Caroline Langrishe (born 10 January 1958) is an English actress.

Early life Born in Marylebone, London,"LANGRISHE Caroline", in Births 1958, FreeBMD, accessed 30 September 2025 Langrishe is the elder daughter of Patrick Nicholas Langrishe (1932–2022), of The Manor House, Sellindge, Kent, a lieutenant in the 11th Hussars, later Major in the Leicestershire and Derbyshire Yeomanry, and his wife Penelope Jill, daughter of Royal Navy Lieutenant-Commander Kenneth Horley. Her grandfather, Sir Terence Langrishe (1895–1973) was an Irish baronet.Burke's Peerage, 107th edition, vol. 2, ed. Charles Morley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 2237

In 1964, Langrishe moved with her parents and sister to Kent, where she grew up. She trained at the Elmhurst Ballet School, but after deciding that she could not become a soloist for the Royal Ballet, moved into acting.

Career In 1976, Langrishe made her acting debut when she appeared in the BBC production of The Glittering Prizes. The next year, she played the role of Kitty in the BBC1 adaptation of Anna Karenina, before working in the theatre with Peter Gill. Among her roles was Anya in Gill's 1978 production of The Cherry Orchard Her first big part was in the 1978 British adaptation of Les Misérables. That same year, she made her big-screen debut, playing the part of Loretta, the receptionist to Robert Morley's character in Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

She also starred as Jane Winters in the futuristic BBC Play for Today episode The Flipside of Dominick Hide (1980) and its sequel, Another Flip for Dominick (1982) both by Jeremy Paul and Alan Gibson. She played Janet Holywell, the wife of Fred Holywell, in a film adaptation of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol (1984), starring George C. Scott. She also appeared in one episode of Minder broadcast in 1984, as Julie, a journalist. Onstage, she played in Kenneth Branagh's production of Twelfth Night. She became a leading actress, taking the lead in the BBC detective series Pulaski (1987) and appearing in several episodes of Chancer (1990).

Langrishe is perhaps best known for her role as Charlotte Cavendish in the BBC series Lovejoy in which she appeared for two series in 1993–1994. After appearing in some episodes of The Good Sex Guide in the mid-1990s, she appeared in Sharpe's Regiment (1996) and Sharpe's Justice (1997) as the Dowager Countess Anne Camoynes. She played the unhappy landlady to Hywel Bennett's James Shelley in the seventh series of Shelley on ITV. She has also appeared in Heartbeat, in the episode Echoes of the Past that aired in December 1998. In 1999 she starred in Brotherly Love. From 2001 to 2007, she appeared as regular character Georgina Channing, Donald Sinden's daughter, alongside Martin Shaw in the BBC TV drama Judge John Deed, playing his ex-wife and then joined the BBC medical drama Casualty, playing executive director Marilyn Fox.

In 2010, she played Ros, an "older woman" in an open marriage, in Pete versus Life on Channel 4. In September 2010, she played the character of Susan Fincher in an episode of Midsomer Murders titled "Blood on the Saddle". In late December 2011, she appeared in teen soap opera Hollyoaks as Barney Harper-McBride's mother. In December 2014, she appeared as Sheila in the Sky1 television film adaptation of the M. C. Beaton novel Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death.

Personal life Langrishe married the actor Patrick Drury in London on 15 November 1984, but the couple divorced in 1995 after having two daughters. She currently lives in Putney. Her hobbies include tennis, rowing, running and swimming.

Filmography

Film YearFilmRoleNotes1978Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?Loretta1979Eagle's WingJudith1980Death WatchGirl in the Bar1984A Christmas CarolJanet Holywell1988HawksCarol1996CrimetimeJenny Lamb1998Parting ShotsVanessa1999Rogue TraderAsh Lewis2005Kisna: The Warrior PoetJennifer Beckett2011Love's KitchenLiz2012Lorraine Turner2014BonoboMargarita Goethe2019Messalina's OfferMargarita Goethe2020Tremors: Shrieker IslandJasTBAAleeza and HarrietHarrietShort, post-production

Television YearFilmRoleNotes1976FelicityEpisode: "A Love Life"LynnEpisode: "Invitations"Victorian ScandalsHypatia BradlaughEpisode: "The Fruits of Philosophy"1977Just WilliamDolly ClovisEpisode: "The Outlaws and the Tramp"RomanceLucindaEpisode: "Emily"Anna KareninaKittyTV miniseries, 9 episodes1978Wuthering HeightsIsabella LintonTV miniseries, 3 episodesLes MisérablesCosetteTV film1979, 1980, 1982Play for TodayJill, Jane3 episodes, including The Flipside of Dominick Hide1980Hammer House of HorrorTinaEpisode: "Guardian of the Abyss"1981Seconds OutLewa BrensonEpisode: "Round 4"Tales of the UnexpectedEllenEpisode: "Shatterproof"1982Q.E.D.Jenny MartinTV miniseries1983Number 10Eleanor EdenEpisode: "Bloodline"1984Sharing TimeKellyEpisode: "Time Trial"MinderJulie WatersEpisode: "The Balance of Power"Janet HolywellTV film1986Dead Man's FollySally LeggeLove and MarriageLucyEpisode: "Let's Run Away to Africa"1987Fortunes of WarBella Niculesco3 episodesPulaskiKate Smith / BriggsyMain role1988Twelfth NightOliviaTV film1988–1989ShelleyCarolRecurring role (series 1–2)1989BoonCharlotte 'Charlie' HanniganEpisode: "The Not So Lone Ranger"1990ChancerPenny NicholsMain role (series 1), 13 episodesPerditia Flaxton-GreenEpisode: "A Case to Answer"1991Agatha Christie's PoirotMarguerite ClaytonEpisode: "The Mystery of the Spanish Chest"TrainerAlison TaylorEpisode: "A Little Touch of Magic in the Night"1993CluedoCandice CostelloEpisode: "The Word, the Flesh and the Devil"Dr. Sheila Stevens2 episodes1993, 1998Peak PracticeSusan Lees, Anna BradshawEpisodes: "Hope to Die", "Glass Houses"1993–1994LovejoyCharlotte CavendishMain role (series 5–6), 22 episodes1996-1997SharpeAnne CamoynesEpisodes: Sharpe's Regiment and Sharpe's Justice1997EmbassyBelinda ThompsonTV filmBombay BlueJane BallingerEpisode: "1.3"1998MosleyJane BewleyEpisode: "Rule of the Game"HeartbeatJane HayesEpisode: "Echoes of the Past"1999TaggartHelen DrummondEpisode: "A Fistful of Chips"CleopatraCalpurniaTV miniseriesBrotherly LoveKate CameronMain role2000Justice in WonderlandMiss BozekTV filmNewbornKathryn Reed2001–2007Judge John DeedGeorgina ChanningRegular role2002As IfVyvian SuttonEpisodes: "Jamie's POV", "Nikki's POV"2004Anna SullivanEpisode: "Sons, Daughters and Lovers"2005EgyptLady CarnarvonTV miniseries2006Tripping OverSarah2 episodes2007–2008CasualtyMarilyn FoxRecurring role (series 22–23)2010DoctorsJudith LeicesterRecurring role2010Pete versus LifeRosEpisode: "Older Woman"2010, 2017Midsomer MurdersSusan Fincher, Janey Rafferty2 episodes2011OutnumberedJennyEpisode: "The Parents' Evening"The CaseSaskia StanleyTV miniseriesHollyoaksJudith Harper-McBride2 episodes2013Death in ParadiseLaura MastersEpisode: "An Unholy Death"2014, 2020, 2021Agatha RaisinSheila Barr3 episodes

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