Helen Catherine "Kate" Lonergan (born 4 January 1962) is an English former actress, best known for playing the role of
Maid Marian in the 1989–94
BBC1
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's oldest and Flagship (broadcasting), flagship channel, and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includ ...
children's television series ''
Maid Marian and her Merry Men''.
Prior to being cast as Marian, Lonergan had appeared in the screenplay ''Testimony of a Child'' and ''
The Tall Guy''. She has since appeared in numerous episodes of TV series, including the mini-series ''
Terry and Julian'' (1992) and ''Four Fathers'' (1999), as well as ''
The Bill
''The Bill'' is a British police procedural television series, broadcast on ITV (TV network), ITV from 16 October 1984 until 31 August 2010. The programme originated from a one-off drama, "Woodentop (The Bill), Woodentop" (part of the ''Storyb ...
'', ''
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates'', ''
The Hello Girls'', ''
Born and Bred'', ''
Doctors'', ''
Is It Legal?,'' and ''
Blue Heaven''.
After retiring from acting, Lonergan co-founded The Blackheath Windowbox Company, a "bespoke containerised gardening company", in March 2011 which was dissolved in 2016.
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1962 births
Living people
English film actresses
English television actresses
Actors from the City of Salford
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