Beatie Edney
Born: 1962-10-23 in London, England, UK
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Beatrice "Beatie" Edney (born 23 October 1962) is an English television actress. Born in London, she is the daughter of actress Sylvia Syms, and sister of Benjamin Edney and a cousin of musician Nick Webb. Edney first came to audiences' attention as Heather MacLeod in the 1986 film Highlander, the first film in the Highlander series. She returned to the role again in the 2000 film Highlander: Endgame. In 1987 Edney performed the title role in the TV production of 'The Dark Angel' with Peter O'Toole. In 1990, she appeared in the Bruce Beresford directed film Mister Johnson alongside Pierce Brosnan and Edward Woodward. Her many television appearances include a leading role in the TV series Lost Empires, based on the novel by J.B. Priestley, with Colin Firth in 1986. She has also appeared in episodes of Rosemary & Thyme, A Touch of Frost, Prime Suspect, Inspector Morse, Lewis (TV series), Agatha Christie's Poirot adaptation of The Mysterious Affair at Styles and Wallander (2009). In 1994, she played the role of Louisa Gradgrind in the television adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel Hard Times. In 1995, she had a starring role in the Channel 4 sitcom Dressing For Breakfast. In 2012 she played Queen Charlotte in The Madness of King George III, in a revival at the Apollo Theatre.
Filmography
2025
- The Pearl Comb as BETTY LUTEY
2022
- Andor as Judge
- Save the Cinema as Mrs. Griffiths (Beehive Woman)
2020
- Van der Valk as Cassie Davids
2019
- National Theatre Live: Small Island
- Nyet! as Liz
- Year of the Rabbit as Mrs McHenry
2015
- Poldark as Prudie Paynter
- The Coroner as Judith Kennedy
2008
- Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day as Mrs. Brummegan
2007
- Lewis as Justine Skinner
2006
- Hotel Babylon
- Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! as Joan Sims
2002
- The Biographer as Lynne Morton
2001
- Messiah as Grace Eccleshall
- Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes as Lyla Milburn
- My Uncle Silas as Ellen
2000
- Highlander: Endgame as Heather MacLeod
1999
1998
- Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord as Kate Manning
1996
- The Tenant of Wildfell Hall as Annabella Wilmot
1995
- The Affair as Esther
- Dressing for Breakfast
1994
- Mesmer as Marie Antoinette
- MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday as Natalia
- Hard Times as Louisa Gradgrind
- Hard Times as Louisa Gradgrind
1993
- In the Name of the Father as Carole Richardson
1992
1991
- Prime Suspect as Susan Covington
- Mister Johnson as Celia Rudbeck
1990
- The Lilac Bus as Dee
- Wild Flowers as Sadie
1989
- Agatha Christie's Poirot as Mary Cavendish
- Just Another Secret as Anneliese
- Bosses From Hell
- Trouble in Paradise as Ann Kusters
- The Dark Angel as Maud Ruthyn
1988
- Onassis: The Richest Man in the World as Tina
- A Handful of Dust as Marjorie
1987
- Inspector Morse as Deborah Burns
- Diary of a Mad Old Man as Simone / Marcel's daughter-in-law
- Wild Flowers: Women of South Lebanon
- The Dark Angel as Maud Ruthyn
1986
- Highlander as Heather MacLeod
- Lost Empires as Nancy Ellis
1985
- Time for Murder as Pippa Millington
1970
- A Day at the Beach as Winnie