Actor profile

Caroline Aherne

24th December 1963 Ealing, London, England, UK Acting

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.

13 Movies 14 TV Shows 30 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy poster

Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy 25th December 2023 as Self (archive footage)

Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family poster

Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family 25th December 2023 as Denise Royle (archive footage)

The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa poster

The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa 17th September 2023 as Self / Denise Best (archive footage)

The Fast Show: Just a Load of Blooming Catchphrases poster

The Fast Show: Just a Load of Blooming Catchphrases 29th August 2020 as Various Characters (Archive)

Caroline Aherne at the BBC poster

Caroline Aherne at the BBC 31st December 2016 as Archive Material

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves poster

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves 12th September 2016 as Denise Best (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring poster

The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring 25th December 2012 as Denise Best

The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers poster

The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers 25th December 2010 as Denise

The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa poster

The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa 10th November 2010 as Self

The Golden Egg Cup poster

The Golden Egg Cup 25th December 2009 as Denise Best

The Royle Family: The New Sofa poster

The Royle Family: The New Sofa 25th December 2008 as Denise Best

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings poster

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings 25th December 2000 as Self

VIZ: Oh, Lordy! It's The Fat Slags in Blue Honeymoon poster

VIZ: Oh, Lordy! It's The Fat Slags in Blue Honeymoon 15th July 1996

Strange Hill High poster

Strange Hill High 8th May 2013 as Stephanie / Various (voice)

Gogglebox poster

Gogglebox 7th March 2013 as Narrator

Sunshine poster

Sunshine 7th October 2008 as Donna

Mrs Merton and Malcolm poster

Mrs Merton and Malcolm 22nd February 1999

The Royle Family poster

The Royle Family 14th September 1998 as Denise Royle

Parkinson poster

Parkinson 9th January 1998 as Self

TFI Friday poster

TFI Friday 9th February 1996

The Frank Skinner Show poster

The Frank Skinner Show 10th September 1995 as Self

The World of Lee Evans poster

The World of Lee Evans 2nd June 1995 as Daughter

The Mrs Merton Show poster

The Mrs Merton Show 10th February 1995 as Mrs. Merton

The Fast Show poster

The Fast Show 27th September 1994 as Various Characters

The Dead Good Show poster

The Dead Good Show 9th November 1992 as Various

Frank Sidebottom's Fantastic Shed Show poster

Frank Sidebottom's Fantastic Shed Show 10th January 1992 as Mrs Merton

An Audience with... poster

An Audience with... 8th January 1978 as Self