Pippa Haywood

Pippa Haywood
Born	Philippa Jane Haywood (1961-05-06) 6 May 1961 Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1986–present
Spouse	Malcolm V Newberry
Children	2

Philippa Jane Haywood (born 6 May 1961) is an English actress. She won the 2005 Rose d'Or Award for Best Female Comedy Performance for Green Wing (2004–2006). Her other television credits include The Brittas Empire (1991–1997), Chimera (1991) Prisoners' Wives (2012–2013) and Scott & Bailey (2012–2016). In 2018, she played the role of Lorraine Craddock in the BBC television series Bodyguard. In 2019 she appeared in series 4 of the BBC Radio 4 Show The Pin.

Early life and education

Haywood was born in Hatfield, Hertfordshire. She attended Hatfield Girls’ Grammar School and trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

Career

Television

Haywood 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), Mrs Kitchen in the CITV animated series Budgie the Little Helicopter (1994-1996), Julie 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.

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 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. She appeared in the 2008 ITV period drama series Lost in Austen as Amanda Price’s mother, Frankie. She 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 2014 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. In December 2016 she starred in an episode of Midsomer Murders, alongside Hugh Dennis.

In 2017, Haywood appeared in the 2017 version of the British TV sitcom Porridge as Governor Littlewood.

In 2018, Haywood appeared in Bodyguard as Chief Superintendent Lorraine Craddock and in Agatha and the Truth of Murder. In that same year, she played gambling-addicted Reverend Grace in an episode of Agatha Raisin.

In 2020 Haywood appeared in Father Brown 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 Bridgerton as the Duke of Hastings' housekeeper, Mrs. Colson. She has performed on several audio dramas, including Doctor Who stories for Big Finish Productions, and the podcast Forest 404 (2019) with Pearl Mackie.

2022 saw Haywood appearing as Claire Jenkins in the TV adaptation of Anthony Horowitz's book Magpie Murders.

In 2023, Haywood appeared as a judge in the miniseries Best Interests.

Film and theatre

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 played the lead role in Wanderlust at the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs. In 2020 she appeared as Sam (Colin Firth)'s sister in Supernova.

Personal life

Haywood is married to Michael V Newberry and the couple have two children. Haywood resides in Gillingham, in Dorset.

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes works that have not yet been released

