Kate Lonergan
| Kate Lonergan | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Helen Catherine Lonergan 4 January 1962 Barton-upon-Irwell, Lancashire, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
Helen Catherine "Kate" Lonergan[1] (born 4 January 1962 in Barton-upon-Irwell, Lancashire) is an English former actress, best known for playing the role of Marian in the 1989–94 BBC One 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 miniseries Terry and Julian (1992) and Four Fathers (1999), as well as The Bill, Hetty Wainthropp Investigates, The Hello Girls, Born and Bred, Doctors and Blue Heaven.
Having abandoned her acting career, after ten years of designing, planting and maintaining gardens across London, Lonergan co-founded The Blackheath Windowbox Company, a "bespoke containerised gardening company", in March 2011.[2][3]