# Christine Kavanagh

Christine Mary Kavanagh (born 24 March 1957) is an English actress.

## Early life

Kavanagh was born in Prescot, Lancashire. She was educated in Brussels, and trained as a drama teacher at Bretton Hall College and as an actor at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

## Career

Kavanagh first appeared in The Onedin Line, followed by a BBC2 Playhouse production before appearing as Nicky in a 1984 episode of Minder. In 1990 she played the lead in the first production (in Scarborough) of Alan Ayckbourne's The Revengers' Comedies, opposite Jon Strickland. In 1985 she appeared in the Doctor Who serial Timelash.
She played Lucy Downes in the Inspector Morse ITV series, in the episode "The Wolvercote Tongue" in 1987, Barbara Hazlitt in a 1989 episode of All Creatures Great and Small, and Dr Alison Wells in the 1991 series Chimera. In 1992 she played the part of Isabel Vandervent in the production of The Blackheath Poisonings produced by ITV. In 1994 she appeared as Penny Winter in eight episodes of Seaforth. The following year she played Rosina Lagrange in three episodes of The Glass Virgin.
In 2009 she starred as Christine O'Connell in Doctors (after originally appearing as June Mobley three years earlier). She has also been a member of the BBC Radio Drama Company for BBC Radio 4. She played Karen Kenworthy in a 2014 episode of Vera. In 2016, she played Ms Birling in Stephen Daltry's production of An Inspector Calls, and played the Doctor's wife, Patience, in the Doctor Who audio drama Cold Fusion.

## Personal life

Kavanagh is divorced from Jack Ellis, with whom she has two children. Theo is a member of the alternative rock band Wolf Alice. She founded The Voicehouse, a public-speaking tutoring business.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2015 | National Theatre Live: Man and Superman | Mrs. Whitefield | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1980 | The Onedin Line | Woman in Hold | Episode: "Vengeance" |
| 1984 | Minder | Nicky | Episode: "Rocky Eight and a Half" |
| 1985 | Doctor Who | Aram | Episode: "Timelash" |
| 1985 | Howards' Way | Louise Silverton | Episode: "Bang" |
| 1987 | Bread | Sally | Episode #3.3 |
| 1987 | London Embassy | Receptionist | Episode: "The Man on the Clapham Omnibus" |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse | Lucy Downes | Episode: "The Wolvercote Tongue" |
| 1987, 1988 | The Bretts | Diana Lucas | 2 episodes |
| 1988 | A Very British Coup | Liz | 3 episodes |
| 1988–1997 | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | June Symonds / Leila Jasper | 3 episodes |
| 1988–1997 | The Bill | Various roles | 3 episodes |
| 1989 | The Saint: The Brazilian Connection | Katrina | Television film |
| 1989 | All Creatures Great and Small | Barbara Hazlitt | Episode: "The Call of the Wild" |
| 1989 | Screen One | Celia | Episode: "Home Run" |
| 1991 | Lovejoy | Renata Van Der Zee | Episode: "Just Desserts" |
| 1991 | Chimera | Alison Wells | 4 episodes |
| 1991 | Casualty | Helen Ferris | Episode: "Allegiance" |
| 1992 | Underbelly | Jude Crowe | 4 episodes |
| 1992 | Boon | Mona Cameron | Episode: "Minder" |
| 1992 | The Blackheath Poisonings | Isabel Collard | 3 episodes |
| 1993 | Drop the Dead Donkey | Estelle | Episode: "Helen'll Fix It" |
| 1993 | All in the Game | Lindy Barge | 6 episodes |
| 1993 | Between the Lines | Joanna Gould | Episode: "Big Boys' Rules: Part I" |
| 1994 | Frank Stubbs Promotes | Marcia | Episode: "Mr. Chairman" |
| 1994 | Seaforth | Penny Winter | 8 episodes |
| 1995 | The Glass Virgin | Rosina Lagrange | 3 episodes |
| 1995 | Pigeon Summer | Lina Dyer | Miniseries |
| 1995 | Agony Again | Pamela | Episode: "Breaking Point" |
| 1998 | Equinox | Helen Parker | Episode: "The King of Chaos" |
| 1998 | Jonathan Creek | Lady Theresa Cutler | Episode: "The Scented Room" |
| 2000 | In His Life: The John Lennon Story | Julia Lennon | Television film |
| 2000 | The Sleeper | Sheena | Television film |
| 2001 | McCready and Daughter | Denise Bellini | Episode: "Pasta La Vista" |
| 2002 | Manchild | Christine | 2 episodes |
| 2003 | Holby City | Jenny Warren | Episode: "A Tear in My Eye" |
| 2003 | Sweet Medicine | Sam Lawrence | Episode #1.1 |
| 2003 | Heartbeat | Joyce Carswell | Episode: "A Family Affair" |
| 2004 | New Tricks | Christine Hardy | Episode: "Painting on Loan" |
| 2004 | Coming Up | Jan | Episode: "Girls and Girls" |
| 2004 | Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking | Lady Helhoughton | Television film |
| 2005 | The Inspector Lynley Mysteries | Pippa Featherstonehaugh | Episode: "The Seed of Cunning" |
| 2006 | Midsomer Murders | Margaret Florian | Episode: "Down Among the Dead Men" |
| 2006–2009 | Doctors | Christine O'Connell / June Mobley | 11 episodes |
| 2007 | A Room with a View | Mrs. Vyse | Television film |
| 2010 | Material Girl | Tallulah | Episode #1.4 |
| 2012 | Titanic | Marian Thayer | 2 episodes |
| 2013 | Great Night Out | Ginny | Episode #1.5 |
| 2014 | Vera | Karen Kenworthy | Episode: "Protected" |
| 2023 | The Diplomat | Gwen Hempill | 2 episodes |