Caroline Goodall | |
---|---|
Born | London, England | 13 November 1959
Alma mater | St Leonards-Mayfield School Bristol University (B.A., 1981) |
Occupation(s) | Actress, screenwriter |
Years active | 1981–present |
Spouses | |
Children | 2 |
Caroline Goodall (born 13 November 1959) is a British/Australian actress and screenwriter and producer. Awards and nominations include Best Actress nominations AFI Awards for her roles in the 1989 miniseries Cassidy , and the 1995 film Hotel Sorrento a Logie Awards Nomination for the mini series A Difficult Woman ,and Best Actress award (Rome Film Festival). Her film appearances include Hook (1991), Cliffhanger (1993), Schindler's List (1993), Disclosure (1994), White Squall (1996), The Princess Diaries (2001) and The Best of Me (2014).
Goodall was born in London to a publisher father and journalist mother. She attended St Leonards-Mayfield School and graduated (1981) with a Bachelor of Arts in Drama and English from Bristol University. [1] Caroline was a member of National Youth Theatre.
Goodall has appeared extensively on stage, joining the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) and then the National Theatre. Her roles for the RSC include Lady Anne in Richard III , Australian tour opposite Sir Anthony Sher and Hypatia in Misalliance ; while for the National Theatre she played Rebecca in Command or Promise. She played Juliet in Romeo and Juliet at the Shaw Theatre, Viola In Twelfth Night ( Plymouth) starred at the Manchester Royal Exchange, Royal Court Theatre as Susan in Jonathan Gem's comedy Susan's Breasts; Alan Ayckbourn's Steven Joseph Theatre in Scarborough and as Isobel in David Hare's US premiere of The Secret Rapture at the SCR.
Goodall was chosen by Steven Spielberg to star in his 1991 film Hook . She went on to star as the villainess Kristel in the film Cliffhanger (1993), as Emilie Schindler in Schindler's List (1993), and opposite Michael Douglas in Barry Levinson's Disclosure (1994). In Australia, she co-starred with Russell Crowe in The Silver Brumby in 1993, and was nominated for the AFI Award for Best Actress for the 1995 film Hotel Sorrento . She had previously been nominated for the AFI Award for Best Actress in a TV film or miniseries for the 1989 miniseries Cassidy . In 1996, she starred with Pauline Quirke in the BBC miniseries The Sculptress . In 1998, she was nominated for a Logie Award for Best Actress for A Difficult Woman, which also won best TV mini series at the New York Festival in 1998. She starred opposite Jeff Bridges in Ridley Scott's White Squall (1996); as Helen Thermopolis in Garry Marshall's wildly successful The Princess Diaries (2001), The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004) and opposite Bruce Willis and Henry Cavill in The Cold Light Of Day (2012). European credits include starring in Urs Egger's Opernball (1998) The Thief Lord (2006), and Denis De La Patelliere's Épées Des Diamants. She appeared in Lars von Trier's Nymphomaniac Vol. II (2013) and won a RIFF Best Actress Award for her role in Massimo Cogliatore's two-hander thriller The Elevator (2014). In 2015, she played Elsbeth Beaumont in Jocelyn Moorhouse's multi-award-winning film The Dressmaker , with Kate Winslet and Judy Davis. Other films include Hunter Killer (2018) The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (2021) and Grace Vessler in Fred and Freddy Macdonald's Sew Torn (2024)
As a producer and screenwriter, in addition to The Bay of Silence, Goodall's credits include screen adaptations of Rupert Thomson's Dreams of Leaving for HKM Films.
Goodall has starred in many TV series including The White Queen (2013) and its sequel The White Princess (2017), portraying Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, the mother of kings Edward IV and Richard III. In 2016, she portrayed Kelly Frost in the CIA spy-thriller TV series Berlin Station .
Goodall married Nicola Pecorini on 17 September 1994. The couple have two children, Gemma and Leone. Her sister is producer Victoria Goodall.
