Tara Lynne O'Neill

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
Nov 16, 1975 (49 years old)

Tara Lynne O'Neill

Known For

The Spin
1h 32m
Movie 2024

The Spin

A struggling record store owner travels down south to Cork with his best friend in a bid to save his shop from closure.

The Last Rifleman
1h 40m
Movie 2023

The Last Rifleman

A WWII veteran escapes his care home in Northern Ireland and embarks on an arduous but inspirational journey to France to attend the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, finding the courage to face the ghosts of his past.

Just Johnny
0h 20m
Movie 2021

Just Johnny

Maria, Dermot, and their son Johnny live in West Belfast. Their conventional, straightforward family life is jolted when Johnny tells his Mum that he wants to wear a dress for his upcoming First Holy Communion.

Derry Girls
0h 23m
TV Show 2018

Derry Girls

Amidst the political conflict of Northern Ireland in the 1990s, five secondary school students square off with the universal challenges of being a teenager.

A Patch of Fog
1h 30m
Movie 2015

A Patch of Fog

A university teacher gets caught shoplifting by a security guard, who won’t let him go. He becomes his new best friend and says ‘I won’t call the cops if you come and have a pint with me’. From there a twisted romance of sorts unfolds.

Insulin
0h 12m
Movie 2015

Insulin

Holed up in a run down pharmacy, a man helps his diabetic wife to survive on dwindling supplies of insulin, trading medicine for food from the outside world. When a stranger comes looking for insulin, and refuses to be turned away, both husband and wife must face the reality of her rapidly shortening life.

Biography

Tara-Lynne O'Neill (born 16 November 1975) is a film, theatre and television actress from Northern Ireland. During her childhood, she aspired to become a dentist, but abandoned this after failing her General Certificate of Secondary Education in chemistry. At sixth-form college, she opted for a career in acting. O'Neill started work as a television presenter on Saturday Disney from 1993 to 1996. She was also a main presenter on The Over the Wall Gang, a young people's television show from BBC Northern Ireland O'Neill also appeared in film roles such as the town's seductress in The Most Fertile Man in Ireland (1999), and as Claire McKee in Wild About Harry (2000). She later played Joanne Ryan in EastEnders, appearing in 58 episodes between 20 September 2002, and 21 August 2003. Between 2013 and 2016, she appeared in The Fall. In 2018, she joined the main cast of Derry Girls as Mary Quinn, remaining on the show until the airing of the final episode on 18 May 2022. In April 2024, O'Neill was cast as Inspector Eve Dunlop in BBC's Hope Street for the show's fourth series. Her other roles include The Informant (1997), Disco Pigs (2001), Full Circle and Omagh (2004).

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