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

Call the Midwife

Father Brown

Waterloo Road

Murphy's Law

Supacell

Land Girls

South Riding

Dark Angel

All Movies (10)

• National Theatre Live: London Tide2024 · as Mary Wilfer
• National Theatre Live: Paradise2021 · as Nam
• Jolly Girl2020 · as Blossom (voice)
• Sisters2020 · as Beth
• National Theatre Live: Macbeth2018 · as Ross
• My Country: A Work in Progress2017 · as Britannia
• National Theatre Live: Everyman2015 · as Knowledge
• Broken2012 · as DC Jenks
• Poppy Shakespeare2008 · as Sue
• The Bad Mother's Handbook2007 · as Rambler Annie

All TV Shows (8)

• Supacell2024 · as Shirley
• Dark Angel2016 · as Margaret Stott
• Father Brown2013 · as Nora Banks
• Call the Midwife2012 · as Brenda McEntee
• South Riding2011 · as Mrs Huggins
• Land Girls2009 · as Hettie Foster
• Waterloo Road2006 · as Shelley Baxter
• Murphy's Law2001 · as Hammond