---
name: "Zara Turner"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/zara-turner"
fi1m_id: "zara-turner"
imdb_id: "nm0877947"
tmdb_id: 137925
wikidata_id: "Q147668"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1968"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-27T09:28:04.655588+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."
---

# Zara Turner

## Identity

Zara Turner

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/zara-turner
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** zara-turner
- **IMDb ID:** nm0877947
- **TMDB ID:** 137925
- **Wikidata ID:** Q147668
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zara_Turner, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q147668, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0877947/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/137925

Actor. Born 1 January 1968 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1968, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
- **Active:** 1995–1998
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zara_Turner, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q147668, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0877947/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/137925

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Sliding Doors*](https://film.one/film/sliding-doors.md) (63)

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## Biography

Zara Turner is a Northern Irish actress. She was born in Belfast in 1968 and trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama.

She is known for her role as Anna in the 1998 film *Sliding Doors* and as Laura Sweeney in the 1995 television series *Father Ted*. Other credits include the series *McCallum* (1995–1998) as Dr Angela Moloney and the television film *Holy Cross* (2003) as Ann McClure.

Turner has received the Best Actress award at the Reims International Television Festival and the Golden FIPA at the 2004 Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels. She is married to actor Reece Dinsdale.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Sliding Doors* (1998), Fi1m 63, as Anna — [page](https://film.one/film/sliding-doors.md)
- *Father Ted* (1995), Fi1m 89, as Laura Sweeney — [page](https://film.one/tv/father-ted.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *The Body Farm* (2011), series, as Patsy Fay
- *Imaginary Friend* (2010), as Margery
- *The Brief* (2004), series, as Polly Graham
- *Holy Cross* (2003), as Ann McClure
- *Any Time Now* (2002), series, as Kate O'Dowd
- *On the Nose* (2001), as Carol Lenahan
- *The Waiting Time* (1999), as Tracy Barnes
- *Forgotten* (1999), series, as Natalie Turner
- *Touch and Go* (1998), as Alison Wood
- *Sliding Doors* (1998), as Anna — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/sliding-doors.md)
- *Resurrection Man* (1998), as Dr. Elizabeth Ryan
- *The Investigator* (1997), Actor
- *McCallum* (1997), series, as Dr. Angela Moloney
- *Dah Dit Dah* (1996), Actor
- *Father Ted* (1995), series, as Laura Sweeney — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/tv/father-ted.md)
- *Hearts and Minds* (1995), series, as Chris
- *Wycliffe* (1994), series, as Annabel Naylor

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