Tara Lynne O'Neill

TaraLynne ONeill born 16 November 1975 is a film theatre and television actress from Northern Ireland During her childhood she aspired to become a dentist but abandoned this after failing her General Certificate of Secondary Education in chemistry At sixthform college she opted for a career in acting ONeill started work as a television presenter on Saturday Disney from 1993 to 1996 She was also a main presenter on The Over the Wall Gang a young peoples television show from BBC Northern Ireland ONeill also appeared in film roles such as the towns seductress in The Most Fertile Man in Ireland 1999 and as Claire McKee in Wild About Harry 2000 She later played Joanne Ryan in EastEnders appearing in 58 episodes between 20 September 2002 and 21 August 2003 Between 2013 and 2016 she appeared in The Fall In 2018 she joined the main cast of Derry Girls as Mary Quinn remaining on the show until the airing of the final episode on 18 May 2022 In April 2024 ONeill was cast as Inspector Eve Dunlop in BBCs Hope Street for the shows fourth series Her other roles include The Informant 1997 Disco Pigs 2001 Full Circle and Omagh 2004