Tara Lynne O'Neill

Tara Lynne O'Neill, born on September 18, 1975, is a prominent film, theatre, and television actress hailing from Northern Ireland. Although she originally aspired to be a dentist, she shifted gears towards acting after failing her General Certificate of Secondary Education in Chemistry. O'Neill's career began as a television presenter on Saturday Disney from 1993 to 1996, followed by her role as a main presenter on the young-people television show, The Over the Wall Gang for BBC Northern Ireland. Notable film appearances include The Most Fertile Man in Ireland (1999), Wild About Harry (2000), and The Fall (2013-2016). In 2018, O'Neill joined the main cast of Derry Girls as Mary Quinn, with the second series premiering on March 5, 2019.