Haydn Gwynne
Born: 1957-03-21 in Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex, England, UK
Died: 2023-10-20
Known For: Acting
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).
Filmography
2025
- Mickey 17 as Congresswoman
2022
- The Suspect as Ann
- Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends as Self
2021
- The Canterville Ghost as Lady Deborah de Canterville
2018
- The Midnight Gang as Matron
2017
- Beauty and the Beast as Clothilde
- RSC Live: Coriolanus as Volumnia
2016
- The Crown as Lady Susan Hussey
- The Windsors as Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
- National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera as Celia Peachum
2015
- The C-Word as Jane McFarlane
2013
- Father Brown as Professor Jane Milton
- National Theatre Live: The Audience as Margaret Thatcher
- The Silent War as Narrator (Voice)
- Pride and Prejudice: Having a Ball as Jane Austen
2012
- Ripper Street as George Tait
- Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
2011
- Death in Paradise as Charlotte Doran
- Hunky Dory as Miss Valentine
2008
- Player as Marion
2007
- Lewis as Sandra Walters
- Consenting Adults as Mary Cohen
- Lullaby as Mother
2005
- Rome as Calpurnia
2004
- New Tricks as Sara Hamlyn
2003
2002
- The Secret as Emma Faraday
2001
1999
- Human, All Too Human as Narrator
1997
- Midsomer Murders as Jennifer Carter
- Hospital! as Victoria Barking
- Remember Me? as Jamie's wife
1996
- Dalziel & Pascoe
- The Merchant of Venice as Portia
1995
- Kavanagh Q.C. as Mary Armstrong QC
- Dangerfield
1993
- Peak Practice as Dr. Joanna Graham
1992
- The Pleasure Principle as Judith
1991
- Amnesty International's Big 30 as Alex Pates
- Time Riders as Dr. B.B. Miller
1990
- Drop the Dead Donkey as Alex Pates
1989
- Agatha Christie's Poirot as Coco Courtenay
- Nice Work as Dr. Robyn Penrose
1988
- The Modern World: Ten Great Writers as Mme. Chauchat
1986
- Lovejoy as Cosima
- Car Trouble as Ticket Girl
- A Very Peculiar Practice as Donizetti
- Call Me Mister as Bridget Bartholomew
1985
- What Mad Pursuit as Shirley Benedict