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1986 | Every Time We Say Goodbye | Sally | |
1991 | Hook | Moira Banning | |
1993 | Cliffhanger | Kristel | |
1993 | The Silver Brumby | Elyne Mitchell | |
1993 | Schindler's List | Emilie Schindler | |
1994 | Disclosure | Susan Sanders | |
1995 | Hotel Sorrento | Meg Moynihan | |
1996 | White Squall | Dr. Alice Sheldon | |
1997 | Casualties | Annie Summers | |
1999 | The Secret Laughter of Women | Jenny Field | |
2000 | Harrison's Flowers | Johanna Pollack | |
2001 | The Princess Diaries | Helen Thermopolis | |
2003 | Shattered Glass | Mrs. Duke | |
2003 | Easy | Sandy Clarke | |
2004 | Chasing Liberty | Michelle Foster | |
2004 | The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | Helen Thermopolis | |
2004 | Haven | Ms. Claire | |
2005 | The Chumscrubber | Mrs. Parker | |
2005 | River's End | Sarah Watkins | |
2006 | The Thief Lord | Ida Spavento | |
2006 | We Fight to Be Free | Martha Dandridge Custis | |
2008 | The Seven of Daran: Battle of Pareo Rock | Lisa Westwood | |
2009 | My Life in Ruins | Dr. Elizabeth Tullen | |
2009 | Dorian Gray | Lady Radley | |
2012 | The Cold Light of Day | Laurie Shaw | |
2012 | Mental | Doris | |
2013 | Third Person | Dr. Gertner | |
2013 | Nymphomaniac | Psychologist | |
2014 | The Best of Me | Evelyn Collier | |
2015 | The Daniel Connection | Veronica Ashler | |
2015 | The Dressmaker | Elsbeth Beaumont | |
2016 | A Street Cat Named Bob | Mary | |
2018 | Hunter Killer | President Ilene Dover | |
2019 | Muse | The Nurse | |
2020 | The Bay of Silence | Marcia | Also writer and producer |
2021 | Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard | Crowley | |
2021 | Birds of Paradise | Celine | |
TBA | The Islander | The Baroness | Post-production |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1978 | The Moon Stallion | Estelle Mortenhurze | Main role |
1982 | Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story | Ann Bolton | TV film |
1985 | Gems | Anne-Marie Colman | Regular role (series 1) |
1985 | Remington Steele | Jenny Buchanan | "Steele Searching: Part 1" |
1988 | Tales of the Unexpected | Holly Peverill | "Wink Three Times" |
1988 | Rumpole of the Bailey | Helen Derwent | "Rumpole and the Quality of Life" |
1989 | After the War | Sally Raglan | TV miniseries |
1989 | Cassidy | Charlie Cassidy | TV film |
1990 | 4 Play | Marsha | "Madly in Love" |
1990 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Lady Yardly | "The Adventure of the Western Star" |
1990 | Half a World Away | Amy Johnson | TV miniseries |
1991 | Ring of Scorpio | Helen Simmons | TV film |
1991 | Quantum Leap | Dr. Leslie Ashton | "The Wrong Stuff" |
1993 | At Home with the Webbers | Karen James | TV film |
1993 | The Commish | Maddie Hodges | "Eastbridge Boulevard" |
1993 | Screen One | Mandy | "Royal Celebration" |
1993 | Diamond Swords | Liv Gustavson | TV film |
1995 | Spider-Man | Vanessa Fisk (voice) | "Neogenic Nightmare: Chapters 11 & 12" |
1996 | The Sculptress | Rosalind Leigh | TV miniseries |
1998 | Rhapsody in Bloom | Debra Loomis | TV film |
1998 | Opera Ball | Heather Frazer | TV film |
1998 | The Outer Limits | Rebecca | "Promised Land" |
1998 | A Difficult Woman | Dr. Anne Harriman | TV miniseries |
1999 | Sex 'n' Death | Bella | TV film |
2000 | Love and Murder | Sally Love | TV film |
2000 | Trust | Anne Travers | TV film |
2001 | Murder in Mind | Joanna Liddy | "Neighbours" |
2001 | The Mists of Avalon | Igraine | TV miniseries |
2002 | Me & Mrs Jones | Laura Bowden | TV film |
2005 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Dr. Emily Ryan | "Secrets & Flies" |
2005 | Alias | Elizabeth Powell | "Bob" |
2006 | Midsomer Murders | Grace Starkey | "Dead Letters" |
2010 | Pulse | Juliette Randall | TV film |
2011 | The Good Wife | Kim Palmieri | "Wrongful Termination" |
2012 | Mrs Biggs | Muriel Powell | TV miniseries |
2013 | The White Queen | Cecily Neville, Duchess of York | TV miniseries |
2014 | Midsomer Murders | Penelope Calder | "The Killings of Copenhagen" |
2016 | The Crown | Lady Doris | "Pride & Joy" |
2016 | Berlin Station | Kelly Frost | Recurring role (series 1) |
2017 | The White Princess | Cecily Neville, Duchess of York | TV miniseries |
2018 | Endeavour | Lady Bayswater | "Colours" |
2018 | Bulletproof | Deputy Mayor Charlotte Carmel | Main role |
2020 | The Trader | Alex Patterson | Main cast |
2020 | Cold Courage | Maggie | Main cast |
Dame Dorothy Tutin, was an English actress of stage, film and television. For her work in the theatre, she won two Olivier Awards and two Evening Standard Awards for Best Actress. She was made a CBE in 1967 and a Dame (DBE) in 2000.
