Caroline Quentin

Known for ActingBorn 1960-07-11 (age 65)Reigate, Surrey, England, UK

Quentin became known for her television appearances: portraying Dorothy in Men Behaving Badly (1992–1998), Maddie Magellan in Jonathan Creek (1997–2000), and DCI Janine Lewis in Blue Murder (2003–2009).Quentin received an Ian Charleson Award commendation for her Masha in The Seagull at the Oxford Theatre Company in 1991.[5] Her early stage work had also included appearing in the chorus of the original English production of the musical Les Misérables in 1985. In July 1996, Quentin released a single, a cover of the Exciters' hit "Tell Him", with her Men Behaving Badly co-star Leslie Ash under the name of "Quentin and Ash". The single reached number 25 in the UK Singles Chart and spent 3 weeks in that listing.[6] From 1997 until 2000 Quentin starred alongside Alan Davies in Jonathan Creek playing investigative journalist Maddie Magellan, who uses Jonathan's mind to solve murder mysteries. Quentin appeared in the 2001 telefilm Hot Money, which was based on the true story of the theft of hundreds of thousands of pounds from the Bank of England. In 1998 she starred in the first sitcom that was specifically built around her: Kiss Me, Kate. At the British Comedy Awards in 2004, Quentin won the "Best Comedy Actress" award for her performance in Von Trapped; that year she started the major role of Maggie Mee in the popular drama Life Begins, which returned for a third series in 2006. ITV has produced five series of the police drama Blue Murder, in which Quentin plays against type in the main role DCI Janine Lewis. The pilot aired in the UK on 18 May 2003.[7][8] Quentin has appeared in Whose Line Is It Anyway?; in a pre-Men Behaving Badly role as a traffic warden in the Mr. Bean episode The Trouble with Mr. Bean in 1991; Room 101; Have I Got News for You; and the 2009–10 BBC comedy series Life of Riley, a sitcom about a dysfunctional blended family; and in the BBC Radio 4 improvisational comedy series The Masterson Inheritance and the popular BBC Radio 2 sitcom On the Blog. On 11 January 2009, Quentin stated on the show Something for the Weekend that she would return to Jonathan Creek in the future if the offer came. She appeared as Heather Babcock in an episode of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple, The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side, in 2010. Also in 2010 she started appearing in Marks and Spencer's revamped food range advertisements.[9] In March 2011, a documentary entitled Caroline Quentin: A Passage Through India aired on ITV in the UK. The documentary followed Quentin as she traveled from the North of India to the South.[10] Quentin presents Restoration Home on BBC Two. The programme looks into the history and families of the UK's derelict mansion houses which are being restored by their private owners.Read more

Movies & web series

Living Famously

Shadow of the Noose

Video Stars

The Squad

Doc Martin

Bridgerton

All or Nothing at All

Life Begins

Kiss Me Kate

Mr. Bean

Would I Lie to You?

Agatha Christie's Marple

A Bit of Fry & Laurie

The World's Most Extraordinary Homes

Sooty

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Dickensian

Jonathan Creek

Midsomer Murders

Clive Anderson All Talk

The Lazarus Project

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer

Hot Money

Men Behaving Badly

Have I Got News for You

The Innocent

Return of the Goodies

Don't Tell Father

Fry and Laurie Reunited

Dancing on the Edge

Just William

Blue Murder

The Other One

The Bill

Von Trapped

Room 101

Play for Today

Cockroaches

Christmas in the Caribbean

Dead Boss

Cornwall with Caroline Quentin

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

Casualty

Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire

Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire

Paul Merton: The Series

Blood Strangers

Life of Riley