Pippa Haywood
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Philippa Haywood is an English actress who trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
.
Famous for playing the much-put-upon Helen Brittas in the BBC One
comedy series The Brittas Empire
, Haywood has an extensive television career which includes Julie Chadwick in the BBC Two
comedy Fear, Stress & Anger
and the hot-tempered, sex-mad HR boss Joanna Clore
in Green Wing
(for which she took the "best comedy female performance" award at the 2005 Rose d'Or
television festival in Lucerne
, Switzerland).
With the exception of an episode of Boon
, the first episode of The Brittas Empire, an episode of She-Wolf of London
and two episodes of Brush Strokes
(all of which credited her as "Phillipa Haywood"), she has always been credited on screen as "Pippa Haywood". Best known for her comedy roles, she has also done some straight acting roles in her career, including that of Jenny Thorne in the ITV drama serial The One Game
, and the character of Mrs. Upjohn in Agatha Christie's Poirot, episode Cat Among the Pigeons
. She has filmed a guest role in an episode of the 2009 series of Kingdom
.
She 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 is currently playing the lead role in Wanderlust at the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs.
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, opened by Laurence Olivier in 1946, is an affiliate of the Conservatoire for Dance and Drama, an organisation securing the highest standards of training in the performing arts, and is an associate school of the Faculty of Creative Arts of the University of the...
.
Famous for playing the much-put-upon Helen Brittas in the BBC One
BBC One
BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...
comedy series The Brittas Empire
The Brittas Empire
The Brittas Empire is a British sitcom created and originally written by Richard Fegen and Andrew Norriss. Chris Barrie plays Gordon Brittas, the well-meaning but incompetent manager of Whitbury New Town Leisure Centre....
, Haywood has an extensive television career which includes Julie Chadwick in the BBC Two
BBC Two
BBC Two is the second television channel operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It covers a wide range of subject matter, but tending towards more 'highbrow' programmes than the more mainstream and popular BBC One. Like the BBC's other domestic TV and radio...
comedy Fear, Stress & Anger
Fear, Stress & Anger
Fear, Stress & Anger is a British sitcom that aired on BBC Two in 2007. Starring Peter Davison and Pippa Haywood, it was written by Michael Aitkens...
and the hot-tempered, sex-mad HR boss Joanna Clore
Joanna Clore
Joanna Clore is a character in the British sitcom Green Wing, played by Pippa Haywood.- History :Joanna Clore is the director of human resources at East Hampton Hospital. She is 48 years old, has had two unsuccessful marriages, has two sons who both work at the hospital Dr. Guy Secretan and Dr....
in Green Wing
Green Wing
Green Wing is a British sitcom set in the fictional East Hampton Hospital. It was created by the same team behind the sketch show Smack the Pony, led by Victoria Pile, and stars Tamsin Greig, Stephen Mangan and Julian Rhind-Tutt....
(for which she took the "best comedy female performance" award at the 2005 Rose d'Or
Rose d'Or
The Rose d’Or is one of the most important international festivals in entertainment television. It was founded in Montreux in 1961 and has taken place in Lucerne since 2004. Producers, executives from independent and public service broadcasters and heads of production companies from over 40...
television festival in Lucerne
Lucerne
Lucerne is a city in north-central Switzerland, in the German-speaking portion of that country. Lucerne is the capital of the Canton of Lucerne and the capital of the district of the same name. With a population of about 76,200 people, Lucerne is the most populous city in Central Switzerland, and...
, Switzerland).
With the exception of an episode of Boon
Boon (TV series)
Boon is a British television drama and modern-day western series starring Michael Elphick, David Daker, and later Neil Morrissey. It was created by Jim Hill and Bill Stair and filmed by Central Television for ITV...
, the first episode of The Brittas Empire, an episode of She-Wolf of London
She-Wolf of London
She-Wolf of London was a short-lived television series that aired was distributed in first-run syndication in the USA from October 1990 to April 1991...
and two episodes of Brush Strokes
Brush Strokes
Brush Strokes is a British television sitcom, broadcast on BBC television from 1986 to 1991. Written by Esmonde and Larbey and set in South London, it depicted the amorous adventures of a good-looking, wisecracking house painter, Jacko...
(all of which credited her as "Phillipa Haywood"), she has always been credited on screen as "Pippa Haywood". Best known for her comedy roles, she has also done some straight acting roles in her career, including that of Jenny Thorne in the ITV drama serial The One Game
The One Game
The One Game is a four part 1988 British television drama serial, produced by Central Independent Television and broadcast on ITV from 4 June to 25 June 1988...
, and the character of Mrs. Upjohn in Agatha Christie's Poirot, episode Cat Among the Pigeons
Cat Among the Pigeons
Cat Among the Pigeons is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on November 2, 1959, and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in March 1960 with a copyright date of 1959...
. She has filmed a guest role in an episode of the 2009 series of Kingdom
Kingdom (TV series)
Kingdom is a British television series produced by Parallel Film and Television Productions for the ITV network. It was created by Simon Wheeler and stars Stephen Fry as Peter Kingdom, a Norfolk solicitor who is coping with family, colleagues, and the strange locals who come to him for legal...
.
She has also worked in film and theatre. Recent stage credits include: House & Garden
House & Garden (plays)
House and Garden are a diptych of plays written by the English playwright Alan Ayckbourn, first performed in 1999. They are designed to be staged simultaneously, with the same cast in adjacent auditoria, and were published together as House & Garden. House takes place in the drawing room, and...
, Private Lives
Private Lives
Private Lives is a 1930 comedy of manners in three acts by Noël Coward. It focuses on a divorced couple who discover that they are honeymooning with their new spouses in neighbouring rooms at the same hotel. Despite a perpetually stormy relationship, they realise that they still have feelings for...
, A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a play that was written by William Shakespeare. It is believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta...
, The Winter's Tale
The Winter's Tale
The Winter's Tale is a play by William Shakespeare, originally published in the First Folio of 1623. Although it was grouped among the comedies, some modern editors have relabelled the play as one of Shakespeare's late romances. Some critics, among them W. W...
, Requiem and Landscape with Weapon at the National Theatre
Royal National Theatre
The Royal National Theatre in London is one of the United Kingdom's two most prominent publicly funded theatre companies, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company...
. She is currently playing the lead role in Wanderlust at the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs.