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Acting
May 6, 1961
Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England
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.

Margaret Heaton
2025

Susan
2024

Mrs Slater
2023

Judge Spottiswood
2023

Teresa
2022

Claire Jenkins / Clarissa Pye
2022

Gillian Compton
2022

Dr. MacAndrew
2022

Scarlett Garretson
2021

Jayney
2021

as Margaret Heaton

as Susan

as Mrs Slater

as Judge Spottiswood

as Teresa

as Claire Jenkins / Clarissa Pye

as Gillian Compton

as Dr. MacAndrew

as Scarlett Garretson

as Jayney

as Mrs. Colson

as Lilly

as Frances

as Bookshop Owner

as Felicity

as Mabel

as Lorraine Craddock

as Dr. Verity Satlow

as Catherine Stone

as Susan Wyse MBE

as DI Alison Hall

as Valerie Smallwood
as Deborah Meaden

as Antonia

as Eileen Slither

as Flora Bunting

as Wax Lizzie Borden (voice)

as Kathy

as Harriet

as Charlotte Hamilton

as DCI Julie Dodson

as Tess

as Jongleurs Boss

as Frankie

as Various

as Mrs. Anderson
as Julie Jones


as Mrs. Sutton

as Joanna Clore

as Lavinia



as Bridget

as Helen Jackson

as Lorna Claithorne

as Andrea Craven
as Diana Andrews

as Helen Brittas


as Clara Rhoades

as Helen Brittas


as Jenny Thorne

as Francesca

as Gillian