Philippa "Pippa" Haywood (born 6 May 1961) is an English actress. She
won the 2005 Rose d'Or Award for Best Female Comedy Performance for
Green Wing (2004â€"2006). Her other television credits include The
Brittas Empire (1991â€"1997), Prisoners' Wives (2012â€"2013) and Scott
& Bailey (2012â€"2016). In 2018, she played the role of Lorraine
Craddock in the BBC television series Bodyguard. In 2019 she appeared
in series 4 of the BBC Radio 4 Show The Pin.Haywood was born in
Hatfield, Hertfordshire and trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre
School.She has an extensive television career which includes
portraying the much put-upon Helen Brittas in the BBC One comedy
series The Brittas Empire (1991â€"1997), Julie Chadwick in the 2007
BBC Two comedy Fear, Stress & Anger and the hot-tempered, sex-mad
human resources director Joanna Clore in Green Wing (2004â€"2006), for
which she won the "best comedy female performance" award at the 2005
Rose d'Or television festival in Lucerne, Switzerland).Though Haywood
is credited as "Philippa Haywood" in her earliest acting appearances,
since the second episode of series 2 of The Brittas Empire in 1992 she
has always been credited as "Pippa Haywood". She has also appeared in
many dramatic roles, including Jenny Thorne in the 1988 ITV drama
serial The One Game, and Mrs. Upjohn in the 2008 Agatha Christie's
Poirot episode "Cat Among the Pigeons". In 2002 Haywood was a guest
star in the last episode of the first series of The Inspector Lynley
Mysteries.
won the 2005 Rose d'Or Award for Best Female Comedy Performance for
Green Wing (2004â€"2006). Her other television credits include The
Brittas Empire (1991â€"1997), Prisoners' Wives (2012â€"2013) and Scott
& Bailey (2012â€"2016). In 2018, she played the role of Lorraine
Craddock in the BBC television series Bodyguard. In 2019 she appeared
in series 4 of the BBC Radio 4 Show The Pin.Haywood was born in
Hatfield, Hertfordshire and trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre
School.She has an extensive television career which includes
portraying the much put-upon Helen Brittas in the BBC One comedy
series The Brittas Empire (1991â€"1997), Julie Chadwick in the 2007
BBC Two comedy Fear, Stress & Anger and the hot-tempered, sex-mad
human resources director Joanna Clore in Green Wing (2004â€"2006), for
which she won the "best comedy female performance" award at the 2005
Rose d'Or television festival in Lucerne, Switzerland).Though Haywood
is credited as "Philippa Haywood" in her earliest acting appearances,
since the second episode of series 2 of The Brittas Empire in 1992 she
has always been credited as "Pippa Haywood". She has also appeared in
many dramatic roles, including Jenny Thorne in the 1988 ITV drama
serial The One Game, and Mrs. Upjohn in the 2008 Agatha Christie's
Poirot episode "Cat Among the Pigeons". In 2002 Haywood was a guest
star in the last episode of the first series of The Inspector Lynley
Mysteries.
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