Haydn Gwynne
Acting • Born 1957-03-21 – Died 2023-10-20
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).
Filmography
58 credits
The Secret
Movie • 2002
Emma Faraday
National Theatre Live: The Audience
Movie • 2013
Margaret Thatcher
Pride and Prejudice: Having a Ball
Movie • 2013
Jane Austen
Amnesty International's Big 30
Movie • 1991
Alex Pates
The C-Word
Movie • 2015
Jane McFarlane
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
Movie • 2022
Self
Remember Me?
Movie • 1997
Jamie's wife
Lullaby
Movie • 2007
Mother
The Merchant of Venice
Movie • 1996
Portia
RSC Live: Coriolanus
Movie • 2017
Volumnia
Consenting Adults
Movie • 2007
Mary Cohen
National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera
Movie • 2016
Celia Peachum
Hospital!
Movie • 1997
Victoria Barking
Car Trouble
Movie • 1986
Ticket Girl
Beauty and the Beast
Movie • 2017
Clothilde
Hollow
Movie • 2010
Child Welfare Officer
Human, All Too Human
Movie • 1999
Narrator
Myra: The Making of a Monster
Movie • 2003
Narrator
Player
Movie • 2008
Marion
What Mad Pursuit
Movie • 1985
Shirley Benedict
The Midnight Gang
Movie • 2018
Matron
The Pleasure Principle
Movie • 1992
Judith
The Canterville Ghost
Movie • 2021
Lady Deborah de Canterville
Mickey 17
Movie • 2025
Congresswoman
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
Movie • 2012
Hunky Dory
Movie • 2011
Miss Valentine
Teams from Hell
Movie • 1989
Absolute Power
TV • 2003
Rome
TV • 2005
Calpurnia
Lewis
TV • 2007
Sandra Walters
Comedy Connections
TV • 2003
Dalziel & Pascoe
TV • 1996
Kavanagh Q.C.
TV • 1995
Mary Armstrong QC
Lovejoy
TV • 1986
Cosima
Drop the Dead Donkey
TV • 1990
Alex Pates
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV • 1989
Coco Courtenay
Peak Practice
TV • 1993
Dr. Joanna Graham
Merseybeat
TV • 2001
The Silent War
TV • 2013
Narrator (Voice)
Sherlock
TV • 2010
Miss Wenceslas
Dangerfield
TV • 1995
Father Brown
TV • 2013
Professor Jane Milton
New Tricks
TV • 2004
Sara Hamlyn
The Windsors
TV • 2016
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
The Crown
TV • 2016
Lady Susan Hussey
Time Riders
TV • 1991
Dr. B.B. Miller
Ripper Street
TV • 2012
George Tait
Death in Paradise
TV • 2011
Charlotte Doran
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV • 1989
Miss Battersby
Midsomer Murders
TV • 1997
Jennifer Carter
Midsomer Murders
TV • 1997
Maggie Viviani
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
TV • 1988
Mme. Chauchat
Nice Work
TV • 1989
Dr. Robyn Penrose
The Suspect
TV • 2022
Ann
A Very Peculiar Practice
TV • 1986
Donizetti
Call Me Mister
TV • 1986
Bridget Bartholomew
Dispatches
TV • 1987
Modern Times
TV • 1995