Caroline Goodall

Caroline Goodall
Goodall interviewed about The Best of Me in 2014
Born	(1959-11-13) 13 November 1959 London, England
Alma mater	St Leonards-Mayfield School Bristol University (B.A., 1981)
Occupation(s)	Actress, screenwriter, producer
Years active	1981–present
Spouses	Derek Hoxby ​ ​ (m. 1990; div. 1993)​ Nicola Pecorini ​ (m. 1994)​
Children	2

Caroline Goodall Pecorini (born 13 November 1959) is an English–Australian actress, screenwriter and producer. Awards and nominations include Best Actress nominations AFI Awards for her roles in the 1989 miniseries Cassidy and the 1995 film Hotel Sorrento, a Logie Awards Nomination for the mini series A Difficult Woman, and a Best Actress award (Rome Film Festival). Her film appearances include Hook (1991), Cliffhanger (1993), Schindler's List (1993), Disclosure (1994), White Squall (1996), The Princess Diaries (2001) and The Best of Me (2014).

Early life

Goodall was born in London to a publisher father and journalist mother. She attended St Leonards-Mayfield School and graduated (1981) with a Bachelor of Arts in Drama and English from Bristol University. Caroline was a member of National Youth Theatre.

Career

Goodall has appeared extensively on stage, joining the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) and then the National Theatre. Her roles for the RSC include Lady Anne in Richard III, Australian tour opposite Sir Anthony Sher and Hypatia in Misalliance; while for the National Theatre she played Rebecca in Command or Promise. She played Juliet in Romeo and Juliet at the Shaw Theatre, Viola In Twelfth Night ( Plymouth) starred at the Manchester Royal Exchange, Royal Court Theatre as Susan in Jonathan Gem's comedy Susan's Breasts; Alan Ayckbourn's Steven Joseph Theatre in Scarborough and as Isobel in David Hare's US premiere of The Secret Rapture at the SCR.

Goodall was chosen by Steven Spielberg to star in his 1991 film Hook. She went on to star as the villainess Kristel in the film Cliffhanger (1993), as Emilie Schindler in Schindler's List (1993), and opposite Michael Douglas in Barry Levinson's Disclosure (1994). In Australia, she co-starred with Russell Crowe in The Silver Brumby in 1993, and was nominated for the AFI Award for Best Actress for the 1995 film Hotel Sorrento. She had previously been nominated for the AFI Award for Best Actress in a TV film or miniseries for the 1989 miniseries Cassidy. In 1996, she starred with Pauline Quirke in the BBC miniseries The Sculptress. In 1998, she was nominated for a Logie Award for Best Actress for A Difficult Woman, which also won best TV mini series at the New York Festival in 1998. She starred opposite Jeff Bridges in Ridley Scott's White Squall (1996); as Helen Thermopolis in Garry Marshall's wildly successful The Princess Diaries (2001), The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004) and opposite Bruce Willis and Henry Cavill in The Cold Light Of Day (2012). European credits include starring in Urs Egger's Opernball (1998) The Thief Lord (2006), and Denis De La Patelliere's Épées Des Diamants. She appeared in Lars von Trier's Nymphomaniac Vol. II (2013) and won a RIFF Best Actress Award for her role in Massimo Cogliatore's two-hander thriller The Elevator (2014). In 2015, she played Elsbeth Beaumont in Jocelyn Moorhouse's multi-award-winning film The Dressmaker, with Kate Winslet and Judy Davis. Other films include Hunter Killer (2018) The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (2021) and Grace Vessler in Fred and Freddy Macdonald's Sew Torn (2024)

As a producer and screenwriter, in addition to The Bay of Silence, Goodall's credits include screen adaptations of Rupert Thomson's Dreams of Leaving for HKM Films.

Goodall has starred in many TV series including The White Queen (2013) and its sequel The White Princess (2017), portraying Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, the mother of kings Edward IV and Richard III. In 2016, she portrayed Kelly Frost in the CIA spy-thriller TV series Berlin Station.

