Caroline Quentin

Caroline Quentin (born Caroline Jones, June 11, 1961, in Reigate) is an English actress.

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Caroline Quentin as seen in Jonathan Creek

She became known for appearances in Men Behaving Badly, playing Dorothy, and Jonathan Creek, playing Maddy Magellan. Her early work included appearing on the stage; she was in the chorus of the original cast of Les Misérables.

She has appeared in such series as Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Room 101, Have I Got News For You and the BBC Radio 4 improvisational comedy series The Masterson Inheritance. She also appeared in the telemovie Hot Money, based on the true story of the theft of hundreds of thousands of pounds from the Bank of England. In 1998 came the first sitcom to be built around Quentin herself, Kiss Me Kate. She went on to show her talent for straight acting in Life Begins.

She married comedian Paul Merton in 1990, but they separated in 1997 and were divorced in 1998. Quentin married Sam Farmer on 8 September 2006 in Tiverton, Devon. They had met in 1999 on the set of Jonathan Creek, where he was a runner. They have two children Emily (born 1999) and William (born 2003).

At the British Comedy Awards 2004, Caroline Quentin won the "Best Comedy Actress" award for her performance in Von Trapped.

She co-stars with Alexander Armstrong, on ITV1 drama series Life Begins. A third series began on 4 September 2006.

ITV has also commissioned a third series of Blue Murder, and it began on 20th October 2006. Caroline plays DCI Janine Lewis.

External links

• Caroline Quentin at IMDb