Beatie Edney
ActingAlso Known As
Beatrice Edney, Beattie Edney
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.
Movies
(28 total)
Highlander
as Heather MacLeod
In the Name of the Father
as Carole Richardson
Highlander: Endgame
as Heather MacLeod
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
as Mrs. Brummegan
MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday
as Natalia
A Handful of Dust
as Marjorie
Mister Johnson
as Celia Rudbeck
Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!
as Joan Sims
Save the Cinema
as Mrs. Griffiths (Beehive Woman)
Mesmer
as Marie Antoinette
A Day at the Beach
as Winnie
The Affair
as Esther
Diary of a Mad Old Man
as Simone / Marcel's daughter-in-law
The Pearl Comb
as Betty Lutey
Hard Times
as Louisa Gradgrind
Nyet!
as Liz
Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord
as Kate Manning
The Dark Angel
as Maud Ruthyn
TV Shows
(21 total)
Andor
as Judge
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Mary Cavendish
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Mrs Hemmings
Poldark
as Prudie Paynter
Inspector Morse
as Deborah Burns
Lewis
as Justine Skinner
Prime Suspect
as Susan Covington
Year of the Rabbit
as Mrs McHenry
Van der Valk
as Cassie Davids
The Coroner
as Judith Kennedy
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
as Annabella Wilmot
Messiah
as Grace Eccleshall
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
as Lyla Milburn
Lost Empires
as Nancy Ellis
My Uncle Silas
as Ellen
Time for Murder
as Pippa Millington
The Dark Angel
as Maud Ruthyn