Personal life

Goodall married Nicola Pecorini on 17 September 1994. The couple have two children, Gemma and Leone. Her sister is producer Victoria Goodall.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	Every Time We Say Goodbye	Nurse Sally
1991	Hook	Moira Banning
1993	Cliffhanger	Kristel
1993	The Silver Brumby	Elyne Mitchell
1993	Schindler's List	Emilie Schindler
1994	Disclosure	Susan Sanders
1995	Hotel Sorrento	Meg Moynihan
1996	White Squall	Dr. Alice Sheldon
1997	Casualties	Annie Summers
1999	The Secret Laughter of Women	Jenny Field
2000	Harrison's Flowers	Johanna Pollack
2001	The Princess Diaries	Helen Thermopolis
2003	Shattered Glass	Mrs. Duke
2003	Easy	Sandy Clarke
2004	Chasing Liberty	Michelle Foster
2004	The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement	Helen Thermopolis
2004	Haven	Ms. Claire
2005	The Chumscrubber	Mrs. Parker
2005	River's End	Sarah Watkins
2006	The Thief Lord	Ida Spavento
2006	We Fight to Be Free	Martha Dandridge Custis
2008	The Seven of Daran: Battle of Pareo Rock	Lisa Westwood
2009	My Life in Ruins	Dr. Elizabeth Tullen
2009	Dorian Gray	Lady Radley
2012	The Cold Light of Day	Laurie Shaw
2012	Mental	Doris
2013	Third Person	Dr. Gertner
2013	Nymphomaniac	Psychologist
2014	The Best of Me	Evelyn Collier
2015	The Daniel Connection	Veronica Ashler
2015	The Dressmaker	Elsbeth Beaumont
2016	A Street Cat Named Bob	Mary
2018	Hunter Killer	President Ilene Dover
2019	Muse	The Nurse
2020	The Bay of Silence	Marcia	Also writer and producer
2021	Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard	Crowley
2021	Birds of Paradise	Celine
TBA	The Islander	The Baroness	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978	The Moon Stallion	Estelle Mortenhurze	Main role
1982	Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story	Ann Bolton	TV film
1985	Gems	Anne-Marie Colman	Regular role (series 1)
1985	Remington Steele	Jenny Buchanan	"Steele Searching: Part 1"
1988	Tales of the Unexpected	Holly Peverill	"Wink Three Times"
1988	Rumpole of the Bailey	Helen Derwent	"Rumpole and the Quality of Life"
1989	After the War	Sally Raglan	TV miniseries
1989	Cassidy	Charlie Cassidy	TV film
1990	4 Play	Marsha	"Madly in Love"
1990	Agatha Christie's Poirot	Lady Yardly	"The Adventure of the Western Star"
1990	Half a World Away	Amy Johnson	TV miniseries
1991	Ring of Scorpio	Helen Simmons	TV film
1991	Quantum Leap	Dr. Leslie Ashton	"The Wrong Stuff"
1993	At Home with the Webbers	Karen James	TV film
1993	The Commish	Maddie Hodges	"Eastbridge Boulevard"
1993	Screen One	Mandy	"Royal Celebration"
1993	Diamond Swords	Liv Gustavson	TV film
1995	Spider-Man	Vanessa Fisk (voice)	"Neogenic Nightmare: Chapters 11 & 12"
1996	The Sculptress	Rosalind Leigh	TV miniseries
1998	Rhapsody in Bloom	Debra Loomis	TV film
1998	Opera Ball	Heather Frazer	TV film
1998	The Outer Limits	Rebecca	"Promised Land"
1998	A Difficult Woman	Dr. Anne Harriman	TV miniseries
1999	Sex 'n' Death	Bella	TV film
2000	Love and Murder	Sally Love	TV film
2000	Trust	Anne Travers	TV film
2001	Murder in Mind	Joanna Liddy	"Neighbours"
2001	The Mists of Avalon	Igraine	TV miniseries
2002	Me & Mrs Jones	Laura Bowden	TV film
2005	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Dr. Emily Ryan	"Secrets & Flies"
2005	Alias	Elizabeth Powell	"Bob"
2006	Midsomer Murders	Grace Starkey	"Dead Letters"
2010	Pulse	Juliette Randall	TV film
2011	The Good Wife	Kim Palmieri	"Wrongful Termination"
2012	Mrs Biggs	Muriel Powell	TV miniseries
2013	The White Queen	Cecily Neville, Duchess of York	TV miniseries
2014	Midsomer Murders	Penelope Calder	"The Killings of Copenhagen"
2016	The Crown	Lady Doris	"Pride & Joy"
2016	Berlin Station	Kelly Frost	Recurring role (series 1)
2017	The White Princess	Cecily Neville, Duchess of York	TV miniseries
2018	Endeavour	Lady Bayswater	"Colours"
2018	Bulletproof	Deputy Mayor Charlotte Carmel	Main role
2020	The Trader	Alex Patterson	Main cast
2020	Cold Courage	Maggie	Main cast

External links

• Caroline Goodall at IMDb