ActingBorn: 1963-12-24 in Ealing, London, England, UK

Caroline Aherne

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.

Caroline Aherne

Featured Movies (14)

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

Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family

The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa

Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy

The Golden Egg Cup

The Royle Family: The New Sofa

The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring

The Fast Show: You Ain’t Seen These, Right?

The Fast Show: Just a Load of Blooming Catchphrases

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

Caroline Aherne at the BBC

The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa

Television & Series (14)

Sunshine

The Fast Show

The Royle Family

The Frank Skinner Show

Mrs Merton and Malcolm

Gogglebox

TFI Friday

The World of Lee Evans

The Mrs Merton Show

Strange Hill High

Frank Sidebottom's Fantastic Shed Show

An Audience with...

The Dead Good Show

Parkinson