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Philippa Haywood (born 6 May 1961) is a
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actress. She won the 2005
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Award for Best Female Comedy Performance for ''
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'' (2004–2006). Her other television credits include ''
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'' (1991–1997), Chimera (1991) ''
Prisoners' Wives ''Prisoners' Wives'' is a BBC drama series, created and written by Julie Gearey and starring Polly Walker, Pippa Haywood, Emma Rigby, Natalie Gavin, Sally Carman and Karla Crome, with supporting cast including Iain Glen, Adam Gillen, Jonas Armst ...
'' (2012–2013) and ''
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'' (2012–2016). In 2018, she played the role of Lorraine Craddock in the
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television series ''
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''. In 2019 she appeared in series 4 of the BBC Radio 4 Show ''The Pin''.


Early life and education

Haywood was born in
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. She attended Hatfield Girls’ Grammar School and trained at the
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School is a drama school in Bristol, England. The institution provides training in acting and production for careers in film, television and theatre. BOVTS is an affiliate of the Conservatoire for Dance and Drama. I ...
.


Career


Television

Haywood has an extensive television career which includes portraying the much put-upon Helen Brittas in the
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comedy series ''
The Brittas Empire ''The Brittas Empire'' is a British sitcom created and originally written by Andrew Norriss and Richard Fegen. Chris Barrie played titular character Gordon Brittas, the well-intended but hugely incompetent manager of the fictional Whitbury New To ...
'' (1991–1997), Mrs Kitchen in the
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animated series ''
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'' (1994-1996), Julie Chadwick in the 2007
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comedy ''
Fear, Stress & Anger ''Fear, Stress & Anger'' is a British sitcom that aired on BBC Two in 2007. Starring Peter Davison and Pippa Haywood, it was written by Michael Aitkens. There is no studio audience or laugh track. Cast * Peter Davison – Martin Chadwick *Pippa ...
'' and the hot-tempered, sex-mad human resources director
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in ''
Green Wing ''Green Wing'' is a British sitcom set in the fictional East Hampton Hospital. It was created by the same team behind the Sketch comedy, sketch show ''Smack the Pony'' – Channel 4 commissioner Caroline Leddy and producer Victoria Pile – and ...
'' (2004–2006), for which she won the "best comedy female performance" award at the 2005
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television festival in
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, Switzerland. Though Haywood is credited as "Philippa Haywood" in her earliest acting appearances, since the second episode of series 2 of ''The Brittas Empire'' in 1992 she has always been credited as "Pippa Haywood". She has also appeared in many dramatic roles, including Jenny Thorne in the 1988
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drama serial ''
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'', and Mrs. Upjohn in the 2008 ''
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'' episode "
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". In 2002 Haywood was a guest star in the last episode of the first series of ''
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''. In 2007 she played the role of Veronica Gray in the first episode of the second series of ''
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''. She appeared in the 2008
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period drama series ''
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'' as Amanda Price’s mother, Frankie. She also had a guest role in a 2009 episode of ''
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'', and portrayed the disgraced Miss Bunting in several episodes of the first series of ''
Mr Selfridge ''Mr Selfridge'' is a British period drama television series about Harry Gordon Selfridge and his department store, Selfridge & Co, in London, set from 1908 to 1928. It was co-produced by ITV Studios and Masterpiece/ WGBH for broadcast on IT ...
'' (2013). Since 2012 she has played one of the lead roles, Harriet, on the BBC One drama ''
Prisoners' Wives ''Prisoners' Wives'' is a BBC drama series, created and written by Julie Gearey and starring Polly Walker, Pippa Haywood, Emma Rigby, Natalie Gavin, Sally Carman and Karla Crome, with supporting cast including Iain Glen, Adam Gillen, Jonas Armst ...
'', and costarred as Detective Superintendent Julie Dodson on the ITV drama series ''
Scott & Bailey ''Scott & Bailey'' is a British police procedural series that debuted on ITV on 29 May 2011 and concluded on 27 April 2016. The series stars Suranne Jones, Lesley Sharp, Amelia Bullmore, Nicholas Gleaves, Danny Miller and Pippa Haywood. The s ...
''. In 2014 she appeared in the
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TV adaptation of E.F. Benson's ''
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'', as Susan Wyse. In 2015, Haywood took over the role of Helen Golightly in the long-running BBC Radio 4 comedy ''
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''. The character was previously played by
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. In December 2016 she starred in an episode of ''
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'', alongside
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. In 2017, Haywood appeared in the 2017 version of the British TV sitcom ''
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'' as Governor Littlewood. In 2018, Haywood appeared in ''
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'' as Chief Superintendent Lorraine Craddock and in ''
Agatha and the Truth of Murder ''Agatha and the Truth of Murder'' is a 2018 British alternative history drama film about crime writer Agatha Christie becoming embroiled in a real-life murder case during her 11-day disappearance in 1926. Written by Tom Dalton, it depicts Christi ...
''. In that same year, she played gambling-addicted Reverend Grace in an episode of
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. In 2020 Haywood appeared in ''
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'' in series eight, episode two - "The Queen Bee" - as a revenge filled murderer Eileen Slither. She also appeared in two episodes of '' Feel Good'' as the newly divorced mother Felicity. Haywood also appeared in the Netflix series ''
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'' as the Duke of Hastings' housekeeper, Mrs. Colson. She has performed on several audio dramas, including
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stories for
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, and the podcast '' Forest 404'' (2019) with
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.


Film and theatre

Haywood has also worked in film and theatre. Recent stage credits include: '' House & Garden'', ''
Private Lives ''Private Lives'' is a 1930 comedy of manners in three acts by Noël Coward. It concerns a divorced couple who, while honeymooning with their new spouses, discover that they are staying in adjacent rooms at the same hotel. Despite a perpetuall ...
'', ''
A Midsummer Night's Dream ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' is a comedy written by William Shakespeare 1595 or 1596. The play is set in Athens, and consists of several subplots that revolve around the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta. One subplot involves a conflict amon ...
'', ''
The Winter's Tale ''The Winter's Tale'' is a play by William Shakespeare originally published in the First Folio of 1623. Although it was grouped among the comedies, many modern editors have relabelled the play as one of Shakespeare's late romances. Some criti ...
'', ''Requiem'' and ''Landscape with Weapon'' at the National Theatre. She played the lead role in ''Wanderlust'' at the
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Upstairs.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Haywood, Pippa English radio actresses English stage actresses English film actresses English television actresses English Shakespearean actresses Alumni of Bristol Old Vic Theatre School Living people 1961 births