Carol Drinkwater

Carol Drinkwater, born on April 22, 1948, is a celebrated Anglo-Irish actress, author, and filmmaker. She gained widespread recognition for her portrayal of Helen Herriot in the beloved television series adaptation of James Herriot's works, *All Creatures Great and Small*. This role earned her the prestigious Variety Club Television Personality of the Year award in 1985.

The daughter of bandleader Peter Regan and Irish nurse Phillis McCormack, Drinkwater honed her craft with the National Theatre Company under the esteemed Laurence Olivier. Her extensive film and television career boasts notable projects, such as the cult classic *A Clockwork Orange* (1971), *Chocky*, *Bouquet of Barbed Wire*, and the acclaimed film *Father* (1990), where she received the Critics' Circle Best Screen Actress award for her performance alongside Max von Sydow.

In addition to her acting career, Drinkwater is a prolific writer. Her first children's book, *The Haunted School*, was adapted into a mini-series and film, winning a Gold Award at the Chicago International Film Festival. She has also penned a series of best-selling memoirs about her life on an olive farm in Provence, as well as novels including *The Forgotten Summer* (2016) and *The Lost Girl* (2017), the latter revealing personal experiences of sexual assault.

In 2018, she secured a new publishing deal with Penguin for additional novels, with *The House on The Edge of The Cliff* released in May 2019. Carol Drinkwater is married to French television producer Michel Noll.