Christine Kavanagh
{{Short description|English actress (born 1957)}}
{{distinguish|Christine Cavanaugh}}
{{BLP sources|date=May 2023}}{{Use British English|date=April 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}}
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| birth_name = Christine Mary Kavanagh
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|3|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = Prescot, Lancashire, England
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| nationality = British
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1984—present
| spouse = Jack Ellis (divorced)
| children = 2
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Christine Mary Kavanagh (born 24 March 1957) is an English actress.
Early life
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
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.Paul Allen, Grinning at the Edge: a biography of Alan Ayckbourne, p. 246 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
Kavanagh is divorced from Jack Ellis, with whom she has two children.{{Cite news |title=TV bad guy has panto debut in Belfast |language=en-GB |work=BelfastTelegraph.co.uk |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/news/tv-bad-guy-has-panto-debut-in-belfast/28109482.html |access-date=2023-05-11 |issn=0307-1235}} Theo is a member of the alternative rock band Wolf Alice. She founded The Voicehouse, a public-speaking tutoring business.{{citation needed|date=November 2016}}
Filmography
= 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
|Woman in Hold |Episode: "Vengeance" |
| 1984
|Nicky |Episode: "Rocky Eight and a Half" |
| 1985
|Aram |Episode: "Timelash" |
| 1985
|Louise Silverton |Episode: "Bang" |
| 1987
|Sally |Episode #3.3 |
| 1987
|London Embassy |Receptionist |Episode: "The Man on the Clapham Omnibus" |
| 1987
|Lucy Downes |Episode: "The Wolvercote Tongue" |
| 1987, 1988
|The Bretts |Diana Lucas |2 episodes |
| 1988
|Liz | rowspan="3" |3 episodes |
| 1988–1997
|June Symonds / Leila Jasper |
| 1988–1997
|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
|Celia |Episode: "Home Run" |
| 1991
|Renata Van Der Zee |Episode: "Just Desserts" |
| 1991
|Alison Wells |4 episodes |
| 1991
|Helen Ferris |Episode: "Allegiance" |
| 1992
|Underbelly |Jude Crowe |4 episodes |
| 1992
|Boon |Mona Cameron |Episode: "Minder" |
| 1992
|Isabel Collard |3 episodes |
| 1993
|Estelle |Episode: "Helen'll Fix It" |
| 1993
|All in the Game |Lindy Barge |6 episodes |
| 1993
|Joanna Gould |Episode: "Big Boys' Rules: Part I" |
| 1994
|Marcia |Episode: "Mr. Chairman" |
| 1994
|Seaforth |Penny Winter |8 episodes |
| 1995
|Rosina Lagrange |3 episodes |
| 1995
|Pigeon Summer |Lina Dyer |Miniseries |
| 1995
|Pamela |Episode: "Breaking Point" |
| 1998
|Helen Parker |Episode: "The King of Chaos" |
| 1998
|Lady Theresa Cutler |Episode: "The Scented Room" |
| 2000
|In His Life: The John Lennon Story | rowspan="2" |Television film |
| 2000
|Sheena |
| 2001
|Denise Bellini |Episode: "Pasta La Vista" |
| 2002
|Christine |2 episodes |
| 2003
|Jenny Warren |Episode: "A Tear in My Eye" |
| 2003
|Sam Lawrence |Episode #1.1 |
| 2003
|Joyce Carswell |Episode: "A Family Affair" |
| 2004
|Christine Hardy |Episode: "Painting on Loan" |
| 2004
|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
|Margaret Florian |Episode: "Down Among the Dead Men" |
| 2006–2009
|Christine O'Connell / June Mobley |11 episodes |
| 2007
|Mrs. Vyse |Television film |
| 2010
|Tallulah |Episode #1.4 |
| 2012
|2 episodes |
| 2013
|Ginny |Episode #1.5 |
| 2014
|Vera |Karen Kenworthy |Episode: "Protected" |
| 2023
|Gwen Hempill |2 episodes |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0442542|name= Christine Kavanagh}}
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Category:English television actresses
Category:20th-century English actresses
Category:21st-century English actresses
Category:Alumni of Bristol Old Vic Theatre School