Biography
Hayley Carmichael is an English actress and theatre director. She graduated from Middlesex Polytechnic in 1993 and co-founded the theatre company Told by an Idiot with Paul Hunter and John Wright. She has devised and performed in almost all of the company's productions.
Her television credits include Alice Mayhew in the 2016 BBC adaptation of The Witness for the Prosecution, Sadie Bulmer in Call the Midwife (2012), and roles in Landscapers (2021) and Kiss Me First (2018). Film appearances include Dora in Tale of Tales (2015), Mrs Lesner in Overlord (2018), and Madame Magloire in Les Misérables (2018). In 1999 she won TMA and Time Out awards for Best Actress for performances in I Weep at My Piano, Mr Puntilla and The Dispute.
