Caroline Harker

Caroline Harker
Born
Caroline Anne Owens

1966 (age 57–58)
London, England
OccupationActress
Years active1990–present
SpouseAnthony Calf
Children3
MotherPolly Adams
RelativesSusannah Harker (sister), Joseph Harker (great-great-grandfather)

Caroline Harker (born 1966 as Caroline Anne Owens) is an English stage and television actress.

Career

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Harker is known for her roles as Celia in the BBC's Middlemarch, and as Woman Police Constable (WPC) (later Detective Sgt.) Hazel Wallace in the ITV police drama A Touch of Frost (1992-2003).[1] She also played Alicia Davenport in Coronation Street for four episodes in 2012.[1]

Harker played the role of 'mother' in the Mike Kenny's adaptation of The Railway Children, directed by Damian Cruden and staged at the Waterloo International railway station. Harker is married to fellow actor Anthony Calf, with whom she appeared in The Madness of King George[2] and in a TV adaptation of Jilly Cooper's Riders[3] They have three daughters.

From January 2023, Harker starred as Clairee in a production of Steel Magnolias at the Richmond Theatre, London. Harker appeared alongside Lucy Speed, Diana Vickers, and Elizabeth Ayodele.[4][5] The production, going on to tour the UK, was rated 2/5 stars by What's on Stage.[6]

Personal life

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Harker was born in London, a daughter of actress Polly Adams and actor, Richard Owens. She and her sisters, Nelly and Susannah, were brought up as Catholics and educated at a "strict" independent convent boarding school run by nuns in Sussex, and at the Central School of Speech and Drama in North London.[7]

She and her sisters are descended from theatrical designer Joseph Harker.[8]

Filmography

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Film
Year Title Role Notes
1994 The Madness of King George Mrs Fitzherbert
1999 Een vrouw van het noorden Charlotte
2007 Lady Godiva: Back in the Saddle Catherine Osbourne
2020 The Croft Suzanne
2021 Mothering Sunday Sylvia Hobday
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1990 Casualty Helen Bradley / Tessa 2 episodes
1992–2003 A Touch of Frost W.P.C. Hazel Wallace 11 episodes
1993 Riders Tory Lovell TV movie
1994 Middlemarch Celia Brooke 7 episodes
Honey for Tea Lucy Courtney 7 episodes
1997 Holding On Vicky 8 episodes
1997–1998 Keeping Mum Wendy 3 episodes
1998 Kavanagh QC Rowena Featherstonehaugh 1 episode
2002 Midsomer Murders Tamsin Proctor Episode: "Market For Murder"
2003 Foyle's War Jane Hardiman 1 episode
2004 Auf Wiedersehen, Pet Pru Scott-Johns 5 episodes
Murder in Suburbia Tessa Northover 1 episode
2007 The Man Who Lost His Head Fiona Harrison TV movie
Hana's Helpline Betty 6 episodes
2010 Doctors Claire Jarrett Series 10 episode 170
2011 New Tricks Tabitha Hall-Chalmers Series 8 episode 10: Tiger Tiger
2012 Coronation Street Alicia Davenport 4 episodes
Holby City Imogen White Series 14 episode 16: Here and Now
Doctors Elaine Stainton Series 12 episode 52
2016 Caroline Vossman Series 16 episode 131
2021 Toast of Tinseltown Sue Pipkins Series 1 episode 1: Anger Man
2022 Ten Percent Casting director Series 1 episode 8

References

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  1. ^ a b "Caroline Harker". Theatr Clwyd. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  2. ^ Alan Bennett (26 May 2016). A Private Function. Faber & Faber. p. 215. ISBN 978-0-571-33290-8.
  3. ^ BFI Film and Television Handbook. British Film Institute. 1993. p. 298. ISBN 978-0-85170-344-2.
  4. ^ Anson, John (23 December 2022). "Diana Vickers back on stage as Steel Magnolias tours the UK". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  5. ^ Wood, Alex (22 November 2022). "Cast for Steel Magnolias tour announced". What's on Stage. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  6. ^ Satin, Ella (27 January 2023). "Steel Magnolias at Richmond Theatre and on tour – review". What's on Stage. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  7. ^ Susannah Harker BBC Drama, April 2007.
  8. ^ Maev Kennedy (5 February 2017). "Harker family visit great-grandfather's threatened scene-painting studio". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
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