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).
Movie Appearances
The Secret
as Emma Faraday
2002
National Theatre Live: The Audience
as Margaret Thatcher
2013
Pride and Prejudice: Having a Ball
as Jane Austen
2013
Amnesty International's Big 30
as Alex Pates
1991
The C-Word
as Jane McFarlane
2015
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
as Self
2022
Remember Me?
as Jamie's wife
1997
Lullaby
as Mother
2007
The Merchant of Venice
as Portia
1996
RSC Live: Coriolanus
as Volumnia
2017
Consenting Adults
as Mary Cohen
2007
National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera
as Celia Peachum
2016
Hospital!
as Victoria Barking
1997
Car Trouble
as Ticket Girl
1986
Beauty and the Beast
as Clothilde
2017
Hollow
as Child Welfare Officer
2010
Human, All Too Human
as Narrator
1999
Myra: The Making of a Monster
as Narrator
2003
Player
as Marion
2008
What Mad Pursuit
as Shirley Benedict
1985
TV Appearances
Absolute Power
2003
Rome
as Calpurnia
2005
Lewis
as Sandra Walters
2007
Comedy Connections
2003
Dalziel & Pascoe
1996
Kavanagh Q.C.
as Mary Armstrong QC
1995
Lovejoy
as Cosima
1986
Drop the Dead Donkey
as Alex Pates
1990
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Coco Courtenay
1989
Peak Practice
as Dr. Joanna Graham
1993
Merseybeat
2001
The Silent War
as Narrator (Voice)
2013