Penny Layden

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Place of Birth

UK

Penny Layden

Biography

Born 1969, Penny Layden is a British actress and narrator. She has performed at the National Theatre, with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Old Vic Theatre, with Shared Experience and the Royal Exchange Theatre.

Known For

Broken

Broken

as DC Jenks

The Bad Mother's Handbook

The Bad Mother's Handbook

as Rambler Annie

National Theatre Live: Everyman

National Theatre Live: Everyman

as Knowledge

National Theatre Live: Paradise

National Theatre Live: Paradise

as Nam

My Country: A Work in Progress

My Country: A Work in Progress

as Britannia

National Theatre Live: Macbeth

National Theatre Live: Macbeth

as Ross

Jolly Girl

Jolly Girl

as Blossom (voice)

Poppy Shakespeare

Poppy Shakespeare

as Sue

National Theatre Live: London Tide

National Theatre Live: London Tide

as Mary Wilfer

Career Timeline

2024

National Theatre Live: London Tide

as Mary Wilfer

Movie

Supacell

as Shirley

TV

2021

National Theatre Live: Paradise

as Nam

Movie

2020

Jolly Girl

as Blossom (voice)

Movie

Sisters

as Beth

Movie

2018

National Theatre Live: Macbeth

as Ross

Movie

2017

My Country: A Work in Progress

as Britannia

Movie

2016

Dark Angel

as Margaret Stott

TV

2015

National Theatre Live: Everyman

as Knowledge

Movie

2013

Father Brown

as Nora Banks

TV

2012

Broken

as DC Jenks

Movie

Call the Midwife

as Brenda McEntee

TV

2011

South Riding

as Mrs Huggins

TV

2009

Land Girls

as Hettie Foster

TV

2008

Poppy Shakespeare

as Sue

Movie

2007

The Bad Mother's Handbook

as Rambler Annie

Movie