Katrine Boorman (born 6 August 1960) is an English actress and director of film, television, voice and stage since 1974. She is the daughter of British actor-filmmaker

John Boorman Sir John Boorman (; born 18 January 1933) is a British film director, best known for feature films such as ''Point Blank'' (1967), ''Hell in the Pacific'' (1968), ''Deliverance'' (1972), ''Zardoz'' (1974), '' Exorcist II: The Heretic'' (1977), ...

Biography

Boorman was born to British film director John Boorman and his first wife Christel Kruse Boorman. They had four children, Telsche (died 1997), Daisy, Katrine, and Charley. The family spent the early years of her life in

County Wicklow County Wicklow ( ; ga, Contae Chill Mhantáin ) is a county in Ireland. The last of the traditional 32 counties, having been formed as late as 1606, it is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and the province of Leinster. It is bordered by t ...

in Ireland, but after John and Christel divorced, the children and the mother left that area, and John remarried and started another family. Boorman gradually became a greater presence in her father's life as she took parts in his films.Profile
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Selected filmography

* ''

Zardoz ''Zardoz'' is a 1974 science fantasy film written, produced, and directed by John Boorman and starring Sean Connery and Charlotte Rampling. It depicts a post-apocalyptic world (which Boorman says, in the audio commentary, may or may not be ma ...

'' (1974; uncredited) * ''

Excalibur Excalibur () is the legendary sword of King Arthur, sometimes also attributed with magical powers or associated with the rightful sovereignty of Britain. It was associated with the Arthurian legend very early on. Excalibur and the Sword in th ...

'' (1981) * '' Marche à l'ombre'' (1984) * '' Hope and Glory'' (1987) * ''

Camille Claudel Camille Rosalie Claudel (; 8 December 1864 19 October 1943) was a French sculptor known for her figurative works in bronze and marble. She died in relative obscurity, but later gained recognition for the originality and quality of her work. The ...

'' (1988) * '' French Twist'' (1995) * '' Hanging Around'' (1996) * ''

Pédale douce ''Pédale douce'' (Soft Pedal) is a 1996 French comedy film directed by Gabriel Aghion. Fanny Ardant won the 1997 César Award for Best Actress for her performance as Eva. Plot Adrien works in an advertising agency in the day and at night he be ...

'' (1996) * ''Cash in Hand'' (1998) * ''

I, Cesar ''I, Cesar'' (french: Moi César, 10 ans ½, 1m39) is a 2003 French comedy film directed by Richard Berry. Plot César is a young boy living in Montmartre, Paris, with his parents. Morgan, his friend, tries to find his father in London. César a ...

'' (2003) * ''

Marie Antoinette Marie Antoinette Josèphe Jeanne (; ; née Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was the last queen of France before the French Revolution. She was born an archduchess of Austria, and was the penultimate child a ...

'' (2006)

Television

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Jemima Shore Investigates ''Jemima Shore Investigates'' is a British mystery television series which originally aired in twelve episodes in 1983. It is based on a series of novels by Antonia Fraser about Jemima Shore, a crime-solving television presenter.Brunsdale p.361-63 ...

'' (1983) *'' Bordertown'' (1990)

Director and producer

* ''

Boogie Woogie Boogie-woogie is a genre of blues music that became popular during the late 1920s, developed in African-American communities since 1870s.Paul, Elliot, ''That Crazy American Music'' (1957), Chapter 10, p. 229. It was eventually extended from pia ...

'' (2009, assistant director and assistant producer) * ''Me and Me Dad'' (2012 documentary, director and producer)

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