Beatie Edney
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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
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Mary Cavendish
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Mrs Hemmings
Andor
Judge
Lewis
Justine Skinner
Prime Suspect
Susan Covington
Poldark
Prudie Paynter
Inspector Morse
Deborah Burns
A Touch of Frost
Highlander
Heather MacLeod
In the Name of the Father
Carole Richardson
Highlander: Endgame
Heather MacLeod
Mister Johnson
Celia Rudbeck
Van der Valk
Cassie Davids
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
Tina
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Mrs. Brummegan
A Handful of Dust
Marjorie
Hotel Babylon
The Affair
Esther
The Lilac Bus
Dee
Wild Flowers: Women of South Lebanon
National Theatre Live: Small Island
MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday
Natalia
A Day at the Beach
Winnie
Messiah
Grace Eccleshall
The Biographer
Lynne Morton
The Cyberstalking
The Dark Angel
Maud Ruthyn
The Coroner
Judith Kennedy
Save the Cinema
Mrs. Griffiths (Beehive Woman)
Just Another Secret
Anneliese
Bosses From Hell
Wild Flowers
Sadie
Diary of a Mad Old Man
Simone / Marcel's daughter-in-law
Nyet!
Liz
Mesmer
Marie Antoinette
Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord
Kate Manning
Trouble in Paradise
Ann Kusters
Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes
Lyla Milburn
Year of the Rabbit
Mrs McHenry
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Annabella Wilmot
The Pearl Comb
BETTY LUTEY
My Uncle Silas
Ellen
Time for Murder
Pippa Millington
Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!
Joan Sims
Hard Times
Louisa Gradgrind
The Dark Angel
Maud Ruthyn
Lost Empires
Nancy Ellis
Hard Times
Louisa Gradgrind