Sir Ben Kingsley is an English actor. He has received various accolades throughout his career spanning five decades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Grammy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards. Kingsley was appointed Knight Bachelor in 2002 for services to the British film industry. In 2010, he was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2013, he received the Britannia Award for Worldwide Contribution to Filmed Entertainment.
Sigrid Madeline Thornton is an Australian film and television actress. Her television work includes Prisoner (1979–80), All the Rivers Run (1983), SeaChange (1998–2019) and Wentworth (2016–2018). She also starred in the American Western series Paradise (1988–91). Her film appearances include Snapshot (1979), The Man from Snowy River (1982), Street Hero (1984) and Face to Face (2011). She won the AACTA Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama for the 2015 miniseries Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door.
Jennifer "Gemma" Jones is an English actress. Appearing on both stage and screen, her film appearances include Sense and Sensibility (1995), the Bridget Jones series (2001–2016), the Harry Potter series (2002–2011), You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010), and Ammonite (2020).
Esther Davis is an Australian actress and singer, best known for her roles as Phryne Fisher in Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries and its film adaptation, Miss Fisher & the Crypt of Tears, and as Amelia Vanek in The Babadook. Other major works include a recurring role as Lady Crane in season six of the television series Game of Thrones, Sister Iphigenia in Lambs of God, and the role of Ellen Kelly in Justin Kurzel's True History of the Kelly Gang.
Samantha Jane Bond is an English actress. She played Miss Moneypenny in four James Bond films during the Pierce Brosnan era, and appeared in Downton Abbey as the wealthy widow Lady Rosamund Painswick, sister of Robert Crawley, the Earl of Grantham. On television, she played "Auntie Angela" in the sitcom Outnumbered and the villain Mrs Wormwood in the CBBC Doctor Who spin-off, The Sarah Jane Adventures. She also originated the role of "Miz Liz" Probert in the Rumpole of the Bailey series. She is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Tamsin Margaret Mary Greig is a British actress. She is known for both dramatic and comedic roles. She played Fran Katzenjammer in the Channel 4 sitcom Black Books, Dr Caroline Todd in the Channel 4 sitcom Green Wing, Beverly Lincoln in British-American sitcom Episodes and Jackie Goodman in the Channel 4 sitcom Friday Night Dinner. Other roles include Alice Chenery in BBC One's comedy-drama series Love Soup, Debbie Aldridge in BBC Radio 4's soap opera The Archers, Miss Bates in the 2009 BBC version of Jane Austen's Emma, and Beth Hardiment in the 2010 film version of Tamara Drewe. In 2020, Greig starred as Anne Trenchard in Julian Fellowes' ITV series Belgravia.
Sinéad Moira Cusack is an Irish actress. Her first acting roles were at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, before moving to London in 1969 to join the Royal Shakespeare Company. She has won the Critics' Circle and Evening Standard Awards for her performance in Sebastian Barry's Our Lady of Sligo.
Frances J. de Lautour, better known as Frances de la Tour, is an English actress. She is known for her role as Miss Ruth Jones in the television sitcom Rising Damp from 1974 until 1978. She is a Tony Award winner and three-time Olivier Award winner.
