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name: "Haydn Gwynne"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/haydn-gwynne"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "21 March 1957"
died: "20 October 2023"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 77
updated: "2026-09-17T01:40:47.214106+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Haydn Gwynne

Actor. Born 21 March 1957 in Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex, England, UK. Died 20 October 2023.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 21 March 1957, Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex, England, UK
- **Died:** 20 October 2023
- **Active:** 1986–2025

## Biography

Haydn Gwynne was an English actress. She was born on 21 March 1957 in Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex, and died on 20 October 2023 in London.

She first came to prominence playing Alex Pates in the Channel 4 comedy series *Drop the Dead Donkey* (1990–1991), for which she received a BAFTA TV Award nomination. Her other television roles included appearances in *Peak Practice* (1999–2000), *Merseybeat* (2001–2002), *The Windsors* (2016–2023) as Camilla, and *The Crown* (2016) as Lady Susan Hussey.

On stage, Gwynne was nominated for Olivier Awards for several musicals and won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical for the Broadway production of *Billy Elliot the Musical* (2009). She had earlier roles in *Nice Work* (1989) and worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, bbc.co.uk, theguardian.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Mickey 17* (2025), Fi1m 70, as Congresswoman — [page](https://film.one/film/mickey-17.md)
- *Sherlock* (2010), Fi1m 78, as Miss Wenceslas — [page](https://film.one/tv/sherlock.md)
- *Rome* (2005), Fi1m 82, as Calpurnia — [page](https://film.one/tv/rome.md)
- *Drop the Dead Donkey* (1990), Fi1m 74, as Alex Pates — [page](https://film.one/tv/drop-the-dead-donkey.md)
- *A Very Peculiar Practice* (1986), Fi1m 82, as Donizetti — [page](https://film.one/tv/a-very-peculiar-practice.md)

## Also known for

- *Beauty and the Beast* (2017), Clothilde
- *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), Coco Courtenay, Miss Battersby
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), Jennifer Carter, Maggie Viviani
- *Death in Paradise* (2011), Charlotte Doran
- *Ripper Street* (2012), George Tait
- *Father Brown* (2013), Professor Jane Milton
- *Lewis* (2007), Sandra Walters
- *New Tricks* (2004), Sara Hamlyn

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