Person
Penny Layden
Acting · UK
Biography
Born 1969, Penny Layden is a British actress and narrator. She has performed at the National Theatre, with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Old Vic Theatre, with Shared Experience and the Royal Exchange Theatre.
Known for
Father Brown
Nora Banks
Call the Midwife
Brenda McEntee
Waterloo Road
Shelley Baxter
Supacell
Shirley
Murphy's Law
Hammond
Land Girls
Hettie Foster
Broken
DC Jenks
South Riding
Mrs Huggins
Dark Angel
Margaret Stott
The Bad Mother's Handbook
Rambler Annie
Filmography
- 2024National Theatre Live: London TideMary Wilfer
- 2024SupacellShirley
- 2021National Theatre Live: ParadiseNam
- 2020Jolly GirlBlossom (voice)
- 2020SistersBeth
- 2018National Theatre Live: MacbethRoss
- 2017My Country: A Work in ProgressBritannia
- 2016Dark AngelMargaret Stott
- 2015National Theatre Live: EverymanKnowledge
- 2013Father BrownNora Banks
- 2012BrokenDC Jenks
- 2012Call the MidwifeBrenda McEntee
- 2011South RidingMrs Huggins
- 2009Land GirlsHettie Foster
- 2008Poppy ShakespeareSue
- 2007The Bad Mother's HandbookRambler Annie
- 2006Waterloo RoadShelley Baxter
- 2001Murphy's LawHammond
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