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Caroline Goodall Pecorini (born 13 November 1959) is an English–Australian actress, screenwriter and Film producer. Awards and nominations include Best Actress nominations AACTA 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).
Goodall was cast for the 1991 film Hook. She went on to appear as Kristel in the film Cliffhanger (1993), as Emilie Schindler in Schindler's List (1993), and then ] 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 AACTA 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 appeared in the BBC miniseries The Sculptress. In 1998, she was nominated for a Logie Awards for Best Actress for A Difficult Woman, which also won best TV mini series at the New York Festival in 1998. She appeared opposite Jeff Bridges in Ridley Scott's White Squall (1996); as Helen Thermopolis in Garry Marshall's The Princess Diaries (2001), (2004) and opposite Bruce Willis and Henry Cavill in The Cold Light Of Day (2012). European credits include appearances 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 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 Film 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 appeared 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.
| 1986 | Every Time We Say Goodbye | Nurse Sally | |
| 1991 | Hook | Moira Banning | |
| 1993 | Cliffhanger | Kristel | |
| 1993 | 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 | Jenny Field | ||
| 2000 | Harrison's Flowers | Johanna Pollack | |
| 2001 | Helen Thermopolis | ||
| 2003 | Shattered Glass | Mrs. Duke | |
| 2003 | Easy | Sandy Clarke | |
| 2004 | Chasing Liberty | Michelle Foster | |
| 2004 | Helen Thermopolis | ||
| 2004 | Haven | Ms. Claire | |
| 2005 | Mrs. Parker | ||
| 2005 | River's End | Sarah Watkins | |
| 2006 | Ida Spavento | ||
| 2006 | We Fight to Be Free | Martha Dandridge Custis | |
| 2008 | Lisa Westwood | ||
| 2009 | My Life in Ruins | Dr. Elizabeth Tullen | |
| 2009 | Dorian Gray | Lady Radley | |
| 2012 | Laurie Shaw | ||
| 2012 | Mental | Doris | |
| 2013 | Third Person | Dr. Gertner | |
| 2013 | Nymphomaniac | Psychologist | |
| 2014 | Evelyn Collier | ||
| 2015 | Veronica Ashler | ||
| 2015 | Elsbeth Beaumont | ||
| 2016 | 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 | |
| 2024 | ''Sew Torn | Grace | |
| TBA | The Baroness | Post-production |
| 1978 | Estelle Mortenhurze | Main role | |
| 1982 | 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 | 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 | Rosalind Leigh | TV miniseries | |
| 1998 | Rhapsody in Bloom | Debra Loomis | TV film |
| 1998 | Opera Ball | Heather Frazer | TV film |
| 1998 | Rebecca | "Promised Land" | |
| 1998 | 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 | Igraine | TV miniseries | |
| 2002 | Me & Mrs Jones | Laura Bowden | TV film |
| 2005 | Dr. Emily Ryan | "Secrets & Flies" | |
| 2005 | Alias | Elizabeth Powell | "Bob" |
| 2006 | Midsomer Murders | Grace Starkey | "Dead Letters" |
| 2010 | Pulse | Juliette Randall | TV film |
| 2011 | Kim Palmieri | "Wrongful Termination" | |
| 2012 | Mrs Biggs | Muriel Powell | TV miniseries |
| 2013 | Cecily Neville, Duchess of York | TV miniseries | |
| 2014 | Midsomer Murders | Penelope Calder | "The Killings of Copenhagen" |
| 2016 | Lady Doris | "Pride & Joy" | |
| 2016 | Berlin Station | Kelly Frost | Recurring role (series 1) |
| 2017 | 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 |
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