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.
Acted in
Star Wars: Andor
2022
as Judge
Save the Cinema
2022
as Mrs. Griffiths (Beehive Woman)
Van der Valk
2020
as Cassie Davids
National Theatre Live: Small Island
2019
Year of the Rabbit
2019
as Mrs McHenry
Nyet!
2019
as Liz
The Coroner
2015
as Judith Kennedy
Poldark
2015
as Prudie Paynter
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
2008
as Mrs. Brummegan
Lewis
2007
as Justine Skinner
Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!
2006
as Joan Sims
Hotel Babylon
2006
The Biographer
2002
as Lynne Morton
My Uncle Silas
2001
as Ellen
Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes
2001
as Lyla Milburn
Messiah
2001
as Grace Eccleshall
Highlander: Endgame
2000
as Heather MacLeod
The Cyberstalking
1999
Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord
1998
as Kate Manning
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
1996
as Annabella
Dressing for Breakfast
1995
The Affair
1995
as Esther
MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday
1994
as Natalia
Mesmer
1994
as Marie Antoinette
Hard Times
1994
as Louisa Gradgrind
Hard Times
1994
as Louisa Gradgrind
In the Name of the Father
1993
as Carole Richardson
A Touch of Frost
1992
Prime Suspect
1991
as Susan Covington
Mister Johnson
1991
as Celia Rudbeck
Wild Flowers
1990
as Sadie
The Lilac Bus
1990
as Dee
Trouble in Paradise
1989
as Ann Kusters
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Mary Cavendish
The Dark Angel
1989
as Maud Ruthyn
Just Another Secret
1989
as Anneliese
Bosses From Hell
1989
A Handful of Dust
1988
as Marjorie
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
1988
as Tina
Diary of a Mad Old Man
1987
The Dark Angel
1987
as Maud Ruthyn
Inspector Morse
1987
as Deborah Burns
Wild Flowers: Women of South Lebanon
1987
Lost Empires
1986
as Nancy Ellis
Highlander
1986
as Heather MacLeod
Time for Murder
1985
as Pippa Millington
MacGyver
1985
as Natalia
A Day at the Beach
1970
as Winnie