Biography

Caroline grew up in Chorley a market town in the North West, where she didn't get into acting until her early twenties. She just hadn't had the opportunity in a small town, however she got herself involved in acting lessons and singing lessons and joined CADOS amateur dramatic Society, where although she never got on stage she worked behind the scenes and learnt a great deal about how shows work in Theatre. After a summer there she decided it was time to see if this yearning meant anything and whether she was cut out for it.

She attended Blackpool and the Fylde College where she studied a Diploma in Performing Arts before taking a year out to audition and work towards attending Drama School. Eventually after a year or so she took the decision to accept the offer of Mountview Theatre School, where she studied for 3 years in Acting and Musical Theatre.

During her time at Mountview she along with 9 friends decided to take the show Bad Omens up to Edinburgh Festival, where it gained 4 stars in the Scotsman. She had been bitten by the bug. She loved every minute of it.

After graduating she landed her first theatre role in 1999, where she played Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet, UK TIE tour which she thoroughly enjoyed because it meant brandishing a sword and teaching the next generation about Shakespeare and how easy it really is. Then a year later she played co-lead Cassie in Skin Hunger at the Time Out Critics Choice season BAC, London. More recently she has toured in numerous plays up and down the country in No1 Tours. As well as theatre she has performed in Short films for UK Festivals in particular BFI and voiced numerous ads for radio and TV and is also an avid role player for St Georges Hospital in London.

Two years ago she became a mum for the first time to her wonderful daughter Jessica and has taken time out to be with her. She wonders what she did with her time, exhausting but worth it. A total joy to be around. She is married to Martin who is not in the trade thank god and he is her rock and biggest fan.
- IMDb mini biography by: Caroline Oakes

Caroline trained at Mountview Theatre School in London where she graduated in 1997. She then went on to work in many stage productions, including numerous No1 Tours across the country. At this time she also made appearances on Crimewatch and Last of the Summer Wine as well as numerous short films, which included being shown at the BFI and the London Short Film Festival. In 2012 she took time out to be a Mum and spent 4 years with her daughter before returning back to Acting in 2016 in Cat Skin which won awards for Jury Award in Chicago and was shown all over the World and Nominated at the Griffoni Film Festival and Oaxaca film festival in 2017. Before then finding its spot on Amazon Prime. Since then she has appeared in many short films and Feature Films including Navy which won best Feature Film at the British Urban Film Festival in 2021, which can still be seen on Amazon Prime Video and Death Warmed Up which she also co-wrote, which has been in The Wolverhampton Film Festival, winning Best Score and in the Oxford Shorts Film Festival in 2024. Caroline is a Voiceover Artist and has voiced numerous ads for TV and Radio, including the Radio 4 Series Empire of Liberty which won the Voice and Listener Award for Best New Radio Programme in 2008 and was nominated for The Sony Radio Academy Award in 2008.
- IMDb mini biography by: CAROLINE OAKES