Caroline Harker

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Caroline Harker
Born
Caroline Anne Owens

1966 (age 58–59)
London, England
OccupationActress
Years active1990–present
Spouse Anthony Calf
Children3
Mother Polly Adams
Relatives Susannah Harker (sister)
Joseph Harker (great-great-grandfather)

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

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Career

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] In January 2025, Harker debuted as Caitlin Todd in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale . [7] [8] [9]

Personal life

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. [10]

She and her sisters are descended from theatrical designer Joseph Harker. [11]

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
1994 The Madness of King George Mrs Fitzherbert
1999Een vrouw van het noordenCharlotte
2007 Lady Godiva: Back in the Saddle Catherine Osbourne
2020The CroftSuzanne
2021 Mothering Sunday Sylvia Hobday
Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1990 Casualty Helen Bradley / Tessa2 episodes
1992–2003 A Touch of Frost W.P.C. Hazel Wallace11 episodes
1993 Riders Tory LovellTV movie
1994 Middlemarch Celia Brooke7 episodes
Honey for Tea Lucy Courtney7 episodes
1997 Holding On Vicky8 episodes
1997–1998 Keeping Mum Wendy3 episodes
1998 Kavanagh QC Rowena Featherstonehaugh1 episode
2002 Midsomer Murders Tamsin ProctorEpisode: "Market For Murder"
2003 Foyle's War Jane Hardiman1 episode
2004 Auf Wiedersehen, Pet Pru Scott-Johns5 episodes
Murder in Suburbia Tessa Northover1 episode
2007 The Man Who Lost His Head Fiona HarrisonTV movie
Hana's HelplineBetty6 episodes
2010 Doctors Claire JarrettSeries 10 episode 170
2011 New Tricks Tabitha Hall-ChalmersSeries 8 episode 10: Tiger Tiger
2012 Coronation Street Alicia Davenport4 episodes
Holby City Imogen WhiteSeries 14 episode 16: Here and Now
DoctorsElaine StaintonSeries 12 episode 52
2016Caroline VossmanSeries 16 episode 131
2021 Toast of Tinseltown Sue PipkinsSeries 1 episode 1: Anger Man
2022 Ten Percent Casting directorSeries 1 episode 8
2025 Emmerdale Caitlin Todd Guest role

References

  1. 1 2 "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. ↑ Wheeler, Olivia (2 January 2025). "Where you've seen Emmerdale's Dr Caitlin star before after Jacob's deadly blunder". Leeds Live . Reach plc . Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  8. ↑ Spadoni, Shelley; Govan, Chloe (7 January 2025). "Emmerdale fans left floored as they work out where they've seen Dr Todd actress before". OK! . Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  9. ↑ Wheeler, Olivia (2 January 2025). "ITV Emmerdale Dr Caitlin star's career from Coronation Street to Slow Horses". Manchester Evening News . Reach plc . Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  10. ↑ Susannah Harker BBC Drama, April 2007.
  11. ↑ 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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