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Who is Pippa Haywood and what has she been in?

ACTRESS Pippa Haywood is back on our screens in the new thriller Magpie Murders.

Having won the 2005 Rose d’Or Award for Best Female Comedy Performance for Green Wing, we take a further look at who this actress is.

Meet Pippa Haywood
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Meet Pippa HaywoodCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd

Who is Pippa Haywood?

Philippa Haywood is a 60-year-old English actress.

She was born in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, with her brother, Guy, who is now a cardiologist.

Pippa attended Hatfield Girls’ Grammar School before she trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

As of January 2022, the actress has an estimated net worth of $1-5million.

Pippa Haywood attends the National TV awards held at the O2 in 2019
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Pippa Haywood attends the National TV awards held at the O2 in 2019Credit: Getty Images - Getty

What TV shows has Pippa been in?

Pippa voiced Mrs Kitchen in Budgie The Little Helicopter from 1994-1996 before joining the cast of Grown Ups as Claire

Her first major role came when she was cast as Helen Brittas in The Brittas Empire from 1991-1997.

In 2000 she joined the cast of Dalziel And Pascoe as Assistant Chief Constable Rebecca Fenning.

Since then she has had numerous roles including playing Joanna Clore in The Green Wing from 2004 until 2006

Pippa appeared in Prisoners’ Wives (2012–2013) and Scott & Bailey (2012–2016).

In 2018, she played the role of Chief Superintendent Lorraine Craddock in BBC series Bodyguard and starred as Mabel in TV movie Agatha And The Truth Of Murder.

In 2019 she appeared in series four of the BBC Radio 4 Show The Pin and a year later was cast as revenge filled murderer Eileen Slither in an episode of Father Brown.

In 2020 she made an appearance in the Netflix hit Bridgerton as the Duke of Hastings' housekeeper, Mrs. Colson.

Pippa also appeared in Feel Good as divorced mother Felicity in 2020 and 2021.

In 2022, she is on our screens again as Dr McAndrew in ITV drama Trigger Point, as well as appearing in BritBox's Magpie Murders.

The actress has also worked in theatre, with stage credits including: House & Garden, Private Lives, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Winter's Tale, Requiem, and Landscape With Weapon at the National Theatre.

Is Pippa married and does she have children?

Haywood married Malcolm Newberry in 1991.

It appears that she likes to keep relatively quiet when it comes to sharing her personal life and makes it a point to stay out of the public eye.

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However, what we do know, is that the pair dated for one year after getting together in 1990, and have been married for a total of 31-years.

The couple have two daughters, Molly, who was born in 1992 and Amy, who was born in 1998.

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