Cast & creator
Pippa Haywood
Best known for Midsomer Murders, Agatha Christie's Poirot, Death in Paradise
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.
Also known as: Philippa J Haywood, Philippa Haywood, Phillipa Haywood, 피파 헤이우드, 琵琶·海伍德
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film credits
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television credits
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1984–2026 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (101)
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Midsomer Murders
Andrea Craven
1997
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Mrs Upjohn
1989
Death in Paradise
Charlotte Hamilton
2011
Holby City
Sian Wooldridge
1999
Casualty
Peggy Raeburn
1986
Silent Witness
Justine Greenwood
1996
Bridgerton
Mrs. Colson
2020
Father Brown
Eileen Slither
2013
Gravity Falls
Wax Lizzie Borden (voice)
2012
The Bill
Sgt Strong
1984The Bill
Saffron Jones
1984The Bill
Celia Barrett
1984The Bill
Trudy Vincent
1984
Lewis
Veronica Gray
2007
FBI: International
Scarlett Garretson
2021
New Tricks
Jackie Small
2004
Agatha Christie's Marple
Mrs Price
2004
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996Dalziel and Pascoe
ACC Rebecca Fenning
1996
The Chelsea Detective
Gillian Compton
2022
Jonathan Creek
Lorna Claithorne
1997
Mr Selfridge
Flora Bunting
2013
Scott & Bailey
DCI Julie Dodson
2011
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
Juliet Spence
2002
My Family
Doreen
2000
Trigger Point
Dr. MacAndrew
2022
Agatha Raisin
Reverend Grace Lancing
2016
The House of Eliott
Clara Rhoades
1991
Kingdom
Mrs. Anderson
2007
Goodnight Sweetheart
Mrs Flanagan
1993
Boon
Dominique
1986
The Doll Factory
Mrs Slater
2023
Magpie Murders
Claire Jenkins / Clarissa Pye
2022
Bodyguard
Lorraine Craddock
2018
The Brittas Empire
Helen Brittas
1991
Plebs
Antonia
2013
Green Wing
Joanna Clore
2004
The Commander
Helen Dirkwood
2003
The Regime
Susan Goin
2024
Brush Strokes
Francesca
1986Brush Strokes
Gillian
1986
Feel Good
Felicity
2020
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Mrs Long
2016
Bergerac
Margaret Heaton
2025
Mike and Angelo
Tiara Thickerton-Plank
1989
Requiem
Dr. Verity Satlow
2018
Without You
Frances Shaw
2011
Stath Lets Flats
Antonia
2018
Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge
Councillor Bronwyn Matthews
2010
Hotel Trubble
Mrs Beasley
2008
Millie Inbetween
Gloria
2014
Comedy Showcase
Mother of Fanny
2007
Best Interests
Judge Spottiswood
2023
Capital City
Liz Armitage
1989
Breathless
Valerie Smallwood
2013
Four Kids and It
Bookshop Owner
2020
If Only
Lavinia
2004
Lost in Austen
Frankie
2008
Belzebubs
Nana (voice)
2026
Tracey Ullman's Show
Claire Hollis
2016
Prisoners' Wives
Harriet
2012
She-Wolf of London
Betty Biddles
1990
Chimera
Diane Rohmer
1991
Tamara Drewe
Tess
2010
Agatha and the Truth of Murder
Mabel
2018
Supernova
Lilly
2020
Home James!
Fiona
1987
Peacock
Teresa
2022
Moonfleet
Aunt Lydia
2013
Brief Encounters
Bunny
2016
The Wrong Door
Various
2008
Roger Roger
Helen Jackson
1998
Mapp and Lucia
Susan Wyse MBE
2014Grown Ups
Claire
1997
The Return of Shelley
Dr Hall
1988
Loaded
Pam
2017
Undeniable
DI Alison Hall
2014
Porridge
Governor Hallwood
2017
Dexter Procter
Dr Marigold
2025
Porridge
Governor Hallwood
2016
The One Game
Jenny Thorne
1988
Huge
Jongleurs Boss
2010
Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break
Jayney
2021Headhunters
Antonia Watkins
1994
Green Wing Special
Joanna Clore
2007
Henry IX
Prime Minister Oxlade
2017Office Gossip
Maxine
2001Get Fit with Brittas
1997
Cuts
Cynthia Hyde-Lemon
1996
Budgie the Little Helicopter
Nancy Kitchen (voice)
1994
Like Father Like Son
Mrs. Sutton
2005
Deep Heat
Pam
2022
Fear, Stress & Anger
Julie Chadwick
2007
Behind the Filter
Frances
2020
8 Minutes Idle
Kathy
2012Ye Olde Dragons' Den
Deborah Meaden
2013Confessions of a Diary Secretary
Julie Jones
2007
5 Greedy Bankers
Catherine Stone
2016Tangier Cop
Diana Andrews
1997
Love or Money
Bridget
2001
Surviving Christmas
Helen Brittas
1996