Haydn Gwynne
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
Haydn Gwynne (March 21, 1957 – October 20, 2023) was an English actress. She was nominated for the 1992 BAFTA TV Award for Best Light Entertainment Performance for the comedy series Drop the Dead Donkey (1990–1991), and won the 2009 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical for her role in the Broadway production of Billy Elliot the Musical. She was also a four-time Olivier Award nominee. Her other television roles included Peak Practice (1999–2000), Merseybeat (2001–2002), ...
Known For
Filmography
Mickey 17
2025
as Congresswoman
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
2022
as Self
The Suspect
2022
as Ann
The Midnight Gang
2018
as Matron
RSC Live: Coriolanus
2017
as Volumnia
Beauty and the Beast
2017
as Clothilde
National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera
2016
as Celia Peachum
The Windsors
2016
as Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
The Crown
2016
as Lady Susan Hussey
The C-Word
2015
as Jane McFarlane
National Theatre Live: The Audience
2013
as Margaret Thatcher
Pride and Prejudice: Having a Ball
2013
as Jane Austen
The Silent War
2013
as Narrator (Voice)
Father Brown
2013
as Professor Jane Milton
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
2012
Ripper Street
2012
as George Tait
Hunky Dory
2011
as Miss Valentine
Death in Paradise
2011
as Charlotte Doran
Hollow
2010
as Child Welfare Officer
Sherlock
2010
as Miss Wenceslas
Player
2008
as Marion
Lullaby
2007
as Mother
Consenting Adults
2007
as Mary Cohen
Lewis
2007
as Sandra Walters
Rome
2005
as Calpurnia
New Tricks
2004
as Sara Hamlyn
Myra: The Making of a Monster
2003
as Narrator
Absolute Power
2003
Comedy Connections
2003
The Secret
2002
as Emma Faraday
The Secret
2002
as Emma Faraday
Merseybeat
2001
Human, All Too Human
1999
as Narrator
Verdict
1998
as Lynn Durban
Remember Me?
1997
as Jamie's wife
Hospital!
1997
as Victoria Barking
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Jennifer Carter
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Maggie Viviani
The Merchant of Venice
1996
as Portia
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996
as Dr McKenzie Mansfield
Kavanagh Q.C.
1995
as Mary Armstrong QC
Dangerfield
1995
Modern Times
1995
Peak Practice
1993
as Dr. Joanna Graham
The Pleasure Principle
1992
as Judith
Amnesty International's Big 30
1991
as Alex Pates
Time Riders
1991
as Dr. B.B. Miller
Drop the Dead Donkey
1990
as Alex Pates
Teams from Hell
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Coco Courtenay
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Miss Battersby
Nice Work
1989
as Dr. Robyn Penrose
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988
as Mme. Chauchat
Dispatches
1987
Car Trouble
1986
as Ticket Girl
Lovejoy
1986
as Cosima
A Very Peculiar Practice
1986
as Donizetti
Call Me Mister
1986
as Bridget Bartholomew
What Mad Pursuit
1985
as Shirley Benedict