Haydn Gwynne

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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

53

Gender

Female

Birthday

1957-03-21

Deathday

2023-10-20 (66 years old)

Place of Birth

Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex, England, UK

Haydn Gwynne

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

Known For

Beauty and the Beast
7.0%

Beauty and the Beast

Mar 16, 2017

Sherlock
8.5%

Sherlock

Jul 25, 2010

The Crown
8.2%

The Crown

Nov 4, 2016

Mickey 17
6.9%

Mickey 17

Feb 28, 2025

Rome
8.3%

Rome

Aug 28, 2005

Midsomer Murders
7.5%

Midsomer Murders

Mar 23, 1997

Midsomer Murders
7.5%

Midsomer Murders

Mar 23, 1997

Death in Paradise
7.5%

Death in Paradise

Oct 25, 2011

Ripper Street
7.4%

Ripper Street

Dec 30, 2012

Father Brown
7.6%

Father Brown

Jan 14, 2013

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Acting

2025
Mickey 17 as Congresswoman
2022
The Suspect as Ann
2022
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends as Self
2021
The Canterville Ghost as Lady Deborah de Canterville
2018
The Midnight Gang as Matron
2017
RSC Live: Coriolanus as Volumnia
2017
Beauty and the Beast as Clothilde
2016
The Crown as Lady Susan Hussey
2016
National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera as Celia Peachum
2016
The Windsors as Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
2015
The C-Word as Jane McFarlane
2013
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
2012
Ripper Street as George Tait
2011
Death in Paradise as Charlotte Doran
2010
Hollow as Child Welfare Officer
2010
Sherlock as Miss Wenceslas
2008
Player as Marion
2007
Lullaby as Mother
2007
Consenting Adults as Mary Cohen
2007
Lewis as Sandra Walters
2005
Rome as Calpurnia
2004
New Tricks as Sara Hamlyn
2003
Absolute Power
2003
Myra: The Making of a Monster as Narrator
2003
Comedy Connections
2002
The Secret as Emma Faraday
2001
Merseybeat
1999
Human, All Too Human as Narrator
1997
Hospital! as Victoria Barking
1997
Midsomer Murders as Jennifer Carter
1997
Midsomer Murders as Maggie Viviani
1997
Remember Me?
1996
Dalziel & Pascoe
1996
The Merchant of Venice as Portia
1995
Dangerfield
1995
Kavanagh Q.C. as Mary Armstrong QC
1993
Peak Practice as Dr. Joanna Graham
1992
The Pleasure Principle as Judith
1991
Amnesty International's Big 30 as Alex Pates
1991
Time Riders as Dr. B.B. Miller
1990
Drop the Dead Donkey as Alex Pates
1989
Nice Work as Dr. Robyn Penrose
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot as Coco Courtenay
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot as Miss Battersby
1988
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers as Mme. Chauchat
1986
Call Me Mister
1986
A Very Peculiar Practice
1986
Car Trouble as Ticket Girl
1986
Lovejoy as Cosima
1985
What Mad Pursuit as Shirley Benedict
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