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
2012
Father Brown
2022
Waterloo Road
2007
Murphy's Law
2005
Supacell
2024
Land Girls
2011
Dark Angel
2016
South Riding
2011
Broken
2012
The Bad Mother's Handbook
2007
National Theatre Live: Macbeth
2018
Poppy Shakespeare
2008

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
18
Writing
1
Producing
1
Art
1
2024
National Theatre Live: London Tide
as Mary Wilfer
2024
Supacell
as Shirley
2022
Father Brown
as Nora Banks
2021
National Theatre Live: Paradise
as Nam
2020
Jolly Girl
as Blossom (voice)
2020
Sisters
as Beth
2018
National Theatre Live: Macbeth
as Ross
2017
My Country: A Work in Progress
as Britannia
2016
Dark Angel
as Margaret Stott
2015
National Theatre Live: Everyman
as Knowledge
2012
Broken
as DC Jenks
2012
Call the Midwife
as Brenda McEntee
2011
South Riding
as Mrs Huggins
2011
Land Girls
as Hettie Foster
2008
Poppy Shakespeare
as Sue
2007
The Bad Mother's Handbook
as Rambler Annie
2007
Waterloo Road
as Shelley Baxter
2005
Murphy's Law
as Hammond