Beatrice Edney (born 23 October 1962) is an English television actress.
Born in London, she is the daughter of actress Sylvia Syms and her husband Alan Edney.[1] Her brother is Benjamin Edney and her cousin was musician Nick Webb. Edney first came to audiences' attention as Heather MacLeod in the 1986 film Highlander, the first entry in the Highlander series.[2] She returned to the role again in the 2000 film Highlander: Endgame.
In 1987, Edney performed the title role in the television production of The Dark Angel with Peter O'Toole. In 1990, she appeared in the Bruce Beresford film Mister Johnson, alongside Pierce Brosnan and Edward Woodward.
Her many television appearances include a leading role in the 1986 television series Lost Empires, based on the novel by J. B. Priestley, in which she acted alongside Colin Firth. She has also appeared in episodes of a host of successful British television dramas such as Rosemary & Thyme, A Touch of Frost, Prime Suspect, Inspector Morse (and its spin-off, Lewis), Agatha Christie's Poirot (in the episode "The Mysterious Affair at Styles") and Wallander. In 1994, Edney played the role of Louisa Gradgrind in the television adaptation of Charles Dickens' Hard Times.[3] 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 at the Apollo Theatre, London. Other stage appearances have included The Girlfriend Experience at the Royal Court.[4]
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^Cantrell, Tom (2013). Acting in documentary theatre. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 150–153. ISBN 9781137019738.
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Channel 4 sitcom which ran between 1995 and 1998 about two women, Louise (BeatieEdney) and Carla (Holly Aird). The series was based on a 1988 book with the...
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4) Sophie Stanton as Detective Sergeant Christine Cromwell (series 4) BeatieEdney as Susan Covington (series 4), a young mother whose child is kidnapped...
adaptation of Terry Johnson's play Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick, and by BeatieEdney in the 2006 television film Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! The Square...
Winnie is often left alone to fend for herself. Mark Burns as Bernie BeatieEdney as Winnie Fiona Lewis as Melissa Maurice Roëves as Nicholas Jack MacGowran...
Ian Boldsworth Jon Clark (lighting designer) Shelley Conn Wil Edmunds BeatieEdney Michael Fentiman Emma Fryer Mark Gatiss John Godber Esther Hall Carla...
Jane Kennedy, Coroner Matt Bardock as Davey Higgins, Detective Sergeant BeatieEdney as Judith Kennedy, Jane's mother Ivan Kaye as Mick Sturrock, landlord...
Pascoe (voice) Adrian Malprave Eve Karpf (voice) Dr. Natalya Damescu BeatieEdney (voice) Nightfire Dominique Paradis Lena Reno (voice) Zoe Nightshade...
brother/sister one. She is killed by Jacob Kell. TBA Heather MacLeod BeatieEdney Highlander, Highlander: Endgame TBA Connor's first wife, Heather is a...
Ronni Ancona, Alexander Armstrong, Helena Bonham Carter, Emma Corrin, BeatieEdney, Damian Lewis, Helen McCrory, Gina Bellman, Hugh Ross, Nathaniel Parker...
was directed by Simon Hesera and starred Peter Sellers, Mark Burns, BeatieEdney and Maurice Roëves. In the same year, Orme also worked as a post-production...
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