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1996	Cuts	Cynthia Hyde-Lennon	Television film
1997	Tangier Cop	Diana Andrews
2001	Love or Money	Bridget	Television film
2002	Hot Dog	Priscilla	Short film
2004	If Only	Lavinia
2007	Confessions of a Diary Secretary	Julie Jones	Television film
2010	Tamara Drewe	Tess
	Huge	Jongleurs Boss
2012	8 Minutes Idle	Kathy
2016	5 Greedy Bankers	Catherine Stone
	Pride and Prejudice and Zombies	Mrs. Long
2018	Agatha and the Truth of Murder	Mabel	Television film
	A Bad Penny	Nancy
2020	Four Kids and It	Bookshop Owner
	Supernova	Lilly
2021	Paul Dood's Deadly Lunch Break	Jayney
2022	Reaching Four	Tanya	Short film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	Brush Strokes	Gillian	Episode: "Series 1, Episode 10"
1987		Francesca	Episode: "Series 2, Episode 1"
	Home James!	Fiona	Episode: "Things That Go Spoof in the Night"
1988	The One Game	Jenny Thorne	Miniseries; 4 episodes
	Shelley	Dr. Hall	Episode: "Emergency Ward"
1989	Boon	Dominique	Episode: "In It for the Monet"
	Capital City	Liz Armitage	Recurring role; 4 episodes
1990	She-Wolf of London	Betty Biddles	Episode: "The Wild Hunt"
1991	Chimera	Diane Rhomer	Miniseries; 2 episodes
1991–1997	The Brittas Empire	Helen Brittas	Series regular; 51 episodes
1992	The House of Eliott	Clara Rhoades	Episode: "Series 2, Episode 2"
1994	Headhunters	Antonia Watkins	Miniseries; 2 episodes
1994–1996	Budgie the Little Helicopter	Mrs. Kitchen (voice)	Series regular; 39 episodes
1997	Grown Ups	Claire	Series regular; 6 episodes
1998	The Bill	Sergeant Strong	Episode: "Under the Grill"
	Jonathan Creek	Lorna Claithorne	Episode: "Danse Macabre"
	Goodnight Sweetheart	Mrs. Flanagan	Episode: "Pennies from Heaven"
1999	Roger Roger	Helen Jackson	Recurring role; 3 episodes
2000	Mike and Angelo	Tiara Thickerton-Plank	Episode: "Taking the Plunge"
	Dalziel and Pascoe	ACC Rebecca Fenning	Recurring role; 4 episodes
	Holby City	Siân Wooldridge	Episode: "The Real Thing"
	My Family	Doreen	Episode: "Much Ado About Ben"
2001	The Bill	Saffron James	Episode: "Hitting Home"
	Office Gossip	Maxine Wells	Series regular; 6 episodes
2002	The Inspector Lynley Mysteries	Juliet Spence	Episode: "Missing Joseph"
2003	The Bill	Celia Barrett	Recurring role; 2 episodes
2004–2006	Green Wing	Joanna Clore	Series regular; 18 episodes
2005	Like Father Like Son	Mrs. Sutton	Miniseries; 2 episodes
2006	The Commander	Helen Dirkwood	Episode: "Blacklight"
2007	Fear, Stress & Anger	Julie Chadwick	Series regular; 6 episodes
	New Tricks	Jackie Small	Episode: "Buried Treasure"
	Agatha Christie's Marple	Mrs. Price	Episode: "Ordeal by Innocence"
2008	Lewis	Veronica Gray	Episode: "And the Moonbeams Kiss the Sea"
	Lost in Austen	Frankie	Episode: "Episode 1"
	Agatha Christie's Poirot	Mrs. Upjohn	Episode: "Cat Among the Pigeons"
	The Wrong Door	Lady Libido	Series regular; 6 episodes
2009	Kingdom	Mrs. Anderson	Recurring role; 2 episodes
	The Bill	Trudy Vincent	Episode: "Unforgiven"
2010	Hotel Trubble	Mrs. Beasley	Episode: "An Inspector Calls"
2011	Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge	Councillor Bronwyn Matthews	Recurring role; 3 episodes
	Without You	Frances Shaw	Miniseries; 2 episodes
	Comedy Showcase	Mother of Fanny	Episode: "Felix & Murdo"
2012–2013	Prisoners' Wives	Harriet Allison	Series regular; 10 episodes
2012–2016	Scott & Bailey	Julie Dodson	Recurring role; 11`episodes
2013	Mr Selfridge	Flora Bunting	Recurring role; 7 episodes
	Breathless	Valerie Smallwood	Episode: "Episode 2"
	Moonfleet	Aunt Lydia	Miniseries; 2 episodes
2014	Undeniable	DI Alison Hall	Miniseries; 2 episodes
	Casualty	Peggy Raeburn	Episode: "Falling: Part Two"
	Mapp & Lucia	Susan Wyse	Miniseries; 3 episodes
2015	Silent Witness	Justine Greenwood	Episode: "Squaring the Circle"
	Millie Inbetween	Gloria	Episode: "Gloria"
2016	Tracey Ullman's Show	Claire Hollis	Episode: "Series 1, Episode 1"
	Brief Encounters	Bunny	Recurring role; 4 episodes
	Midsomer Murders	Andrea Craven	Episode: "The Village That Rose from the Dead"
2016–2017	Porridge	Governor Hallwood	Recurring role; 5 episodes
2017	Henry IX	Prime Minister Oxlade	Episode: "Reigned In"
	Loaded	Pam	Episode: "Watto's Mum"
2018	Death in Paradise	Charlotte Hamilton	Episode: "Murder on the Day of the Dead"
	Requiem	Verity Satlow	Recurring role; 5 episodes
	Stath Lets Flats	Antonia	Episode: "A Completely Football"
	Bodyguard	Lorraine Craddock	Series regular; 5 episodes
2019	Agatha Raisin	Reverend Grace Lancing	Episode: "The Curious Curate"
	Plebs	Antonia	Episode: "The Paedos"
2020	Father Brown	Eileen Slither	Episode: "The Queen Bee"
	Bridgerton	Mrs. Colson	Episode: "Swish"
2020–2021	Feel Good	Felicity	Recurring role; 4 episodes
2022	Magpie Murders	Claire Jenkins / Clarissa Pye	Recurring role; 5 episodes
	Trigger Point	Dr. MacAndrew	Episode: "Series 1, Episode 5"
	Deep Heat	Pam	Recurring role; 5 episodes
2023	Best Interests	Judge Spottiswood	Miniseries; 2 episodes
	The Chelsea Detective	Gillian Compton	Episode: "Golden Years"
	The Doll Factory	Mrs. Salter	Recurring role; 4 episodes
2024	The Regime	Susan Goin	Episode: "Victory Day"
	FBI: International	Scarlett Garretson	Episode: "Touts"
	Peacock	Theresa	Episode: "Series 2, Episode 1"
2025	† Bergerac	Margaret Heaton	In Production

External links

• Pippa Haywood at IMDb