Portrait of Haydn Gwynne

Haydn Gwynne

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).

Born: March 21, 1957

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

Filmography

2025
Mickey 17

as Congresswoman

2022
2021
The Canterville Ghost

as Lady Deborah de Canterville

2018
2017
2017
2016
The Crown

as Lady Susan Hussey

2016
The Windsors

as Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall

2015
The C-Word

as Jane McFarlane

2013
The Silent War

as Narrator (Voice)

2013
2013
Father Brown

as Professor Jane Milton

2012
Ripper Street

as George Tait

2011
Death in Paradise

as Charlotte Doran

2010
Hollow

as Child Welfare Officer

2010
Sherlock

as Miss Wenceslas

2007
Consenting Adults

as Mary Cohen

2007
Lewis

as Sandra Walters

2005
Rome

as Calpurnia

2004
New Tricks

as Sara Hamlyn

2002
The Secret

as Emma Faraday

1999
1997
Hospital!

as Victoria Barking

1997
Midsomer Murders

as Jennifer Carter

1997
Midsomer Murders

as Maggie Viviani

1997
Remember Me?

as Jamie's wife

1995
Kavanagh Q.C.

as Mary Armstrong QC

1993
Peak Practice

as Dr. Joanna Graham

1991
Time Riders

as Dr. B.B. Miller

1990
1989
Nice Work

as Dr. Robyn Penrose

1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Coco Courtenay

1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Miss Battersby

1986
1986
Car Trouble

as Ticket Girl

1986
Lovejoy

as Cosima

1985
What Mad Pursuit

as Shirley Benedict