Haydn Gwynne

Haydn Gwynne

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).

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2025

Mickey 17
Mickey 17
as Congresswoman
Movie - Released: 2/28/2025

2022

Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
as Self
Movie - Released: 5/3/2022
The Suspect
The Suspect
as Ann
TV - Released: 8/29/2022

2021

The Canterville Ghost
The Canterville Ghost
as Lady Deborah de Canterville
Movie - Released: 10/31/2021

2018

The Midnight Gang
The Midnight Gang
as Matron
Movie - Released: 12/26/2018

2017

RSC Live: Coriolanus
RSC Live: Coriolanus
as Volumnia
Movie - Released: 10/11/2017
Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast
as Clothilde
Movie - Released: 3/16/2017

2016

National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera
National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera
as Celia Peachum
Movie - Released: 9/22/2016
The Windsors
The Windsors
as Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
TV - Released: 5/6/2016
The Crown
The Crown
as Lady Susan Hussey
TV - Released: 11/4/2016

2015

The C-Word
The C-Word
as Jane McFarlane
Movie - Released: 5/3/2015

2013

National Theatre Live: The Audience
National Theatre Live: The Audience
as Margaret Thatcher
Movie - Released: 6/12/2013
Pride and Prejudice: Having a Ball
Pride and Prejudice: Having a Ball
as Jane Austen
Movie - Released: 5/10/2013
The Silent War
The Silent War
as Narrator (Voice)
TV - Released: 12/5/2013
Father Brown
Father Brown
as Professor Jane Milton
TV - Released: 1/14/2013

2012

Ripper Street
Ripper Street
as George Tait
TV - Released: 12/30/2012

2011

Death in Paradise
Death in Paradise
as Charlotte Doran
TV - Released: 10/25/2011

2010

Hollow
Hollow
as Child Welfare Officer
Movie - Released: 11/1/2010
Sherlock
Sherlock
as Miss Wenceslas
TV - Released: 7/25/2010

2008

Movie
Player
as Marion
Movie - Released: 10/3/2008

2007

Movie
Lullaby
as Mother
Movie - Released: 10/17/2007
Consenting Adults
Consenting Adults
as Mary Cohen
Movie - Released: 9/4/2007
Lewis
Lewis
as Sandra Walters
TV - Released: 2/18/2007

2005

Rome
Rome
as Calpurnia
TV - Released: 8/28/2005

2004

New Tricks
New Tricks
as Sara Hamlyn
TV - Released: 1/1/2004

2003

Myra: The Making of a Monster
Myra: The Making of a Monster
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 9/3/2003
Absolute Power
Absolute Power
TV - Released: 11/10/2003
Comedy Connections
Comedy Connections
TV - Released: 6/9/2003

2002

The Secret
The Secret
as Emma Faraday
Movie - Released: 4/13/2002

2001

Merseybeat
Merseybeat
TV - Released: 7/16/2001

1999

Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 2/17/1999

1997

Remember Me?
Remember Me?
Movie - Released: 1/2/1997
Hospital!
Hospital!
as Victoria Barking
Movie - Released: 3/30/1997
Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders
as Jennifer Carter
TV - Released: 3/23/1997
Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders
as Maggie Viviani
TV - Released: 3/23/1997

1996

Movie
The Merchant of Venice
as Portia
Movie - Released: 1/1/1996
Dalziel & Pascoe
Dalziel & Pascoe
TV - Released: 3/16/1996

1995

Kavanagh Q.C.
Kavanagh Q.C.
as Mary Armstrong QC
TV - Released: 1/3/1995
TV
Dangerfield
TV - Released: 1/27/1995

1993

Peak Practice
Peak Practice
as Dr. Joanna Graham
TV - Released: 5/10/1993

1992

The Pleasure Principle
The Pleasure Principle
as Judith
Movie - Released: 1/31/1992

1991

Amnesty International's Big 30
Amnesty International's Big 30
as Alex Pates
Movie - Released: 12/28/1991
Time Riders
Time Riders
as Dr. B.B. Miller
TV - Released: 10/16/1991

1990

Drop the Dead Donkey
Drop the Dead Donkey
as Alex Pates
TV - Released: 8/9/1990

1989

Agatha Christie's Poirot
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Coco Courtenay
TV - Released: 1/8/1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Miss Battersby
TV - Released: 1/8/1989
Nice Work
Nice Work
as Dr. Robyn Penrose
TV - Released: 10/4/1989

1988

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
as Mme. Chauchat
TV - Released: 1/10/1988

1986

Car Trouble
Car Trouble
as Ticket Girl
Movie - Released: 2/28/1986
A Very Peculiar Practice
A Very Peculiar Practice
TV - Released: 5/21/1986
Lovejoy
Lovejoy
as Cosima
TV - Released: 1/10/1986
TV
Call Me Mister
TV - Released: 9/5/1986

1985

What Mad Pursuit
What Mad Pursuit
as Shirley Benedict
Movie - Released: 11/24/1985