Penny Layden

Known for

Acting

Birthplace

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.

Best known work

Broken

2012

Supacell

2024

Call the Midwife

2012

Father Brown

2013

Dark Angel

2016

Waterloo Road

2006

Land Girls

2009

South Riding

2011

Murphy's Law

2001

The Bad Mother's Handbook

2007

Filmography

2024
National Theatre Live: London Tide
as Mary Wilfer
2024
SupacellTV
as Shirley (2 episodes)
2021
National Theatre Live: Paradise
as Nam
2020
Jolly Girl
as Blossom (voice), Writer, Art Direction, Associate Producer
2020
Sisters
as Beth
2018
National Theatre Live: Macbeth
as Ross
2017
My Country: A Work in Progress
as Britannia
2016
Dark AngelTV
as Margaret Stott (2 episodes)
2015
National Theatre Live: Everyman
as Knowledge
2013
Father BrownTV
as Nora Banks (1 episode)
2012
Broken
as DC Jenks
2012
Call the MidwifeTV
as Brenda McEntee (1 episode)
2011
South RidingTV
as Mrs Huggins (3 episodes)
2009
Land GirlsTV
as Hettie Foster (1 episode)
2008
Poppy Shakespeare
as Sue
2007
The Bad Mother's Handbook
as Rambler Annie
2006
Waterloo RoadTV
as Shelley Baxter (1 episode)
2001
Murphy's LawTV
as Hammond (1 episode)