Haydn Gwynne

Haydn Gwynne

Birthday: 1957-03-21

Place of Birth: Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex, England, UK

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).

Movies

The Secret
The Secret

A woman is held for ransom by a bitter past acquaintance who threatens to disclose a secret that cou...

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National Theatre Live: The Audience
National Theatre Live: The Audience

For sixty years, Elizabeth II has met each of her twelve Prime Ministers in a weekly audience at Buc...

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Pride and Prejudice: Having a Ball
Pride and Prejudice: Having a Ball

In Pride And Prejudice: Having A Ball, social historian Amanda Vickery leads the action as a team of...

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Amnesty International's Big 30
Amnesty International's Big 30

In the tradition of the acclaimed series of British concerts known as The Secret Policemen's Ball, A...

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The C-Word
The C-Word

The C Word is an adaptation of Lisa Lynch's inspiring and candid book, based on her blog, about her...

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Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends

On 3 May 2022, Cameron Mackintosh invited many of Stephen Sondheim’s old friends to join him in Lond...

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Remember Me?
Remember Me?

A domestic farce exposes the eccentricities of a "typical" middle class, suburban family who find th...

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Lullaby
Lullaby

The story of a mothers love for an unborn child and how the time has come to leave the memories safe...

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The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice

A TV schools version of the play by William Shakespeare, filmed in the studio and on location in Ven...

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RSC Live: Coriolanus
RSC Live: Coriolanus

A full-throttle war play that revels in the sweat of the battlefield, Coriolanus transports us back ...

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Consenting Adults
Consenting Adults

Fifty years ago, a Home Office committee chaired by Wolfenden, then vice-chancellor of Reading Unive...

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National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera
National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera

As London's East End scrubs up for the coronation, Mr and Mrs Peachum gear up for a bumper day in th...

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Hospital!
Hospital!

Comedy about a brilliant young brain surgeon set in an unorthodox hospital. A "Naked Gun" type come...

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Car Trouble
Car Trouble

In the throes of a midlife crisis, a man buys a new Jaguar, and it immediately becomes his new love....

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Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast

A live-action adaptation of Disney's version of the classic tale of a cursed prince and a beautiful ...

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Hollow
Hollow

Award winning director Rob Sorrenti's latest short film 'Hollow' is a sensitive observation about th...

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Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human

European philosophers: Friedrich Nietzsche, Martin Heidegger and Jean-Paul Sartre. The theme revolve...

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Myra: The Making of a Monster
Myra: The Making of a Monster

The documentary examines Myra Hindley's psyche, the nature of her relationship with Ian Brady, her b...

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Player
Player

The story of a claustrophobic relationship between a single mother and her piano prodigy son. Arrivi...

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What Mad Pursuit
What Mad Pursuit

If you were a famous English novelist doing a whistle stop tour of the United States to promote your...

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The Midnight Gang
The Midnight Gang

When Tom gets hit on the head by a cricket ball, he finds himself on the miserable children's ward o...

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The Pleasure Principle
The Pleasure Principle

Part relationship drama and part sex comedy follows a middle-aged man who loves women and sex and ca...

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The Canterville Ghost
The Canterville Ghost

Follows a tech billionaire who buys Canterville Chase, unaware that the contents include a malevolen...

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Mickey 17
Mickey 17

Unlikely hero Mickey Barnes finds himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employ...

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Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess

A documentary looking at the life, films, and troubled times of America's first sex symbol, screen a...

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Hunky Dory
Hunky Dory

In the heat of the summer of 1976, drama teacher Vivienne fights sweltering heat and general teenage...

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