Pippa Haywood
Known for Acting · 63 credits
- Born
- 1961-05-06 (age 65)
- Place of birth
- Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, UK
- Also known as
- Philippa J Haywood · Philippa Haywood · Phillipa Haywood · 피파 헤이우드 · 琵琶·海伍德 · Philippa "Pippa" Haywood
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.
Known For
TV Shows (44)
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Andrea Craven
Death in Paradise
2011
as Charlotte Hamilton
Bridgerton
2020
as Mrs. Colson
Gravity Falls
2012
as Wax Lizzie Borden (voice)
Father Brown
2013
as Eileen Slither
FBI: International
2021
as Scarlett Garretson
New Tricks
2004
Lewis
2007
as Veronica Gray
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996
as ACC Rebecca Fenning
The Chelsea Detective
2022
as Gillian Compton
Jonathan Creek
1997
as Lorna Claithorne
Mr Selfridge
2013
as Flora Bunting
Bodyguard
2018
as Lorraine Craddock
The House of Eliott
1991
as Clara Rhoades
Plebs
2013
as Antonia
Trigger Point
2022
as Dr. MacAndrew
Scott & Bailey
2011
as DCI Julie Dodson
Kingdom
2007
as Mrs. Anderson
Feel Good
2020
as Felicity
Magpie Murders
2022
as Claire Jenkins / Clarissa Pye
Bergerac
2025
as Margaret Heaton
The Brittas Empire
1991
as Helen Brittas
Green Wing
2004
as Joanna Clore
The Commander
2003
Requiem
2018
as Dr. Verity Satlow
Brush Strokes
1986
as Francesca / Gillian
The Doll Factory
2023
as Mrs Slater
Breathless
2013
as Valerie Smallwood
Lost in Austen
2008
as Frankie
Best Interests
2023
as Judge Spottiswood
Headhunters
1994
as Antonia Watkins
Mapp and Lucia
2014
as Susan Wyse MBE
Peacock
2022
as Teresa
Undeniable
2014
as DI Alison Hall
Prisoners' Wives
2012
as Harriet
Without You
2011
as Frances Shaw
Roger Roger
1998
as Helen Jackson
The Wrong Door
2008
as Various
The One Game
1988
as Jenny Thorne
Office Gossip
2001
Fear, Stress & Anger
2007
Get Fit with Brittas
1997
Belzebubs
as Nana (voice)
Grown Ups
1997
as Claire
Movies (19)
Supernova
2020
as Lilly
If Only
2004
as Lavinia
Cuts
1996
as Cynthia Hyde-Lemon
Porridge
2016
as Governor Hallwood
Tamara Drewe
2010
as Tess
Agatha and the Truth of Murder
2018
as Mabel
Huge
2010
as Jongleurs Boss
Four Kids and It
2020
as Bookshop Owner
5 Greedy Bankers
2016
as Catherine Stone
Green Wing Special
2007
as Joanna Clore
8 Minutes Idle
2012
as Kathy
Love or Money
2001
as Bridget
Like Father Like Son
2005
as Mrs. Sutton
Behind the Filter
2020
as Frances
Confessions of a Diary Secretary
2007
as Julie Jones
Surviving Christmas
1996
as Helen Brittas
Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break
2021
as Jayney
Tangier Cop
1997
as Diana Andrews
Ye Olde Dragons' Den
2013
as Deborah Meaden
About Pippa Haywood
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… With 63 credits spanning from 1986 to 2025, Pippa Haywood has appeared in 19 films and 44 TV shows.
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Most Popular Pippa Haywood Movies
- Supernova (2020) — as Lilly
- If Only (2004) — as Lavinia
- Cuts (1996) — as Cynthia Hyde-Lemon
- Porridge (2016) — as Governor Hallwood
- Tamara Drewe (2010) — as Tess
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