchester, England |
Occupation | Actress, screenwriter, producer |
Years active | 1998–present |
Spouse(s) |
Career
Carver played the young adult Hattie in the film Tom's Midnight Garden (1999) based on the book of the same name, alongside Anthony Way and Joan Plowright. Early film work also includes The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns (1999).
Her television work has ranged from costume drama, such as Sharpe's Peril; modern drama, including Spooks, Jonathan Creek and Rosemary & Thyme; to medical drama in the shape of Holby City and Doctors. She won a Royal Television Society Best Actress Award for her performance in The Scarlet Pimpernel series, opposite Richard E. Grant.
On stage, in 2013 she played the role of Mandy in The Full Monty on tour.[2] She reprised the role in the West End in 2014.[3][4]
She wrote and produced the award-winning short film You Me and Captain Longbridge (2008).
Personal life
In 2006, Carver married her Aryan Couple co-star Kenny Doughty.
Screen credits
- City Central, A Night on the Town (1998) - Alison
- A Rather English Marriage (1998) - Young Grace
- The Last Train (1999) - Hild
- The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns (1999) - Princess Jessica
- Tom's Midnight Garden (1999) - Hatty
- The Scarlet Pimpernel, A Good Name (2000) - Claudette de Bridoire
- Alone (2001) - Sarah
- Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes, The Kingdom of Bones (2001) - Gladys Donovan
- Animated Tales of the World, Ewenn Congar: a Story from France (2001) - Ines (voice)
- The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, A Great Deliverance (2001) - Danny
- In a Land of Plenty (2001) - Zoe
- Jeffrey Archer: The Truth (2002) - Secretary
- Holby City (2003) - Sonia Shaw
- Jonathan Creek (2003) - Sally Ellen Oakley
- The Aryan Couple (2004) - Ingrid Vassman
- Spooks (2004) - Catherine Townsend
- Rosemary & Thyme, 'The Gongoozlers' (2004) - Penny
- George and the Dragon (2004) - Sister Angela
- My First Wedding (2004) - Sandy
- Sharpe's Peril (2008) - Mrs Tredinnick
- The Royal Today (2008) - Heather Dunstan
- Doctors (2009) - Elaine Lenton
- Irreversi (2009) - Terry
- New Tricks (2010) - Helen Vestry
References
- "Caroline Carver". IMDb. Retrieved 2016-01-31.
- "THE FULL MONTY Announces Casting For 2013 UK Tour". broadwayworld.com. Broadway World. 12 October 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
- "An exuberant stage adaptation of the 1997 film about stripping steelworkers". ft.com. Financial Telegraph. 26 February 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
- "The Full Monty". London Noel Coward Theatre programme: 24. March 2014.