Penny Layden

Acting · UK

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

7.5

Call the Midwife

2012 · Series · Brenda McEntee

7.4

Supacell

2024 · Series · Shirley

7.6

Father Brown

2013 · Series · Nora Banks

6.2

Dark Angel

2016 · Series · Margaret Stott

7.1

Waterloo Road

2006 · Series · Shelley Baxter

7.8

Land Girls

2009 · Series · Hettie Foster

6.9

South Riding

2011 · Series · Mrs Huggins

7.6

Murphy's Law

2001 · Series · Hammond

6.8

Poppy Shakespeare

2008 · Sue

6.9

Broken

2012 · DC Jenks

7.0

The Bad Mother's Handbook

2007 · Rambler Annie

9.0

National Theatre Live: Macbeth

2018 · Ross

All acting credits

7.4

Supacell

2024 · Series · Shirley

National Theatre Live: London Tide

2024 · Mary Wilfer

National Theatre Live: Paradise

2021 · Nam

Sisters

2020 · Beth

Jolly Girl

2020 · Blossom (voice)

9.0