Name
Pippa Haywood
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1961-05-06 (65 years old)
Place of Birth
Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, UK
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), 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).
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
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- 2020 Behind the Filter as Frances
- 2012 8 Minutes Idle as Kathy
- 2010 Tamara Drewe as Tess
- 1996 Surviving Christmas as Helen Brittas
- 2005 Like Father Like Son as Mrs. Sutton
- 2016 5 Greedy Bankers as Catherine Stone
- 2013 Ye Olde Dragons' Den as Deborah Meaden
- 2007 Confessions of a Diary Secretary as Julie Jones
- 2018 Agatha and the Truth of Murder as Mabel
- 2010 Huge as Jongleurs Boss
- 2001 Love or Money as Bridget
- 2004 If Only as Lavinia
- 2020 Supernova as Lilly
- 2020 Four Kids and It as Bookshop Owner
- 1997 Tangier Cop as Diana Andrews
- 2021 Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break as Jayney
- 2016 Porridge as Governor Hallwood
- 2007 Green Wing Special as Joanna Clore
- 1996 Cuts as Cynthia Hyde-Lemon
- 2016 Pride and Prejudice and Zombies as Mrs Long
- 1991 The Brittas Empire ( 50 episodes ) as Helen Brittas
- 2004 Green Wing ( 18 episodes ) as Joanna Clore
- 2007 Fear, Stress & Anger ( 6 episodes ) as Julie Chadwick
- 1997 Jonathan Creek ( 1 episode ) as Lorna Claithorne
- 2001 Office Gossip ( 6 episodes ) as Maxine
- 1986 Brush Strokes ( 1 episode ) as Francesca
- 1996 Dalziel and Pascoe ( 0 episode )
- 1986 Brush Strokes ( 1 episode ) as Gillian
- 1991 The House of Eliott ( 1 episode ) as Clara Rhoades
- 2012 Gravity Falls ( 1 episode ) as Wax Lizzie Borden (voice)
- 2004 New Tricks ( 1 episode ) as Jackie Small
- 2012 Prisoners' Wives ( 10 episodes ) as Harriet
- 1997 Get Fit with Brittas ( 6 episodes )
- 2013 Father Brown ( 1 episode ) as Eileen Slither
- 2007 Kingdom ( 2 episodes ) as Mrs. Anderson
- 2011 Scott & Bailey ( 3 episodes ) as DCI Julie Dodson
- 1988 The One Game ( 4 episodes ) as Jenny Thorne
- 2014 Mapp and Lucia ( 3 episodes ) as Susan Wyse MBE
- 2020 Bridgerton ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Colson
- 2022 The Chelsea Detective ( 1 episode ) as Gillian Compton
- 2014 Undeniable ( 2 episodes ) as DI Alison Hall
- 2020 Feel Good ( 3 episodes ) as Felicity
- 2023 The Doll Factory ( 6 episodes ) as Mrs Slater
- 2018 Bodyguard ( 6 episodes ) as Lorraine Craddock
- 2018 Requiem ( 5 episodes ) as Dr. Verity Satlow
- 2013 Mr Selfridge ( 10 episodes ) as Flora Bunting
- 2008 The Wrong Door ( 6 episodes ) as Various
- 2011 Death in Paradise ( 1 episode ) as Charlotte Hamilton
- 2023 Best Interests ( 4 episodes ) as Judge Spottiswood
- 1997 Midsomer Murders ( 1 episode ) as Andrea Craven
- 2022 Peacock ( 1 episode ) as Teresa
- 1998 Roger Roger ( 7 episodes ) as Helen Jackson
- 2025 Bergerac ( 6 episodes ) as Margaret Heaton
- 2021 FBI: International ( 1 episode ) as Scarlett Garretson
- 2022 Trigger Point ( 1 episode ) as Dr. MacAndrew
- 2013 Breathless ( 1 episode ) as Valerie Smallwood
- 2013 Plebs ( 1 episode ) as Antonia
- 2008 Lost in Austen ( 1 episode ) as Frankie
- 2011 Without You ( 2 episodes ) as Frances Shaw
- 1996 Dalziel and Pascoe ( 4 episodes ) as ACC Rebecca Fenning
- 2007 Lewis ( 1 episode ) as Veronica Gray
- 2026 Belzebubs ( 13 episodes ) as Nana (voice)
- 1994 Headhunters ( 3 episodes ) as Antonia Watkins
- 1997 Grown Ups ( 6 episodes ) as Claire
- 1987 Home James! ( 1 episode ) as Fiona
- 1988 The Return of Shelley ( 1 episode ) as Dr Hall
- 1986 Boon ( 1 episode ) as Dominique
- 1989 Capital City ( 4 episodes ) as Liz Armitage
- 1990 She-Wolf of London ( 1 episode ) as Betty Biddles
- 1991 Chimera ( 4 episodes ) as Diane Rohmer
- 1994 Budgie the Little Helicopter ( 39 episodes ) as Nancy Kitchen (voice)
- 1989 Mike and Angelo ( 1 episode ) as Tiara Thickerton-Plank
- 1999 Holby City ( 1 episode ) as Sian Wooldridge
- 2000 My Family ( 1 episode ) as Doreen
- 2002 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries ( 1 episode ) as Juliet Spence
- 2003 The Commander ( 2 episodes ) as Helen Dirkwood
- 2004 Agatha Christie's Marple ( 1 episode ) as Mrs Price
- 1989 Agatha Christie's Poirot ( 1 episode ) as Mrs Upjohn
- 1984 The Bill ( 1 episode ) as Sgt Strong
- 1984 The Bill ( 1 episode ) as Saffron Jones
- 1984 The Bill ( 2 episodes ) as Celia Barrett
- 1984 The Bill ( 1 episode ) as Trudy Vincent
- 2008 Hotel Trubble ( 1 episode ) as Mrs Beasley
- 2010 Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge ( 1 episode ) as Councillor Bronwyn Matthews
- 2007 Comedy Showcase ( 1 episode ) as Mother of Fanny
- 2013 Moonfleet ( 2 episodes ) as Aunt Lydia
- 1986 Casualty ( 1 episode ) as Peggy Raeburn
- 1996 Silent Witness ( 2 episodes ) as Justine Greenwood
- 2014 Millie Inbetween ( 1 episode ) as Gloria
- 2016 Tracey Ullman's Show ( 1 episode ) as Claire Hollis
- 2017 Henry IX ( 1 episode ) as Prime Minister Oxlade
- 2017 Loaded ( 1 episode ) as Pam
- 2017 Porridge ( 6 episodes ) as Governor Hallwood
- 2018 Stath Lets Flats ( 1 episode ) as Antonia
- 2016 Agatha Raisin ( 1 episode ) as Reverend Grace Lancing
- 2022 Deep Heat ( 6 episodes ) as Pam
- 2024 The Regime ( 1 episode ) as Susan Goin
- 2025 Dexter Procter ( 1 episode ) as Dr Marigold
- 1993 Goodnight Sweetheart ( 1 episode ) as Mrs Flanagan
- 2016 Brief Encounters ( 4 episodes ) as Bunny
- 2022 Magpie Murders ( 6 episodes ) as Claire Jenkins / Clarissa Pye
