Beatie Edney
27 movies · 20 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Oct 23, 1962 (age 63)
- Place of birth
- London, England, UK
- Also known as
- Beatrice Edney · Beattie Edney
Biography
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Beatrice "Beatie" Edney (born 23 October 1962) is an English actress.
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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.
Known for
Beatie Edney: movies and TV shows
Acting (47)
- 2025 The Pearl Comb
as Betty Lutey
- 2022
- 2022 Save the Cinema
as Mrs. Griffiths (Beehive Woman)
- 2020
- 2019
- 2019
- 2019 Nyet!
as Liz
- 2015
- 2015
- 2008 Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
as Mrs. Brummegan
- 2007
- 2006 Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!
as Joan Sims
- 2006
- 2002 The Biographer
as Lynne Morton
- 2001
- 2001
- 2000 Highlander: Endgame
as Heather MacLeod
- 1999
- 1998 Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord
as Kate Manning
- 1996
- 1995
- 1995 The Affair
as Esther
- 1994 MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday
as Natalia
- 1994 Mesmer
as Marie Antoinette
- 1994
- 1993 In the Name of the Father
as Carole Richardson
- 1992
- 1991
- 1991 Mister Johnson
as Celia Rudbeck
- 1990 Wild Flowers
as Sadie
- 1990 The Lilac Bus
as Dee
- 1989
- 1989 Trouble in Paradise
as Ann Kusters
- 1989
- 1989
- 1989 Just Another Secret
as Anneliese
- 1989
- 1988 A Handful of Dust
as Marjorie
- 1988
- 1987 Diary of a Mad Old Man
as Simone / Marcel's daughter-in-law
- 1987 The Dark Angel
as Maud Ruthyn
- 1987
- 1987
- 1986
- 1986 Highlander
as Heather MacLeod
- 1985
- 1970 A Day at the Beach
as Winnie