---
name: "Diana Hardcastle"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/diana-hardcastle"
fi1m_id: "diana-hardcastle"
imdb_id: "nm0362051"
tmdb_id: 346352
wikidata_id: "Q5271179"
roles: []
born: "12 July 1949"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-01T22:14:37.862821+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Diana Hardcastle

## Identity

Diana Hardcastle

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/diana-hardcastle
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** diana-hardcastle
- **IMDb ID:** nm0362051
- **TMDB ID:** 346352
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5271179
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Hardcastle, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5271179, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0362051/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/346352

Actor. Born 12 July 1949 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Born:** 12 July 1949, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2012–2013
- **Also known as:** Diana Hardcastle Wilkinson
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Hardcastle, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5271179, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0362051/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/346352

## Biography

Diana Hardcastle (also credited as Diana Hardcastle Wilkinson) is a British actress. She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and has been a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Hardcastle has appeared in numerous television roles, including episodes of *Midsomer Murders* (1997), *The Inspector Lynley Mysteries* and *Taggart*, and recurring parts in *First Among Equals* (1986) and *Fortunes of War* (1987). Her film credits include *If Only* (2004), *A Good Woman* (2004), *The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel* (2012) as Carol Parr, *Good People* (2014), *The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel* (2015) and *The Boy* (2016) as Mrs Heelshire.

She is married to the actor Tom Wilkinson, with whom she has appeared in *The Kennedys* (2011) and *Good People* (2014).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Utopia* (2013), Fi1m 83, as CIA Woman — [page](https://film.one/tv/utopia.md)
- *The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel* (2012), Fi1m 71, as Carol Parr — [page](https://film.one/film/the-best-exotic-marigold-hotel.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *An Alpine Holiday* (2025), as Rebecca
- *Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators* (2018), series, as Lady Athena Forbes-Allen
- *The Kennedys: After Camelot* (2017), series, as Rose Kennedy
- *The Boy* (2016), as Mrs. Heelshire
- *Jenny's Wedding* (2015), as Ellen
- *The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel* (2015), as Carol Parr
- *Good People* (2014), as Marie Halden
- *Utopia* (2013), series, as CIA Woman — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/utopia.md)
- *Father Brown* (2013), series, as Nora Thorp
- *The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel* (2012), as Carol Parr — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/the-best-exotic-marigold-hotel.md)
- *The Kennedys* (2011), series, as Rose Kennedy
- *Chromophobia* (2006), as Mrs. Wharton
- *Sweetnightgoodheart* (2005), as Anthea
- *A Good Woman* (2004), as Lady Plymdale
- *If Only* (2004), as Claire
- *Rosemary & Thyme* (2003), series, as Crystal Pitt-Seymour
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as Barbara Lessiter — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md)
- *The Tide of Life* (1996), series, as Rona Birch
- *Bugs* (1995), series, Actor
- *Resnick: Rough Treatment* (1993), as Claire Millinder
- *That's Love* (1988), series, Actor
- *Fortunes of War* (1987), series, as Edwina Little
- *First Among Equals* (1986), series, as Louise Fraser
- *Frankie and Johnnie* (1986), as Judith Walters
- *Love Song* (1985), as Young Phillipa Hatchard
- *Screen Two* (1985), series, as Judith Walters
- *The House* (1984), as Mrs. Janek
- *Reilly: Ace of Spies* (1983), series, as Anna
- *Wonder*, as Celia

## Gallery

- ![Diana Hardcastle](https://film.one/media/person/487881/gallery-8284287f2120.jpg) Diana Hardcastle — Josejp, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Diana_Hardcastle_actress.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Diana Hardcastle](https://film.one/media/person/487881/gallery-76fcf187ae07.jpg) Diana Hardcastle — Image via TMDB

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