Haydn Gwynne
Known for Acting
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
Beauty and the Beast
2017
as Clothilde
Mickey 17
2025
as Congresswoman
National Theatre Live: The Audience
2013
as Margaret Thatcher
Remember Me?
1997
as Jamie's wife
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
2022
as Self
The Midnight Gang
2018
as Matron
Car Trouble
1986
as Ticket Girl
Player
2008
as Marion
The C-Word
2015
as Jane McFarlane
Pride and Prejudice: Having a Ball
2013
as Jane Austen
National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera
2016
as Celia Peachum
What Mad Pursuit
1985
as Shirley Benedict
Amnesty International's Big 30
1991
as Alex Pates
Hospital!
1997
as Victoria Barking
The Merchant of Venice
1996
as Portia
RSC Live: Coriolanus
2017
as Volumnia
Hunky Dory
2011
as Miss Valentine
Consenting Adults
2007
as Mary Cohen
The Pleasure Principle
1992
as Judith
Myra: The Making of a Monster
2003
as Narrator