Helen Catherine "Kate" Lonergan (born 4 January 1962 in

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Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly. The non-metropolitan county of Lancash ...

) is an English former actress, best known for playing the role of Maid Marian in the 1989–94

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children's television series ''

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''. Prior to being cast as Marian, Lonergan had appeared in the screenplay ''Testimony of a Child'' and ''

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''. She has since appeared in numerous episodes of TV series, including the mini-series '' Terry and Julian'' (1992) and ''Four Fathers'' (1999), as well as ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Doctors'', ''

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,'' and '' Blue Heaven''. Having abandoned her acting career and after 10 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 dissolved in 2016.

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* 1962 births Living people English film actresses English television actresses People from Lancashire {{UK-tv-actor-1960s-stub