Actor profile

Haydn Gwynne

21st March 1957 Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex, England, UK Acting

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).

24 Movies 32 TV Shows 59 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Mickey 17 poster

Mickey 17 28th February 2025 as Congresswoman

Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends poster

Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends 3rd May 2022 as Self

The Midnight Gang poster

The Midnight Gang 26th December 2018 as Matron

RSC Live: Coriolanus poster

RSC Live: Coriolanus 11th October 2017 as Volumnia

Beauty and the Beast poster

Beauty and the Beast 16th March 2017 as Clothilde

National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera poster

National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera 22nd September 2016 as Celia Peachum

The C-Word poster

The C-Word 3rd May 2015 as Jane McFarlane

National Theatre Live: The Audience poster

National Theatre Live: The Audience 12th June 2013 as Margaret Thatcher

Pride and Prejudice: Having a Ball poster

Pride and Prejudice: Having a Ball 10th May 2013 as Jane Austen

Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess poster

Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess 30th December 2012

Hunky Dory poster

Hunky Dory 25th October 2011 as Miss Valentine

Hollow poster

Hollow 1st November 2010 as Child Welfare Officer

Consenting Adults poster

Consenting Adults 4th September 2007 as Mary Cohen

Myra: The Making of a Monster poster

Myra: The Making of a Monster 3rd September 2003 as Narrator

The Secret poster

The Secret 13th April 2002 as Emma Faraday

Human, All Too Human poster

Human, All Too Human 17th February 1999 as Narrator

Hospital! poster

Hospital! 30th March 1997 as Victoria Barking

Remember Me? poster

Remember Me? 2nd January 1997 as Jamie's wife

The Merchant of Venice poster

The Merchant of Venice 1st January 1996 as Portia

The Pleasure Principle poster

The Pleasure Principle 31st January 1992 as Judith

Amnesty International's Big 30 poster

Amnesty International's Big 30 28th December 1991 as Alex Pates

Teams from Hell poster

Teams from Hell 1st January 1989

Car Trouble poster

Car Trouble 28th February 1986 as Ticket Girl

What Mad Pursuit poster

What Mad Pursuit 24th November 1985 as Shirley Benedict

The Suspect poster

The Suspect 29th August 2022 as Ann

The Crown poster

The Crown 4th November 2016 as Lady Susan Hussey

The Windsors poster

The Windsors 6th May 2016 as Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall

The Silent War poster

The Silent War 5th December 2013 as Narrator (Voice)

Father Brown poster

Father Brown 14th January 2013 as Professor Jane Milton

Ripper Street poster

Ripper Street 30th December 2012 as George Tait

Death in Paradise poster

Death in Paradise 25th October 2011 as Charlotte Doran

Sherlock poster

Sherlock 25th July 2010 as Miss Wenceslas

Lewis poster

Lewis 18th February 2007 as Sandra Walters

Rome poster

Rome 28th August 2005 as Calpurnia

New Tricks poster

New Tricks 1st January 2004 as Sara Hamlyn

Absolute Power poster

Absolute Power 10th November 2003

Comedy Connections poster

Comedy Connections 9th June 2003

The Secret poster

The Secret 13th April 2002 as Emma Faraday

Merseybeat poster

Merseybeat 16th July 2001

Midsomer Murders poster

Midsomer Murders 23rd March 1997 as Jennifer Carter

Midsomer Murders poster

Midsomer Murders 23rd March 1997 as Maggie Viviani

Dalziel and Pascoe poster

Dalziel and Pascoe 16th March 1996 as Dr McKenzie Mansfield

Modern Times poster

Modern Times 22nd February 1995

Dangerfield poster

Dangerfield 27th January 1995

Kavanagh Q.C. poster

Kavanagh Q.C. 3rd January 1995 as Mary Armstrong QC

Peak Practice poster

Peak Practice 10th May 1993 as Dr. Joanna Graham

Time Riders poster

Time Riders 16th October 1991 as Dr. B.B. Miller

Drop the Dead Donkey poster

Drop the Dead Donkey 9th August 1990 as Alex Pates

Nice Work poster

Nice Work 4th October 1989 as Dr. Robyn Penrose

Agatha Christie's Poirot poster

Agatha Christie's Poirot 8th January 1989 as Coco Courtenay

Agatha Christie's Poirot poster

Agatha Christie's Poirot 8th January 1989 as Miss Battersby

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers poster

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers 10th January 1988 as Mme. Chauchat

Dispatches poster

Dispatches 30th October 1987

Call Me Mister poster

Call Me Mister 5th September 1986 as Bridget Bartholomew

A Very Peculiar Practice poster

A Very Peculiar Practice 21st May 1986 as Donizetti

Lovejoy poster

Lovejoy 10th January 1986 as Cosima