Tara Fitzgerald was born in Sussex, England, on 17 September 1967. Starring roles in several successful television productions during 1991 and 1992 followed. Tara received critical acclaim for The Black Candle, Six Characters in Search of an Author, The Camomile Lawn, and Anglo-Saxon Attitudes. Her next major step was a co-starring role in the West End play, Our Song, where she acquitted herself nightly opposite one of the legends of the London stage, Peter O'Toole. This success was followed by a role opposite Hugh Grant in the Australian hit film, Sirens, for which the Australian Film Institute nominated Tara as Best Actress in a Lead Role. Tara's next success was co-starring with Ewan McGregor in the highly acclaimed comedy drama Brassed Off. Back on the British side of the Atlantic, Tara starred in the contemporary Little White Lies and the Daphne Du Maurier swashbuckler (also featured on Masterpiece Theatre) Frenchman's Creek, for which she received the award for Best Actress at the 1999 Reims International Television Festival. In 2001, Tara appeared as the female lead in the World War II drama, Dark Blue World.