Portrait of Caroline Aherne

Caroline Aherne

Acting

Biography

Caroline Aherne was a BAFTA winning comic writer and actress best known for her comic character Mrs Merton and for her sitcom The Royle Family. In the mid '90s she went by the name Caroline Hook, having taken her husband's name (New Order bassist Peter Hook) but reverted back to Aherne following their divorce. She died from cancer in 2016 at the age of 52.

Born: December 24, 1963

Place of Birth: Ealing, London, England, UK

Filmography

2023
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy

as Self (archive footage)

2023
Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family

as Denise Royle (archive footage)

2023
The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa

as Self / Denise Best (archive footage)

2020
2016
Caroline Aherne at the BBC

as Archive Material

2016
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

as Denise Best (archive footage) (uncredited)

2013
Strange Hill High

as Stephanie / Various (voice)

2013
Gogglebox

as Narrator

2012
Barbara's Old Ring

as Denise Best

2010
2009
The Golden Egg Cup

as Denise Best

2008
The New Sofa

as Denise Best

2008
Sunshine

as Donna

1998
The Royle Family

as Denise Royle

1998
Parkinson

as Self

1995
1995
The Mrs Merton Show

as Mrs. Merton

1994
The Fast Show

as Various Characters

1992