Beatie Edney


Beatrice Edney is an English actress. She is best known for playing Heather MacLeod in Highlander, and Prudie Paynter in Poldark.

Career

Born in London, she is the daughter of actress Sylvia Syms and her husband Alan Edney. Her brother is Benjamin Edney and her cousin was musician Nick Webb. Edney first came to audiences' attention as Heather MacLeod in the 1986 film Highlander, the first entry in the Highlander series. She returned to the role again in the 2000 film Highlander: Endgame.
In 1989, Edney starred as Maud in the television production of Uncle Silas with Peter O'Toole, shown as The Dark Angel in America. In 1990, she appeared in the Bruce Beresford film Mister Johnson, alongside Pierce Brosnan and Edward Woodward.
Her many television appearances include a leading role in the 1986 series Lost Empires, based on the novel by J. B. Priestley, in which she acted alongside Colin Firth. She has also appeared in episodes of a host of successful British television dramas such as Rosemary & Thyme, A Touch of Frost, Prime Suspect, Inspector Morse, Agatha Christie's Poirot and Wallander. In 1994, Edney played the role of Louisa Gradgrind in the television adaptation of Charles Dickens' 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 George III at the Apollo Theatre, London. Other stage appearances have included The Girlfriend Experience at the Royal Court. From 2015 to 2019, she played Prudie in the BBC One period drama Poldark.

Film and television appearances

  • A Day at the Beach - Winnie
  • Lost Empires - Nancy Ellis
  • Highlander - Heather MacLeod
  • Diary of a Mad Old Man - Simone
  • A Handful of Dust - Marjorie
  • Inspector Morse - Deborah Burns
  • The Dark Angel - Maud Ruthyn
  • Trouble in Paradise - Ann Kusters
  • Frederick Forsyth Presents: Just Another Secret - Anneliese
  • The Lilac Bus - Dee
  • Mister Johnson - Celia Rudbeck
  • Agatha Christie's Poirot - Carole Richardson
  • Hard Times - Louisa Gradgrind
  • Mesmer - Marie Antoinette
  • MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday - Natalia
  • Prime Suspect - Susan Covington
  • The Affair - Esther
  • Thief Takers - Cathy Worsley
  • Dressing for Breakfast - Louise
  • The Tenant of Wildfell Hall - Annabella
  • Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord - Kate Manning
  • Highlander: Endgame - Heather MacLeod
  • Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes - Lyla Milburn
  • Animated Tales of the World - Queen of Sheba
  • A Touch of Frost - Sheila Hadley
  • My Uncle Silas - Ellen
  • Messiah: The Harrowing - Grace Eccleshall
  • Doctors - Laura Aherne
  • Rosemary & Thyme - Penelope Braxton
  • Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! - Joan Sims
  • Hotel Babylon - Louise
  • The Bill - Mrs. Brummegan
  • In Your Dreams - Zoe
  • New Tricks - Janet Spencer
  • Agatha Christie's Poirot - Adela Blomberg
  • Law & Order: UK - Megan Parnell
  • Lewis - Justine Skinner
  • The Coroner - Judith Kennedy
  • Year of the Rabbit - Miss McHenry
  • Poldark - Prudence "Prudie" Paynter
  • Save the Cinema - Mrs. Griffiths
  • Van der Valk - Cassie Davids
  • Am I Being Unreasonable? - Carol
  • Andor - Judge