
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), …
Known For
Beauty and the Beast
Clothilde
Mickey 17
Congresswoman
The Windsors
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
Sherlock
Miss Wenceslas
Drop the Dead Donkey
Alex Pates
Hunky Dory
Miss Valentine
National Theatre Live: The Audience
Margaret Thatcher
The Crown
Lady Susan Hussey
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Filmography
Acting (57)
Movies (28)
Mickey 17
2025as Congresswoman
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
2022as Self
The Canterville Ghost
2021as Lady Deborah de Canterville
The Midnight Gang
2018as Matron
Beauty and the Beast
2017as Clothilde
RSC Live: Coriolanus
2017as Volumnia
National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera
2016as Celia Peachum
The C-Word
2015as Jane McFarlane
Pride and Prejudice: Having a Ball
2013as Jane Austen
National Theatre Live: The Audience
2013as Margaret Thatcher
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
2012
Hunky Dory
2011as Miss Valentine
Hollow
2010as Child Welfare Officer
Third Girl
2010as Miss Battersby
Player
2008as Marion
Consenting Adults
2007as Mary Cohen
Lullaby
2007as Mother
Myra: The Making of a Monster
2003as Narrator
The Secret
2002as Emma Faraday
Human, All Too Human
1999as Narrator
Remember Me?
1997as Jamie's wife
Hospital!
1997as Victoria Barking
The Merchant of Venice
1996as Portia
The Pleasure Principle
1992as Judith
Amnesty International's Big 30
1991as Alex Pates
Teams from Hell
1989
Car Trouble
1986as Ticket Girl
What Mad Pursuit
1985as Shirley Benedict
Television (29)
The Suspect
2022as Ann
The Crown
2016as Lady Susan Hussey
The Windsors
2016as Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
Father Brown
2013as Professor Jane Milton
The Silent War
2013as Narrator (Voice)
Ripper Street
2012as George Tait
Death in Paradise
2011as Charlotte Doran
Sherlock
2010as Miss Wenceslas
Lewis
2007as Sandra Walters
Rome
2005as Calpurnia
New Tricks
2004as Sara Hamlyn
Absolute Power
2003
Comedy Connections
2003
Merseybeat
2001
Midsomer Murders
1997as Jennifer Carter
Dalziel & Pascoe
1996
Kavanagh Q.C.
1995as Mary Armstrong QC
Dangerfield
1995
Modern Times
1995
Peak Practice
1993as Dr. Joanna Graham
Time Riders
1991as Dr. B.B. Miller
Drop the Dead Donkey
1990as Alex Pates
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989as Coco Courtenay
Nice Work
1989as Dr. Robyn Penrose
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988as Mme. Chauchat
Dispatches
1987
Lovejoy
1986as Cosima
A Very Peculiar Practice
1986as Donizetti
Call Me Mister
1986as Bridget Bartholomew
Crew (1)
Movies (1)
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