Caroline Blakiston

Caroline trained at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

She has acted with many of the major Repertory Companies in the country. Played leading roles with The Royal Shakespeare Company, The National Theatre and in several West End productions. Playing leads in Shakespeare, Shaw, Wilde and Chekhov leads.

Her One – Woman Show Black Bread And Cucumber was performed at London’s Jermyn Street Theatre.

Caroline was part of the Ian McKellen touring repertory company The Actors Company.

She has been directed in the theatre by most of the major directors Sir Peter Hall, Sir Trevor Nunn, Adrien Noble, Steven Pimlott, Max Stafford – Clark, David Thacker and Toby Robertson.
Famously played Mon Monthma in Star Wars VI : Return of the Jedi.

Other feature films include:

The Fourth Protocol

The Trygon Factor

Yanks

The Magic Christian

Les Miserables

Woody Allen’s Scoop.

Numerous television credits that include three separate Midsomer Murders – the most recent in 2016. She also played Aunt Agatha in the Poldark series from 2015 – 2018. As Time Goes By opposite Judi Dench and Geoffrey Palmer. Father Brown, Poirot, Chancer, The Line of Beauty
Department S opposite Peter Wyngarde, Brass, Out of the Unknown, Holby City, Casualty, Doctors, Till We Meet Again, Crown Court, The Sweeney, The Avengers, Wives and Daughters, The Saint, The Grand, The original 1967 series of The Forsyth Saga. Emergency Ward 10, The Champions, Private Schulz opposite Ian Richardson, Emergency Ward 10, City Beneath the Sea
The television version of Eduardo Filippo’s play Saturday, Sunday, Monday acting opposite Sir Laurence Olivier.