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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 23, 1962
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Also Known As
- Beatrice Edney
- Beattie Edney
Beatie Edney
2.0 Popularity
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Beatrice "Beatie" Edney (born 23 October 1962) is an English television actress. Born in London, she is the daughter of actress Sylvia Syms, and sister of Benjamin Edney and a cousin of musician Nick Webb. Edney first came to audiences' attention as Heather MacLeod in the 1986 film Highlander, the first film in the Highlander series. She returned to the role again in the 2000 film Highlander: Endgame. In 1987 Edney performed the title role in the TV production of 'The Dark Angel' with Peter O'Toole. In 1990, she appeared in the Bruce Beresford directed film Mister Johnson alongside Pierce Brosnan and Edward Woodward. Her many television appearances include a leading role in the TV series Lost Empires, based on the novel by J.B. Priestley, with Colin Firth in 1986. She has also appeared in episodes of Rosemary & Thyme, A Touch of Frost, Prime Suspect, Inspector Morse, Lewis (TV series), Agatha Christie's Poirot adaptation of The Mysterious Affair at Styles and Wallander (2009). In 1994, she played the role of Louisa Gradgrind in the television adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel Hard Times. In 1995, she had a starring role in the Channel 4 sitcom Dressing For Breakfast. In 2012 she played Queen Charlotte in The Madness of King George III, in a revival at the Apollo Theatre.
Known For
7.0
BETTY LUTEY
The Pearl Comb
2025
8.3
Judge
Andor
2022
6.2
Mrs. Griffiths (Beehive Woman)
Save the Cinema
2022
6.4
Cassie Davids
Van der Valk
2020
8.0
National Theatre Live: Small Island
2019
7.0
Mrs McHenry
Year of the Rabbit
2019
7.0
Liz
Nyet!
2019
6.1
Judith Kennedy
The Coroner
2015
7.8
Prudie Paynter
Poldark
2015
6.8
Mrs. Brummegan
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
2008
Credits
The Pearl Comb
as BETTY LUTEY
2025
7.0
Andor
as Judge
2022
8.3
Save the Cinema
as Mrs. Griffiths (Beehive Woman)
2022
6.2
Van der Valk
as Cassie Davids
2020
6.4
National Theatre Live: Small Island
2019
8.0
Year of the Rabbit
as Mrs McHenry
2019
7.0
Nyet!
as Liz
2019
7.0
The Coroner
as Judith Kennedy
2015
6.1
Poldark
as Prudie Paynter
2015
7.8
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
as Mrs. Brummegan
2008
6.8
Lewis
as Justine Skinner
2007
7.6
Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!
as Joan Sims
2006
6.1
Hotel Babylon
2006
7.3
The Biographer
as Lynne Morton
2002
0.0
My Uncle Silas
as Ellen
2001
7.0
Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes
as Lyla Milburn
2001
8.0
Messiah
as Grace Eccleshall
2001
7.2
Highlander: Endgame
as Heather MacLeod
2000
4.8
🎬
The Cyberstalking
1999
5.1
Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord
as Kate Manning
1998
5.0
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
as Annabella Wilmot
1996
7.4
Dressing for Breakfast
1995
6.4
The Affair
as Esther
1995
3.8
MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday
as Natalia
1994
6.0
Mesmer
as Marie Antoinette
1994
6.0
Hard Times
as Louisa Gradgrind
1994
0.0
Hard Times
as Louisa Gradgrind
1994
7.0
In the Name of the Father
as Carole Richardson
1993
7.9
A Touch of Frost
1992
7.5
Prime Suspect
as Susan Covington
1991
7.7
Mister Johnson
as Celia Rudbeck
1991
6.1
Wild Flowers
as Sadie
1990
0.5
🎬
The Lilac Bus
as Dee
1990
7.0
Trouble in Paradise
as Ann Kusters
1989
0.0
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Mary Cavendish
1989
8.2
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Mrs Hemmings
1989
8.2
The Dark Angel
as Maud Ruthyn
1989
0.0
Just Another Secret
as Anneliese
1989
0.0
Bosses From Hell
1989
0.0
A Handful of Dust
as Marjorie
1988
6.0
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
as Tina
1988
6.6
Diary of a Mad Old Man
as Simone / Marcel's daughter-in-law
1987
3.7
The Dark Angel
as Maud Ruthyn
1987
7.5
Inspector Morse
as Deborah Burns
1987
7.8
Wild Flowers: Women of South Lebanon
1987
0.0
Lost Empires
as Nancy Ellis
1986
4.2
Highlander
as Heather MacLeod
1986
6.9
Time for Murder
as Pippa Millington
1985
4.0
A Day at the Beach
as Winnie
1970
4.5