Caroline O’Neill, born on 13 December 1961 in Blackpool, is a British actress with an extensive career spanning television, film, and theatre. Best known for her roles in Endeavour (2012), Queer as Folk (1999), and Robin Hood (2006), she also made a lasting impression on soap audiences as Andrea Clayton in Coronation Street.
Her career in television has been remarkably diverse, with appearances in over 80 different series. She has featured in Poirot, Doctors, All Creatures Great and Small, Casualty, Doc Martin, Happy Valley, Whitechapel, Holby City, The Inbetweeners, The Bill, Heartbeat, Fat Friends, EastEnders, Peak Practice, Birds of a Feather, A Touch of Frost, and Grange Hill, among many others. Given the sheer volume of her work, it might be easier to list the shows she hasn’t appeared in.
Beyond television, O’Neill has also made a mark on the stage. In 2006, she starred in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s revival of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible and delivered a notable performance in Peter Gill’s The York Realist. With a career spanning decades, she has become a familiar face in British drama, bringing depth and versatility to a wide range of roles.
ENDEAVOUR, from left: Roger Allam, Caroline O’Neill, ‘Cartouche’, (Season 5, ep. 502, originally aired in UK on 11 February 2018/aired in US on 1 July 2018). ©ITV/Masterpiece / Courtesy: Everett Collection.
Caroline O’Neill, Jack Bannon, and Sara Vickers in Endeavour (2012).
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