Beatie Edney

Known for ActingBorn 1962-10-23 (age 63)London, England, UK

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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Biographer

Just Another Secret

Andor

The Lilac Bus

The Pearl Comb

National Theatre Live: Small Island

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes

Frederick Forsyth Presents

Poldark

In the Name of the Father

Inspector Morse

Prime Suspect

Lewis

Hard Times

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

A Touch of Frost

The Dark Angel

Hotel Babylon

Messiah

Nyet!

Year of the Rabbit

Wild Flowers: Women of South Lebanon

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

Highlander

Dressing for Breakfast

Van der Valk

Onassis: The Richest Man in the World

The Coroner

Save the Cinema

Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!

Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord

Mister Johnson

A Handful of Dust

Mesmer

MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday

Lost Empires

The Cyberstalking

Highlander: Endgame

A Day at the Beach

Diary of a Mad Old Man

The Affair

Time for Murder

Wild Flowers

Hard Times

Trouble in Paradise

Bosses From Hell

The Dark Angel