Beatie Edney
Acting
Born 1962-10-23
London, England, UK
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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.
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Filmography
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Van der Valk
Andor
Lewis
Poldark
A Touch of Frost
Inspector Morse
Prime Suspect
Highlander
The Coroner
In the Name of the Father
Hotel Babylon
Highlander: Endgame
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
Messiah
Year of the Rabbit
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Time for Murder
The Dark Angel
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
A Handful of Dust
Lost Empires
MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday
Hard Times
Save the Cinema
Mister Johnson
Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!
The Pearl Comb
The Biographer
Frederick Forsyth Presents
A Day at the Beach
Dressing for Breakfast
Mesmer
Diary of a Mad Old Man
The Dark Angel
Hard Times
The Affair
Bosses From Hell
Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord
National Theatre Live: Small Island
Nyet!
Just Another Secret
The Lilac Bus
Wild Flowers: Women of South Lebanon
Trouble in Paradise
The Cyberstalking
Wild Flowers
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