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Penny Layden

Acting

Biography

Born 1969, Penny Layden is a British actress and narrator. She has performed at the National Theatre, with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Old Vic Theatre, with Shared Experience and the Royal Exchange Theatre.

Filmography

18 credits across movies and TV

Movie

National Theatre Live: Paradise

2021 · Nam

Movie

National Theatre Live: Everyman

2015 · Knowledge

Movie

Poppy Shakespeare

2008 · Sue

Movie

Broken

2012 · DC Jenks

Movie

My Country: A Work in Progress

2017 · Britannia

Movie

National Theatre Live: Macbeth

2018 · Ross

Movie

Jolly Girl

2020 · Blossom (voice)

Movie

Sisters

2020 · Beth

Movie

The Bad Mother's Handbook

2007 · Rambler Annie

Movie

National Theatre Live: London Tide

2024 · Mary Wilfer

South Riding

2011 · Mrs Huggins

Father Brown

2013 · Nora Banks

Dark Angel

2016 · Margaret Stott

Call the Midwife

2012 · Brenda McEntee

Supacell

2024 · Shirley

Land Girls

2009 · Hettie Foster

Waterloo Road

2006 · Shelley Baxter

Murphy's Law

2001 · Hammond