Emerging from the English acting scene, Hardcastle built a career primarily on television, appearing in episodes of long-running series such as Midsomer Murders, Inspector Lynley and Taggart, and holding recurring parts in First Among Equals and Fortunes of War. In 2011 she and her husband, actor Tom Wilkinson, portrayed the Kennedys’ Joe and Rose in the mini-series The Kennedys, a pairing that re…
