Beatie Edney
Acting • Born 1962-10-23
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Beatrice "Beatie" Edney (born 23 October 1962) is an English television actress. Born in London, she is the daughter of actress Sylvia Syms, and sister of Benjamin Edney and a cousin of musician Nick Webb. Edney first came to audiences' attention as Heather MacLeod in the 1986 film Highlander, the first film in the Highlander series. She returned to the role again in the 2000 film Highlander: Endgame. In 1987 Edney performed the title role in the TV production of 'The Dark Angel' with Peter O'Toole. In 1990, she appeared in the Bruce Beresford directed film Mister Johnson alongside Pierce Brosnan and Edward Woodward. Her many television appearances include a leading role in the TV series Lost Empires, based on the novel by J.B. Priestley, with Colin Firth in 1986. She has also appeared in episodes of Rosemary & Thyme, A Touch of Frost, Prime Suspect, Inspector Morse, Lewis (TV series), Agatha Christie's Poirot adaptation of The Mysterious Affair at Styles and Wallander (2009). In 1994, she played the role of Louisa Gradgrind in the television adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel Hard Times. In 1995, she had a starring role in the Channel 4 sitcom Dressing For Breakfast. In 2012 she played Queen Charlotte in The Madness of King George III, in a revival at the Apollo Theatre.
Filmography
49 credits
In the Name of the Father
Movie • 1993
Carole Richardson
Highlander
Movie • 1986
Heather MacLeod
MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday
Movie • 1994
Natalia
A Handful of Dust
Movie • 1988
Marjorie
Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!
Movie • 2006
Joan Sims
Save the Cinema
Movie • 2022
Mrs. Griffiths (Beehive Woman)
A Day at the Beach
Movie • 1970
Winnie
Mister Johnson
Movie • 1991
Celia Rudbeck
Diary of a Mad Old Man
Movie • 1987
Simone / Marcel's daughter-in-law
The Cyberstalking
Movie • 1999
Highlander: Endgame
Movie • 2000
Heather MacLeod
Hard Times
Movie • 1994
Louisa Gradgrind
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
Movie • 1988
Tina
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Movie • 2008
Mrs. Brummegan
Mesmer
Movie • 1994
Marie Antoinette
Wild Flowers: Women of South Lebanon
Movie • 1987
The Lilac Bus
Movie • 1990
Dee
The Affair
Movie • 1995
Esther
Just Another Secret
Movie • 1989
Anneliese
Wild Flowers
Movie • 1990
Sadie
Nyet!
Movie • 2019
Liz
Trouble in Paradise
Movie • 1989
Ann Kusters
National Theatre Live: Small Island
Movie • 2019
The Biographer
Movie • 2002
Lynne Morton
Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord
Movie • 1998
Kate Manning
The Dark Angel
Movie • 1987
Maud Ruthyn
Bosses From Hell
Movie • 1989
The Pearl Comb
Movie • 2025
Betty Lutey
Hotel Babylon
TV • 2006
A Touch of Frost
TV • 1992
Prime Suspect
TV • 1991
Susan Covington
Inspector Morse
TV • 1987
Deborah Burns
Dressing for Breakfast
TV • 1995
Messiah
TV • 2001
Grace Eccleshall
Lost Empires
TV • 1986
Nancy Ellis
The Coroner
TV • 2015
Judith Kennedy
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV • 1989
Mary Cavendish
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
TV • 2001
Lyla Milburn
My Uncle Silas
TV • 2001
Ellen
The Dark Angel
TV • 1989
Maud Ruthyn
Van der Valk
TV • 2020
Cassie Davids
Time for Murder
TV • 1985
Pippa Millington
Andor
TV • 2022
Judge
Lewis
TV • 2007
Justine Skinner
Year of the Rabbit
TV • 2019
Mrs McHenry
Poldark
TV • 2015
Prudie Paynter
Hard Times
TV • 1994
Louisa Gradgrind
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV • 1989
Mrs Hemmings
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
TV • 1996
Annabella Wilmot