Lisa McCune is an Australian actress, known for her role in TV series Blue Heelers as Senior Constable Maggie Doyle, and in Sea Patrol as Lieutenant Kate McGregor RAN. She has won four Gold Logie Awards.
Amanda Root is an English actress. She is perhaps best known for her starring role as Anne Elliot in the 1995 BBC adaptation of Persuasion. A familiar face on both stage and screen, she worked regularly with the Royal Shakespeare Company during her early career, performing as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, and Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, among other roles. In 2009, she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance as Sarah in Alan Ayckbourn's The Norman Conquests.
Cheryl Campbell is an English actress of stage, film and television. She starred opposite Bob Hoskins in the 1978 BBC drama Pennies From Heaven, before going on to win the 1980 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for Testament of Youth and Malice Aforethought, and the 1982 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Revival for A Doll's House. Her film appearances include Chariots of Fire (1981), Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) and The Shooting Party (1985).
Niamh Cusack is an Irish actress. Born to a family with deep roots in the performing arts, Cusack has been involved as a performer since a young age. She has served with the UK's two leading theatre companies, the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre and has performed in a long line of major stage productions since the mid-1980s. She has made numerous appearances on television including a long-running role as Dr. Kate Rowan in the UK series Heartbeat (1992–1995) which made her a household name and favourite. She has often worked as a voice actress on radio, and her film credits include a starring role in In Love with Alma Cogan (2011).
Claudia Karvan is an Australian actress and producer. As a child actor, she first appeared in the film Molly (1983) and followed with an adolescent role in High Tide (1987). She portrayed a teacher in The Heartbreak Kid (1993) – the film was spun off into a TV series, Heartbreak High (1994–1999), with her character taken over by Sarah Lambert. Karvan's roles in television series include The Secret Life of Us (2001–2005), Love My Way (2004–2007), Newton's Law (2017) and Halifax: Retribution (2020). She won Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Television Drama at the AFI Awards for her appearance in G.P. (1996). She won two similar AFI Awards for her role in Love My Way and in 2014 for her work in The Time of Our Lives (2013–2014). As a co-producer and co-writer on Love My Way, she won three further AFI Awards for Best Drama Series in 2005, 2006 and 2007. Karvan was inducted into the Australian Film Walk of Fame in 2007 in acknowledgment of her contributions to the Australian film and television industry. From 2010 to 2011, she starred in the drama series Spirited, which she co-created and was executive producer. She appeared as Judy Vickers in Puberty Blues. Karvan has co-produced House of Hancock and Doctor Doctor (2016–2021). In 2021 she co-created, co-produced and starred in the TV drama series, Bump.
Lesley Ann Manville is an English actress known for her frequent collaborations with Mike Leigh, appearing in the films Grown-Ups (1980), High Hopes (1988), Secrets & Lies (1996), Topsy-Turvy (1999), All or Nothing (2002), Vera Drake (2004), Another Year (2010), and Mr. Turner (2014). She has been nominated for two British Academy Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her roles in Another Year (2010) and Phantom Thread (2017), with her performance in the latter earning her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Emily "Eve" Best is an English actress and director. She is known for her television roles as Dr. Eleanor O'Hara in the Showtime series Nurse Jackie (2009–2013), First Lady Dolley Madison in the American Experience television special (2011), and Monica Chatwin in the BBC miniseries The Honourable Woman (2014). She also played Wallis Simpson in the 2010 film The King's Speech.
Mariah Gale is a British actress of film, stage and television.
Isobel Dorothy Powley is an English actress. Born and raised in London, Powley was educated at Holland Park School. She began acting as a teenager on television, starring on the CBBC action television series M.I. High (2007–2008), the period miniseries Little Dorrit (2008), the crime series Murderland (2009), and the ITV sitcom Benidorm (2014).
Emma Hamilton is an Australian actress. On television, she stars in the Seven drama RFDS (2021). She has also appeared as a series lead in the Nine Network drama thriller Hyde & Seek (2016), along with series regular roles as Anne Stanhope in the Showtime historical drama The Tudors (2009–2010), Rosie Dolly on the ITV/PBS period drama Mr Selfridge (2015), and in the ITV crime thriller Fearless (2017). Her films include the Australian drama Last Cab to Darwin (2015), which earned her an AACTA nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
Robert John Edwards is an Australian television drama producer.