1. Haydn Gwynne was nominated for the 1992 BAFTA TV Award for Best Light Entertainment Performance for the comedy series Drop the Dead Donkey, 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.
Haydn Gwynne was a five-time Laurence Olivier Award nominee, winning posthumously in 2024.
Haydn Gwynne was born on 21 March 1957 in Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex, to Rosamond and Guy Thomas Haydn Gwynne.
Haydn Gwynne played county level tennis before studying sociology at the University of Nottingham, and was fluent in French and Italian.
Haydn Gwynne played feminist lecturer Dr Robyn Penrose in the BBC television mini-series dramatisation of David Lodge's Nice Work in 1989.
Haydn Gwynne then appeared in the 1991 Children's ITV science-fiction series Time Riders and later became a regular in Peak Practice; first appearing at the start of series 7 in 1999 as Dr Joanna Graham.
Haydn Gwynne reprised her role as Mrs Wilkinson in the Broadway production of Billy Elliot, which opened at the Imperial Theatre on 13 November 2008.
Haydn Gwynne was awarded the Outer Critics Circle Award, Theatre World Award, and Drama Desk Award for her performance in Billy Elliot.
Haydn Gwynne was nominated for a 2009 Tony Award, Featured Actress in a Musical.
Haydn Gwynne performed in numerous productions for the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Haydn Gwynne appeared in the first Christmas special episode of Midsomer Murders "Ghosts of Christmas Past" as Jennifer Carter.
Haydn Gwynne guest-starred in an episode of Lewis in the first of a new series.
Haydn Gwynne appeared in the first episode of series 2, "And the Moonbeams Kiss the Sea", playing the character of Sandra Walters.
Haydn Gwynne guest starred in the BBC TV series Sherlock in the episode "The Great Game", as a museum curator, Miss Wenceslas.
Haydn Gwynne performed at the Almeida Theatre in Islington in a performance of Becky Shaw which ran from 20 January until 5 March 2011.
Haydn Gwynne appeared in a second episode of the Midsomer Murders series 14, called "Dark Secrets" as Maggie Viviani which aired in Britain in 2011.
Haydn Gwynne starred in Shakespeare's play Richard III alongside Kevin Spacey at The Old Vic in London during summer 2011 as part of the Bridge Project.
In October and November 2012, Haydn Gwynne toured in the play Duet for One.
In January 2014, Haydn Gwynne appeared in the episode "Fraternity" of the BBC forensic science series Silent Witness, followed by appearances in another two BBC series in February: the British sitcom Uncle and the crime comedy-drama Death in Paradise.
In 2023, Haydn Gwynne starred as Pam Lee, a version of the real-life judge Prue Leith, in The Great British Bake Off Musical, and as Stanley Baldwin in Jack Thorne's play When Winston Went to War With the Wireless at the Donmar Warehouse.
Haydn Gwynne was forced to withdraw from the subsequent run of the show, a few days before its opening, in September 2023.
In 2024, Haydn Gwynne posthumously won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role at that year's ceremony, for her performance in When Winston Went to War With the Wireless.
Haydn Gwynne undertook voluntary work for the charity Sightsavers International, a group committed to combating blindness in developing countries.
Haydn Gwynne died on 20 October 2023, at the age of 66, following a cancer diagnosis one month earlier.