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Tara Anne Cassandra Fitzgerald (born 18 September 1967) is an English actress who has appeared in feature films, television, radio and the stage. She won the New York Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play in 1995 as Ophelia in Hamlet. She won the Best Actress Award at The Reims International Television Festival in 1999 for her role of Lady Dona St Columb in Frenchman's Creek. Fitzgerald has appeared in the West End production of The Misanthrope at the Comedy Theatre, and in Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House at the Donmar Warehouse. Since 2007, Fitzgerald has appeared in more than 30 episodes of the BBC television series Waking the Dead and played the role of Selyse Baratheon in the HBO series Game of Thrones. Early life Fitzgerald is the daughter of artist Michael Callaby and Irish portrait photographer Sarah Geraldine Fitzgerald. She spent part of her childhood in the Bahamas, where her maternal grandfather ran a law firm. Her sister, Arabella, was born there. Following the family's return to England when she was three, Fitzgerald's parents separated, and her mother then married the Irish actor Norman Rodway. She has a half-sister from this marriage, Bianca Rodway. Her father, Callaby, died when she was 11. Her great-aunt was actress Geraldine Fitzgerald; other cousins through the Fitzgerald family are the Irish novelist Jennifer Johnston and Irish actress Susan Fitzgerald. Career Film Following her graduation from Drama Centre London, Fitzgerald appeared as the daughter of a beauty queen in the comedy Hear My Song (1991). She came to international attention in 1993 when she starred with Hugh Grant in the Australian comedy Sirens. The film landed Fitzgerald an Australian Film Institute nomination for Best Actress in a Lead Role. Two years later she again appeared with Grant in the comedy The Englishman who Went up a Hill but Came down a Mountain. Fitzgerald appeared in a steady stream of independent feature films through the 1990s and 2000s, among them A Man of No Importance (1994), Brassed Off (1996), the Czech World War II fighter pilot drama Dark Blue World (2001), and the 2004 drama, Secret Passage (UK title: The Lion's Mouth), set during the Spanish Inquisition. In 2006, she appeared in In a Dark Place, and, in 2014, she played Miriam in Exodus: Gods and Kings. Fitzgerald decided to expand her career into directing after becoming frustrated with what she saw as a lack of interesting roles for older actresses. She was one of 12 filmmakers selected for Film London's 2015 Microwave scheme, which provides training and mentoring to filmmakers who then pitch their ideas to a panel that selects the two best ideas for production, with budgets of £150,000 each. Stage Fitzgerald's first major stage role came in 1992 when she appeared opposite Peter O'Toole in Our Song at the Apollo Theatre. She has alternated between stage and screen for almost two decades, with frequent theatre roles. In 1995, she starred as Ophelia in Hamlet at London's Almeida Theatre, which led to her American stage debut. The production transferred across the Atlantic and played more than 90 performances on Broadway at the Belasco Theatre. Since then, she has played Antigone in a national UK tour and Blanche Du Bois in Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire at the Bristol Old Vic and appeared in A Doll's House at the Donmar Warehouse. Fitzgerald has also appeared in Molière's The Misanthrope in 2009 at the Comedy Theatre (now the Pinter). She appeared in The Winters Tale at the RSC in 2013, performed as Lady Macbeth at Shakespeare's Globe theatre and appeared in Gaslight at the Royal and Derngate Theatre in 2015. Television A veteran of more than twenty television programmes and mini-series, Fitzgerald has portrayed Victorian heroines and modern police detectives. Her first TV role was in the 1991 BBC production The Black Candle, set in Yorkshire in the 1880s. In 1992, she was featured in The Camomile Lawn. After her feature film success, she landed her first starring role in a television film, The Vacillations of Poppy Carew. She won Best Actress at the 1999 Reims International Television Festival for the costumes-and-pirates love story Frenchman's Creek. In 2006, she was featured in The Virgin Queen, before taking on the role of Eve Lockhart on Waking The Dead, joining that cast in 2007. She also had a recurring role on Game of Thrones, playing Selyse Baratheon. In 2020 Tara Fitzgerald played a role as Lady Templemore in the ITV-series Belgravia, a historical drama based on the 2016 novel of the same name by Julian Fellowes. Personal life In 2001, Fitzgerald married the English actor-director John Sharian, who directed her in the short film The Snatching of Bookie Bob. They separated in May 2003 and later divorced. Fitzgerald lives in London. Filmography Film Television Theatre Video games References External links Tara Fitzgerald at IMDb Tara Fitzgerald collected news and commentary at The Guardian Tara Fitzgerald interview in The Sunday Times 2017. Discover the Grant Fitzgerald popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Grant Fitzgerald books.
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My Family of Helpers - Spanish
Grant FitzgeraldLa historia sobre una familia, en la cual todos los miembros de la familia les gusta ayudarse mutuamente. Nuestro pequeño héroe le gusta ayudar también, pero el resultado no será c...
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Dan the Dairy Farmer
Grant FitzgeraldDan loves being a dairy farmer. This morning, though, he was late and to top things off, his cousins are coming for a visit! Follow the adventures of Dan as he finds time to have f...
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My Family of Helpers - Arabic
Grant Fitzgeraldقصة عن عائلة يحب جميع أفرادها مساعدة الآخرين. تحب بطلتنا الصغيرة المساعدة أيضًا ، لكن النتائج قد لا تكون كما تتوقعها
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Shane the Shearer
Grant FitzgeraldShane can only think about shearing. He, his dad, his uncle and aunty have a huge mob to shear. Can he beat his previous record? One of the Aussie Jobs Series designed for ch...
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My Family of Helpers
Grant FitzgeraldA story about a family where all the family members like to help other people. Our little hero also likes to help, but the results may not be what she expects.
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Harry The Hunter
Grant FitzgeraldHarry loves visiting his cousins on their farm, especially going spotlighting! Harry's dad sees how he can help Harry with his reading and fulfil Harry's biggest wish!
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The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre DumasAS SEEN ON WRITE AROUND THE WORLD WITH RICHARD E GRANTA brilliant story of intrigue, retribution, revenge and redemption.Imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit, Edmond Dantès spen...
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My Family of Helpers - French
Grant FitzgeraldL'histoire d'une famille où tous les membres de la famille aiment aider les autres. Notre petit héros aime aussi aider, mais les résultats peuvent ne pas être ce à quoi elle s'atte...
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My Family of Helpers - Tagalog
Grant FitzgeraldIsang kwento tungkol sa isang pamilya kung saan ang lahat ng mga miyembro ng pamilya ay nais na makatulong sa iba. Ang aming maliit na bayani ay nais makatulong din, ngunit ang mga...
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A Life with Ghosts
Steve GonsalvesNATIONAL BESTSELLERThe debut book from paranormal investigator and Ghost Hunters TV star Steve Gonsalves! Steve Gonsalvesalready considered to be one of the top paranormal investi...
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My Family of Helpers - Italian
Grant FitzgeraldA story about a family where all the family members like to help others. Our little hero likes to help too, but the results may not be what she expects.
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My Family of Helpers -Japanese
Grant Fitzgerald人(ひと)を助(たす)けるのが好(す)きな家族(かぞく)の話(はなし)です。 私(わたし)たちの小(ちい)さなヒーロは人々(ひとびと)を助(たす)けるのも好(す)きです。でも、結果(けっか)が期待(きたい)するものではないかもしれません。
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Finn the Fisherman
Grant FitzgeraldFinn would love to catch the largest fish at the Cable Beach fishing contest. He dreams of winning first prize and taking home a trophy. Will he be able to do it? One of the Aussie...