Haydn Gwynne

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Haydn Gwynne

Acting March 21, 1957

Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex, England, UK

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 seri…

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Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast

7.0 2017 Movie
Sherlock

Sherlock

8.5 2010 TV Show
Mickey 17

Mickey 17

6.8 2025 Movie
The Crown

The Crown

8.2 2016 TV Show
Rome

Rome

8.2 2005 TV Show
Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

7.5 1997 TV Show
Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot

8.2 1989 TV Show
Death in Paradise

Death in Paradise

7.4 2011 TV Show
Father Brown

Father Brown

7.6 2013 TV Show
Ripper Street

Ripper Street

7.4 2012 TV Show
Lewis

Lewis

7.6 2007 TV Show
Peak Practice

Peak Practice

6.5 1993 TV Show

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2025
    Mickey 17

    Movie Congresswoman

  2. 2022
    The Suspect

    TV show Ann

  3. 2022
    Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends

    Movie Self

  4. 2018
    The Midnight Gang

    Movie Matron

  5. 2017
    RSC Live: Coriolanus

    Movie Volumnia

  6. 2017
    Beauty and the Beast

    Movie Clothilde

  7. 2016
    The Crown

    TV show Lady Susan Hussey

  8. 2016
    National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera

    Movie Celia Peachum

  9. 2016
    The Windsors

    TV show Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall

  10. 2015
    The C-Word

    Movie Jane McFarlane

  11. 2013
    The Silent War

    TV show Narrator (Voice)

  12. 2013
    National Theatre Live: The Audience

    Movie Margaret Thatcher

  13. 2013
    Pride and Prejudice: Having a Ball

    Movie Jane Austen

  14. 2013
    Father Brown

    TV show Professor Jane Milton

  15. 2012
    Ripper Street

    TV show George Tait

  16. 2012
    Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess

    Movie

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  1. 2011
    Death in Paradise

    TV show Charlotte Doran

  2. 2011
    Hunky Dory

    Movie Miss Valentine

  3. 2010
    Hollow

    Movie Child Welfare Officer

  4. 2010
    Sherlock

    TV show Miss Wenceslas

  5. 2008
    Player

    Movie Marion

  6. 2007
    Lullaby

    Movie Mother

  7. 2007
    Consenting Adults

    Movie Mary Cohen

  8. 2007
    Lewis

    TV show Sandra Walters

  9. 2005
    Rome

    TV show Calpurnia

  10. 2004
    New Tricks

    TV show Sara Hamlyn

  11. 2003
    Absolute Power

    TV show

  12. 2003
    Myra: The Making of a Monster

    Movie Narrator

  13. 2003
    Comedy Connections

    TV show

  14. 2002
    The Secret

    TV show Emma Faraday

  15. 2002
    The Secret

    Movie Emma Faraday

  16. 2001
    Merseybeat

    TV show

  17. 1999
    Human, All Too Human

    Movie Narrator

  18. 1998
    Verdict

    TV show Lynn Durban

  19. 1997
    Hospital!

    Movie Victoria Barking

  20. 1997
    Midsomer Murders

    TV show Jennifer Carter

  21. 1997
    Remember Me?

    Movie Jamie's wife

  22. 1996
    Dalziel and Pascoe

    TV show Dr McKenzie Mansfield

  23. 1996
    The Merchant of Venice

    Movie Portia

  24. 1995
    Modern Times

    TV show