Beatie Edney

Beatrice "Beatie" Edney is an English television actress ( born 23rd October 1962 ) in North Kensington, West London, she is the daughter of famous British actress Sylvia Syms. Edney first came to audiences attention as Heather MacLeod the 1986 film Highlander, the first film in the Highlander series. She returned to the role again in the 2000 film Highlander: Endgame. In 1990, she appeared in the Bruce Beresford directed film Mister Johnson alongside Pierce Brosnan and Edward Woodward. In 1995, she had a recurring role in the Channel 4 sitcom Dressing For Breakfast. Her television appearances include episodes of Rosemary & Thyme, A Touch of Frost, Prime Suspect and Inspector Morse.

In 1994 she played the role of Louisa Gradgrind in the television adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel Hard Times. She also appeared in the Agatha Christie's Poirot adaptation of The Mysterious Affair at Styles. She also appeared in the TV series Lost Empires with Colin Firth.

Having achieved a kind of cult status through her role in Highlander and British TV fame in the mid-90s for her role in the ladettes' series Dressing for Breakfast. But it's almost a decade since that finished and things have been relatively quite. A few guest appearances on British TV screens but her career hasn't really progressed.

Beatie has a degree in English/Drama from Leeds University.

Currently on stage in the Girlfriend Experience featuring Debbie Chazen, Esther Coles and Lu Corfield.

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008) Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! (2006) - Joan Sims Rosemary & Thyme, "The Gooseberry Bush" (2006) - as Penelope A Touch of Frost, "Hidden Truth" (2003) - as Sheila Hadley Murder Rooms: "The White Knight Stratagem" (2001) - as Lyla Milburn Highlander: Endgame (2000) - as Heather MacLeod The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1996) - as Annabella Prime Suspect 4: "The Lost Child" (1995) - as Susan Covington Dressing For Breakfast (1995) - as Louise Hard Times (1994) (TV) - as Louisa Gradgrind In the Name of the Father (1993) - as Carole Richardson Agatha Christie's Poirot - "The Mysterious Affair at Styles" (1990) - as Mary Cavendish Mister Johnson (1990) - as Celia Rudbeck Inspector Morse, "The Last Enemy" (1989) - as Deborah Burns A Handful of Dust (1988) - as Marjorie Diary of a mad old man (1987) - as Simone Highlander (1986) - as Heather MacLeod