Acting

Haydn Gwynne

Born 1957-03-21 · Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex, England, UK

Died 2023-10-20

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), and playing Camilla in The Windsors (2016–2023).

Credits

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