Background
Gogan was born in Scotland in 1960/1961 and left her native Glasgow in the 1980s to train at LAMDA.
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Since leaving she has become one of a small number of Scottish actresses familiar to film and television audiences in the United Kingdom. Gogan made her big screen debut in Stephen Frears" film Dangerous Liaisons alongside Michelle Pfeiffer, John Malkovich, Glenn Close, and Peter Capaldi. Later moving on to star in One More Kiss opposite Gerard Butler. Her distinctive looks and voice are also well-known on television Her break-through lead role coming in Heart of the High Country, also starring in the British Broadcasting Corporation series Hamish Macbeth in which she played opposite Robert Carlyle.
She is also known for principal roles in Waking the Dead, The Bill, Doctors, Peak Practice, David Copperfield, Waiting for Elvis and Arrivederci Millwall, to name but a few.
As well as her extensive television and film career, Gogan has always been drawn to classical roles in the theatre and her work with The Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal National Theatre and in London"s West End. Her plays include: A Doll"s House, Les liaisons dangereuses, The Rehearsal, Worlds Apart and The Secret Rapture.
Gogan has worked with many of the United Kingdom"s leading film, television and theatre directors, including Katie Mitchell, Stephen Frears, Ian McDiarmid, Anna Makmin, Howard Davies, James Macdonald, Simon Usher, Nick Hamm, Tinge Krishnan and Charles McDougall.
