Tara Lynne O'Neill
Known For
Acting
Born
1975-11-16 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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).
Most Known For
Touched by an Angel
Line of Duty
as Lorna
Line of Duty
as Lorna Barrett
Derry Girls
as Ma Mary Quinn
The Fall
as Martina Dean
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
as Self - Participant
The Bay
as Sinead Flanagan
Omagh
as Carol Radford
Our Lives
as Self - Narrator
Just Johnny
as Mrs. Wilson
A Patch of Fog
as Vera
The Last Rifleman
as Tracy Milligan
Malcolm
as Dr Gallagher
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
as Angel Hunter
Disco Pigs
as Mags
Paddy and Nigel's Tourist Trap
as Self
Best Before
Made in Belfast
as Jane
Farr
as Jennifer Conroy
The Informant
as RUC Policewoman