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Christine Kavanagh

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Christine Kavanagh
Born
Christine Mary Kavanagh

(1957-03-24) 24 March 1957 (age 67)
NationalityBritish
OccupationActress
Years active1984—present
SpouseJack Ellis (divorced)
Children2

Christine Mary Kavanagh (born 24 March 1957) is an English actress.

Early life

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Kavanagh was born in Prescot, Lancashire. She was educated in Brussels, and trained as a drama teacher at Bretton Hall College and as an actor at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

Career

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Kavanagh first appeared in The Onedin Line, followed by a BBC2 Playhouse production before appearing as Nicky in a 1984 episode of Minder. In 1990 she played the lead in the first production (in Scarborough) of Alan Ayckbourne's The Revengers' Comedies, opposite Jon Strickland.[1] In 1985 she appeared in the Doctor Who serial Timelash.

She played Lucy Downes in the Inspector Morse ITV series, in the episode "The Wolvercote Tongue" in 1987, Barbara Hazlitt in a 1989 episode of All Creatures Great and Small, and Dr Alison Wells in the 1991 series Chimera. In 1992 she played the part of Isabel Vandervent in the production of The Blackheath Poisonings produced by ITV. In 1994 she appeared as Penny Winter in eight episodes of Seaforth. The following year she played Rosina Lagrange in three episodes of The Glass Virgin.

In 2009 she starred as Christine O'Connell in Doctors (after originally appearing as June Mobley three years earlier). She has also been a member of the BBC Radio Drama Company for BBC Radio 4. She played Karen Kenworthy in a 2014 episode of Vera. In 2016, she played Ms Birling in Stephen Daltry's production of An Inspector Calls, and played the Doctor's wife, Patience, in the Doctor Who audio drama Cold Fusion.

Personal life

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Kavanagh is divorced from Jack Ellis, with whom she has two children.[2] Theo is a member of the alternative rock band Wolf Alice. She founded The Voicehouse, a public-speaking tutoring business.[citation needed]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2015 National Theatre Live: Man and Superman Mrs. Whitefield

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1980 The Onedin Line Woman in Hold Episode: "Vengeance"
1984 Minder Nicky Episode: "Rocky Eight and a Half"
1985 Doctor Who Aram Episode: "Timelash"
1985 Howards' Way Louise Silverton Episode: "Bang"
1987 Bread Sally Episode #3.3
1987 London Embassy Receptionist Episode: "The Man on the Clapham Omnibus"
1987 Inspector Morse Lucy Downes Episode: "The Wolvercote Tongue"
1987, 1988 The Bretts Diana Lucas 2 episodes
1988 A Very British Coup Liz 3 episodes
1988–1997 The Ruth Rendell Mysteries June Symonds / Leila Jasper
1988–1997 The Bill Various roles
1989 The Saint: The Brazilian Connection Katrina Television film
1989 All Creatures Great and Small Barbara Hazlitt Episode: "The Call of the Wild"
1989 Screen One Celia Episode: "Home Run"
1991 Lovejoy Renata Van Der Zee Episode: "Just Desserts"
1991 Chimera Alison Wells 4 episodes
1991 Casualty Helen Ferris Episode: "Allegiance"
1992 Underbelly Jude Crowe 4 episodes
1992 Boon Mona Cameron Episode: "Minder"
1992 The Blackheath Poisonings Isabel Collard 3 episodes
1993 Drop the Dead Donkey Estelle Episode: "Helen'll Fix It"
1993 All in the Game Lindy Barge 6 episodes
1993 Between the Lines Joanna Gould Episode: "Big Boys' Rules: Part I"
1994 Frank Stubbs Promotes Marcia Episode: "Mr. Chairman"
1994 Seaforth Penny Winter 8 episodes
1995 The Glass Virgin Rosina Lagrange 3 episodes
1995 Pigeon Summer Lina Dyer Miniseries
1995 Agony Again Pamela Episode: "Breaking Point"
1998 Equinox Helen Parker Episode: "The King of Chaos"
1998 Jonathan Creek Lady Theresa Cutler Episode: "The Scented Room"
2000 In His Life: The John Lennon Story Julia Lennon Television film
2000 The Sleeper Sheena
2001 McCready and Daughter Denise Bellini Episode: "Pasta La Vista"
2002 Manchild Christine 2 episodes
2003 Holby City Jenny Warren Episode: "A Tear in My Eye"
2003 Sweet Medicine Sam Lawrence Episode #1.1
2003 Heartbeat Joyce Carswell Episode: "A Family Affair"
2004 New Tricks Christine Hardy Episode: "Painting on Loan"
2004 Coming Up Jan Episode: "Girls and Girls"
2004 Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking Lady Helhoughton Television film
2005 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries Pippa Featherstonehaugh Episode: "The Seed of Cunning"
2006 Midsomer Murders Margaret Florian Episode: "Down Among the Dead Men"
2006–2009 Doctors Christine O'Connell / June Mobley 11 episodes
2007 A Room with a View Mrs. Vyse Television film
2010 Material Girl Tallulah Episode #1.4
2012 Titanic Marian Thayer 2 episodes
2013 Great Night Out Ginny Episode #1.5
2014 Vera Karen Kenworthy Episode: "Protected"
2022 The Diplomat Gwen Hempill 2 episodes

References

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  1. ^ Paul Allen, Grinning at the Edge: a biography of Alan Ayckbourne, p. 246
  2. ^ "TV bad guy has panto debut in Belfast". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
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