CAROLINE is the queen of playing multiple characters on the same soap.
From Doctors to Holby City, here is everything you need to know about the actress.
Who is Caroline Harding?
Caroline Harding is an English television actress and playwright born in March 1962.
She was born and raised in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England.
She graduated from the Guildford School of Acting and worked for the Royal Shakespeare Company in the late ’80s.
She has written and performed in numerous theatrical productions, including her play Two Sisters, which received nominations for two Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards for Best Play and Best Performance in 2007.
She also appeared in the productions of Terrence McNally’s Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune (2004), Tom Stoppard’s The Real Thing (2005) and Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman (2007).
In 2008, Caroline wrote and performed a one-woman show in 2008 about one of the first actresses on the English stage, Nell Gwyn.
What TV shows has Caroline Harding been in?
Caroline is best known for starring in Coronation Street where she played Dr Howarth in 2015.
She has also played four different characters in Emmerdale.
She starred as Belinda Connors in November 2005, as well as Doctor Judd in July 2008, Dr Garrett in August 2013, a barrister in November 2016 and Dr Todd in June 2018.
Her other TV credits include EastEnders, Casualty, Holby City and Doctors.
Is Caroline Harding married and does she have any children?
Caroline is married to actor Chris Gascoyne.
The pair first met in 2000 when they went to see their mutual friend Catherine Tate performing at London’s Comedy Store.
Chris made his way over to chat and they ended up going for a walk through Soho together.
They married two years later and welcomed a daughter called Belle in 2002.
They now live in Manchester.
Caroline also has two children, Pip and Freddie, from a previous marriage to actor Jason Watkins.
In an interview in 2010, Chris said: “If someone had said to me in my 20s that I’d have dated a divorced mum with kids, I would have said ‘no way’.
“But it kind of made me feel closer to her. It was a very real relationship very quickly. I saw this amazing strength in her and I loved her kids Freddie and Pip.”
