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Pippa Haywood

Pippa Haywood

Known For Acting
Birthday May 06, 1961 (64)
Birthplace Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England
Popularity 0.5 (history)
Updated Dec 19, 2024
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

Philippa "Pippa" Haywood is an English actress who trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Haywood was born in Hatfield, Hertfordshire. She has an extensive television career which includes portraying the much put-upon Helen Brittas in the BBC One comedy series The Brittas Empire (1991-1997), Ju ... lie Chadwick in the 2007 BBC Two comedy Fear, Stress & Anger and the hot-tempered, sex-mad human resources director Joanna Clore in Green Wing (2004-2006), for which she won the "best comedy female performance" award at the 2005 Rose d'Or television festival in Lucerne, Switzerland). She has also done many dramatic roles, including Jenny Thorne in the 1988 ITV drama serial The One Game, and Mrs. Upjohn in the 2008 Agatha Christie's Poirot episode "Cat Among the Pigeons". In 2002 Haywood was a guest star in the last episode of the first series of The Inspector Lynley Mysteries. In 2007 she played the role of Veronica Gray in the first episode of the second series of Lewis and also had a guest role in a 2009 episode of Kingdom, and portrayed the disgraced Miss Bunting in several episodes of the first series of Mr Selfridge (2013). Since 2012 she has played one of the lead roles, Harriet, on the BBC One drama Prisoners' Wives, and costarred as Detective Superintendent Julie Dodson on the ITV drama series Scott & Bailey. In 2015 she appeared in the BBC TV adaptation of E.F. Benson's Mapp and Lucia, as Susan Wyse. In 2015, Haywood took over the role of Helen Golightly in the long-running BBC Radio 4 comedy Clare in the Community. The character was previously played by Liza Tarbuck. Haywood has also worked in film and theatre. Recent stage credits include: House & Garden, Private Lives, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Winter's Tale, Requiem and Landscape with Weapon at the National Theatre. She was then playing the lead role in Wanderlust at the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs. On December 18th 2016 she starred in Midsomer Murders with Hugh Dennis.

Known For

Filmography

Four Kids and It

Four Kids and It

2020

as Bookshop Owner

Behind the Filter

Behind the Filter

2020

as Frances

Supernova

Supernova

2020

as Lilly

Ye Olde Dragons' Den

Ye Olde Dragons' Den

2013

as Deborah Meaden

8 Minutes Idle

8 Minutes Idle

2012

as Kathy

Huge

Huge

2010

as Jongleurs Boss

Tamara Drewe

Tamara Drewe

2010

as Tess

Confessions of a Diary Secretary

Confessions of a Diary Secretary

2007

as Julie Jones

Like Father Like Son

Like Father Like Son

2005

as Mrs. Sutton

If Only

If Only

2004

as Lavinia

Love or Money

Love or Money

2001

as Bridget

Tangier Cop

Tangier Cop

1997

as Diana Andrews

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

The Brittas Empire

as Helen Brittas

Episodes: 50

First Aired: Jan 03, 1991

Green Wing

as Joanna Clore

Episodes: 18

First Aired: Sep 03, 2004

Prisoners' Wives

as Harriet

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Jan 31, 2012

Mr Selfridge

as Flora Bunting

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Jan 06, 2013

Roger Roger

as Helen Jackson

Episodes: 7

First Aired: Jan 08, 1998

Magpie Murders

as Claire Jenkins / Clarissa Pye

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Feb 10, 2022

The Doll Factory

as Mrs Slater

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Nov 27, 2023

Bodyguard

as Lorraine Craddock

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Aug 26, 2018

The Regime

as Susan

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Mar 03, 2024

The Wrong Door

as Various

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Aug 28, 2008

Bergerac

as Margaret Heaton

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Feb 27, 2025

Requiem

as Dr. Verity Satlow

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Feb 02, 2018

The One Game

as Jenny Thorne

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Jun 04, 1988

Lost in Austen

as Frankie

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Sep 03, 2008

Best Interests

as Judge Spottiswood

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Jun 12, 2023

Scott & Bailey

as DCI Julie Dodson

Episodes: 3

First Aired: May 29, 2011

Mapp and Lucia

as Susan Wyse MBE

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Dec 29, 2014

Feel Good

as Felicity

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Mar 18, 2020

Kingdom

as Mrs. Anderson

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Apr 22, 2007

Undeniable

as DI Alison Hall

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Apr 07, 2014

Jonathan Creek

as Lorna Claithorne

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 09, 1997

Brush Strokes

as Francesca

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 01, 1986

Brush Strokes

as Gillian

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 01, 1986

The House of Eliott

as Clara Rhoades

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 31, 1991

Gravity Falls

as Wax Lizzie Borden (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 15, 2012

Father Brown

as Eileen Slither

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 14, 2013

Bridgerton

as Mrs. Colson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 25, 2020

The Chelsea Detective

as Gillian Compton

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 07, 2022

Death in Paradise

as Charlotte Hamilton

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 25, 2011

Midsomer Murders

as Andrea Craven

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 23, 1997

Peacock

as Teresa

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 25, 2022

FBI: International

as Scarlett Garretson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 2021

Fear, Stress & Anger

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Feb 22, 2007

Office Gossip

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Feb 02, 2001

Get Fit with Brittas

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Jul 01, 1997

Dalziel & Pascoe

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Mar 16, 1996

The Commander

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 16, 2003

Capital City

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 26, 1989

New Tricks

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 01, 2004

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