- Tara Lynne O'Neill
Tara Lynne O'Neill was born in Northern Ireland (
Belfast ) as Lynne James. She started out as a TV presenter on SaturdayDisney from1993 -1996 . She then went on to her full time TV career and stared in such productions as "The Infomat", "Disco Pigs", "Full Circle" and "Omagh ". Tara received her big break asJoanne Ryan on "Eastenders " in2002 . She playedPhil Mitchell 's nanny and had a crush on him. She left in 2003 after she got into bed with Phil. Later in 2007 she got a film role in "Becoming Jane " and played a whine whore.During her early career she was a main presenter on a young people television show called "The Over the Wall Gang" forBBC Northern Ireland. At the age of 19, Tara Lynne took to the stage in the Belfast Opera House as Sandy in a successful production of "Grease".In 2006 Tara Lynne appeared as Rita in a theatre production of "
Educating Rita " staged at Belfasts Lyric Theatre.External links
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0642321/ IMDB - Tara Lynne O'Neill]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/drama/tara-lyne.shtml BBC - Ask Event]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/eastenders/backstage/cast/cast_content/cast_tara_lynne_on.shtml BBC - Profile]
* [http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/12924/educating-rita Education Rita Review]
* [http://www.gotobelfast.com/news.cfm/Press_Key/163/action/detail/year/2006/month/6/Archive/2006%7C6/level/page/category_key/200/Page_Key/297/type/Page/PaGeName/Comedy_scores_female_fans Educating Rita Review]
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