Caroline Harding (born March 1962 in Marlow, Buckinghamshire) appeared on Coronation Street in two roles: firstly in September 2015 as a consultant at Ladybird Children's Hospital who diagnosed Hope Stape with cancer; and she returned to the programme between September and November 2020 as Dr Howarth, who treated Oliver Battersby, diagnosed with an incurable form of mitochondrial disease.
She graduated from the Guildhall School of Acting.
Her other credits include roles in Van der Valk, Old Boy Network, Waiting for God, The Buddha of Suburbia, A Touch of Frost, Degrees of Error, Dangerfield, Fish, EastEnders, Casualty, Doctors, Emmerdale, Life on Mars, Strictly Confidential, The Royal, Cold Blood, Spooks: Code 9, Casualty 1909, Holby City, Scott & Bailey, Mount Pleasant, Hard Cell and Happy Valley.
On stage, she appeared in productions of Much Ado About Nothing, Richard III, Henry VI, Edward IV, Chekhov Short Stories, All God's Chillun Got Wings, King John, Some Americans Abroad and Mary and Lizzie for the Royal Shakespeare Company. Other works include The Clandestine Marriage, A Doll's House, All My Sons, Murderer and House of Ghosts. Furthermore, she appeared in The Real Thing, Frankie and Johnnie in The Clair De Lune and Pretty Witty Nell which was written by her for her own production company "Two Friends", which she runs with actress Candida Gubbins. They have also staged French Fancies, Postcards from Maupassant and Two Sisters.
She is married to actor, Chris Gascoyne, who himself appeared on Coronation Street in the regular role of Peter Barlow.
