Haydn Gwynne

Career timeline

1. 1957 · Born

   Born in Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex, England, UK

2. 1985 · Screen debut

   What Mad Pursuit (Movie)

3. 1997 · Breakthrough

   Midsomer Murders (TV)

4. 2023 · Died

   October 20, 2023

5. 2025 · Latest release

   Mickey 17 (Movie)

Career in numbers

10 1980s

15 1990s

12 2000s

17 2010s

2 2020s

• Drama30
• Comedy19
• Crime12
• Mystery10
• Documentary10
• Tv Movie5

Highest-rated title Sherlock 2010 8.5 Most popular title Beauty and the Beast 2017 7.0

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Haydn Gwynne in our catalogue.

Mark Gatiss

2 titles together

1. 2025 Mickey 17 as Congresswoman 6.8 Movie
2. 2022 The Suspect as Ann 6.6 TV
3. 2018 The Midnight Gang as Matron Movie
4. 2017 RSC Live: Coriolanus as Volumnia Movie
5. 2017 Beauty and the Beast as Clothilde 7.0 Movie
6. 2016 The Crown as Lady Susan Hussey 8.2 TV
7. 2016 National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera as Celia Peachum Movie
8. 2016 The Windsors as Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall 6.6 TV
9. 2015 The C-Word as Jane McFarlane Movie
10. 2013 The Silent War as Narrator (Voice) TV
11. 2013 National Theatre Live: The Audience as Margaret Thatcher Movie
12. 2013 Pride and Prejudice: Having a Ball as Jane Austen Movie
13. 2013 Father Brown as Professor Jane Milton 7.7 TV
14. 2012 Ripper Street as George Tait 7.4 TV
15. 2012 Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess Movie
16. 2011 Death in Paradise as Charlotte Doran 7.4 TV
17. 2011 Hunky Dory as Miss Valentine 6.0 Movie
18. 2010 Hollow as Child Welfare Officer Movie
19. 2010 Sherlock as Miss Wenceslas 8.5 TV
20. 2008 Player as Marion Movie
21. 2007 Lullaby as Mother Movie
22. 2007 Consenting Adults as Mary Cohen Movie
23. 2007 Lewis as Sandra Walters 7.6 TV
24. 2005 Rome as Calpurnia 8.2 TV
25. 2004 New Tricks as Sara Hamlyn 7.3 TV
26. 2003 Absolute Power 7.6 TV
27. 2003 Myra: The Making of a Monster as Narrator Movie
28. 2003 Comedy Connections TV
29. 2002 The Secret as Emma Faraday TV
30. 2002 The Secret as Emma Faraday Movie
31. 2001 Merseybeat TV
32. 1999 Human, All Too Human as Narrator Movie
33. 1998 Verdict as Lynn Durban TV
34. 1997 Hospital! as Victoria Barking Movie
35. 1997 Midsomer Murders as Jennifer Carter 7.5 TV
36. 1997 Remember Me? as Jamie's wife Movie
37. 1996 Dalziel and Pascoe as Dr McKenzie Mansfield 6.4 TV
38. 1996 The Merchant of Venice as Portia Movie
39. 1995 Modern Times TV
40. 1995 Dangerfield TV
41. 1995 Kavanagh Q.C. as Mary Armstrong QC TV
42. 1993 Peak Practice as Dr. Joanna Graham TV
43. 1992 The Pleasure Principle as Judith Movie
44. 1991 Amnesty International's Big 30 as Alex Pates Movie
45. 1991 Time Riders as Dr B.B. Miller TV
46. 1990 Drop the Dead Donkey as Alex Pates 7.0 TV
47. 1989 Nice Work as Dr. Robyn Penrose TV
48. 1989 Agatha Christie's Poirot as Coco Courtenay 8.2 TV
49. 1989 Teams from Hell Movie
50. 1988 The Modern World: Ten Great Writers as Mme. Chauchat TV
51. 1987 Dispatches TV
52. 1986 Call Me Mister as Bridget Bartholomew TV
53. 1986 A Very Peculiar Practice as Donizetti TV
54. 1986 Car Trouble as Ticket Girl Movie
55. 1986 Lovejoy as Cosima 7.4 TV
56. 1985 What Mad Pursuit as Shirley Benedict Movie

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