Caroline Cruice Goodall (born 13 November 1959) is a British actress and

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. She was nominated for AFI Awards for her roles in the 1989 miniseries '' Cassidy'', and the 1995 film '' Hotel Sorrento''. Her other film appearances include ''

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'' (1991), ''

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'' (1993), ''

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'' (1993), '' Disclosure'' (1994), '' White Squall'' (1996), '' The Princess Diaries'' (2001) and '' The Best of Me'' (2014).

Early life

Goodall was born in

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to a publisher father and journalist mother. She attended

St Leonards-Mayfield School Mayfield School, previously St Leonards-Mayfield School, is an independent Catholic boarding and day school for girls aged 11 to 18. It is situated in the village of Mayfield in East Sussex. The current headmistress is Miss Antonia Beary. The s ...

and graduated (1981) with a

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and English from

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. Caroline was a member of

National Youth Theatre The National Youth Theatre of Great Britain (NYT) is a youth theatre and registered charity in London. Its aim is to develop and nurture young people through creative arts and theatrical productions. Founded in 1956 as the world's first youth the ...

Career

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 ''

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'', 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 ''

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'' at the

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, 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

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to star in his 1991 film ''

''. She went on to star as the villainess Kristel in the film ''

'' (1993), as Emilie Schindler in ''

'' (1993), and opposite

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in Barry Levinson's '' Disclosure'' (1994). In Australia, she co-starred with

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in '' The Silver Brumby'' in 1993, and was nominated for the

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for

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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

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for Best Actress for ''A Difficult Woman'', which also won best TV mini series at the New York Festival in 1998. She starred opposite

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's '' White Squall'' (1996); as Helen Thermopolis in

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's wildly successful The ''Princess Diaries'' (2001), '' The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement'' (2004) and opposite

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and

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in ''The Cold Light Of Day'' (2012). European credits include starring in Urs Egger's '' Opernball'' (1998) ''

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'' (2006), and Denis De La Patelliere's ''Épées Des Diamants''. She appeared in

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'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

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's multi-award-winning film '' The Dressmaker'', with

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and

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. As a

, 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

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, the mother of kings

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and

. In 2016, she portrayed Kelly Frost in the

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spy-thriller TV series '' Berlin Station''.

Personal life

Goodall married

Nicola Pecorini Nicola Pecorini (born 10 August 1957) is an Italian cinematographer. Pecorini was born in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. He founded, with Garrett Brown, inventor of the steadicam, the Steadicam Operators Association, Inc. (SOA), in 1988. Pecorini mov ...

on 17 September 1994. The couple have two children, Gemma and Leone. Her sister is producer Victoria Goodall.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Goodall, Caroline 1959 births Living people People educated at St Leonards-Mayfield School Alumni of the University of Bristol Actresses from London English film actresses English stage actresses English television actresses English screenwriters British women screenwriters 20th-century English actresses 21st-century English actresses National Youth Theatre members