Helen Catherine "Kate" Lonergan (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.
Upon retiring from acting, Lonergan co-established The Blackheath Windowbox Company, a specialized enterprise focused on containerized gardening, in March 2011. This company was subsequently dissolved in 2016.
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 which was disolved in 2016 .
Filmography
2007 Doctors (TV Series)
Sarah McCallen
- Best Days of Your Life (2007)
1995 The Bill (1995-2007 TV Series)
Bridget Ponting / Nurse Stephenson / Louise Hunter
- Killer on the Run (2007)
- Butting In (1996)
- Water Wings (1995)
2005 Walk Away and I Stumble (TV Movie)
Helen
1996 Casualty (1996-2005 TV Series)
Gloria Sullivan / Jean Kenyon
- Desperate Measures (2005)
- We Shall Overcome (1996)
2005 Ahead of the Class (TV Movie)
Maxine Horley
2002 Menace (TV Mini-Series)
Det. Sgt. Blane
- Episode #1.2 (2002)
- Episode #1.1 (2002)
2002 Born and Bred (TV Series)
Rita Stubbs
- The Inspector Calls (2002)
1999 Four Fathers (TV Series)
Dawn Starkie
- Episode #1.3 (1999)
- Episode #1.2 (1999)
- Episode #1.1 (1999)
1999 Always and Everyone (TV Series)
Mrs. Took
- The Death Shift (1999)
1998 Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (TV Series)
Dawn Halliwell
- Mind over Muscle (1998)
1997 Daylight Robbery (Short)
BP
1997 Heartbeat (TV Series)
Gwen Harding
- Affairs of the Heart (1997)
1996 Is It Legal? (TV Series)
Mrs. Beath
- Office Party (1996)
1996 The Hello Girls (TV Series)
Pam Heath
- Miss GPO Personality 1959 (1996)
- The Emergency Call (1996)
- The Occasion Cake (1996)
- Baslow 212 (1996)
- Listening In (1996)
- The Teletones (1996)
- The Saturday Shift (1996)
- First Day (1996)
1995 The Ant & Dec Show (TV Series)
- Episode #1.5 (1995)
1994 Parallel 9 (TV Series)
Flyn
1994 Blue Heaven (TV Series)
Sam
- Episode #1.6 (1994)
1989 Maid Marian and Her Merry Men (1989-1994 TV Series)
Marian
1992 Terry and Julian (TV Series)
Rene
- Julian Slips Out (1992)
- Get Thee Behind Me (1992)
- Enter Julian (1992)
1991 Science Stinks: Are You Curieous! (Video)
Madame Curie
1989 Screenplay (TV Series)
Ward nurse
- Testimony of a Child (1989)
1989 The Tall Guy
Stage Manager - Rubberface
1989 Maid Marian and Her Merry Men (1989-1994 TV Series)