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Genevieve Gaunt | |
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 Gaunt in 2022 | |
| Born | Genevieve Wilhelmina Gaunt 13 January 1991 London, England |
| Alma mater | Newnham College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Website | genevievegaunt |
Genevieve Wilhelmina Gaunt (born 13 January 1991) is an English actress and voice over artist known for portraying Pansy Parkinson in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Wilhelmina "Willow" Moreno Henstridge in The Royals .
Gaunt was born and raised in London, England, the daughter of Dutch actor Frederik de Groot and British actress Fiona Gaunt. Gaunt attended the Godolphin and Latymer School in London. She graduated with a double first in English from Newnham College, Cambridge. [1]
Gaunt portrays young Diane Keaton in Sky Cinema's 2024 film Arthur's Whiskey starring Diane Keaton, Patricia Hodge, Lulu, Boy George, David Harewood, Bill Patterson and Lawrence Chaney. [2]
In 2023 Gaunt wrapped on film Strictly Confidential directed by Damian Hurley.
Gaunt portrayed Pansy Parkinson in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Jessica Fuller in The Face of an Angel . [3] She portrayed Princess Isabella in Knightfall in 2019 and Wilhelmina "Willow" Moreno on The Royals from 2015 to 2018. [4] [5]
In 2022 she led new play Ghosts of the Titanic by Ron Hutchinson at The Park Theatre and Lyric Theatre, Belfast.
In October 2022 Dame Harriet Walter and Gaunt performed a staged reading of The Dame and the Showgirl by Simon Berry at The Criterion Theatre, Piccadilly. The play is about the meeting between Dame Edith Sitwell and Marilyn Monroe. The play was previously produced as an audiodrama in 2021 for Audible with Emma Thompson and Sinead Matthews.[ citation needed ]
In 2020 Gaunt narrated The Discomfort of Evening (Winner of the Booker Prize International) and played the lead little boy in Code Name Bananas by David Walliams. Genevieve is the voice of Lady Penelope and Grandma Tracy in Thunderbirds with Jon Culshaw as Parker.
In October 2022 she narrated Maggie O'Farrell's novel The Marriage Portrait for which she won the AudioFile Magazine Earphones Award. [6] Her narration of The Memory of Animals by Clare Fuller won the AudioFile Magazine Earphones Award in 2023. [7]
In 2021, Gaunt produced podcast The Cupid Couch [8] where she interviewed Rose McGowan, Buck Angel and Kathy Lette. It was listed by The Radio Times in their '34 Best Podcasts of 2021'. [9]
In October 2022 Gaunt co-curated The Braemar Literary Festival at The Fife Arms in Scotland with HM the Queen Consort's 'Reading Room', St Margaret's, local cultural partners and Tom Parker Bowles. Guests included Sebastian Faulks, Jeremy Lee, Angela Hartnett, Jackie Kay, Ian Rankin, Sam Leith, Dr Frank Tallis, Justine Picardie, Stephen Page and Kate Mosse. [10]
Gaunt interviewed writer Amor Towles for magazine A Rabbit's Foot, published 9 December 2023. [11]
Gaunt adapted Thunderbirds comic 'Mr Steelman' (original comic by Alan Fennell) for audiodrama as part of the series 'Danger and Deception' for release in January 2024. Cast includes Jon Culshaw, Genevieve Gaunt, Wayne Forester, Justin T. Lee, Anna Leong Brophy and Joe Jameson.
Gaunt writes book reviews for The Spectator . [12]
| Year [13] | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
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| 2013 | Assassins by Stephen Sondheim | Lynette 'Squeaky' Fromme | Maria Montague | Edinburgh Festival |
| 2015 | French Without Tears by Terence Rattigan | Diana Lake | Paul Miller | Orange Tree Theatre |
| 2018 | Monogamy by Torben Betts | Amanda | Alastair Whatley | Park Theatre |
| 2022 | Ghosts of the Titanic by Ron Hutchinson | Emma Hinton | Eoin O'Callaghan | Park Theatre |
| 2022 | The Dame and the Showgirl by Simon Berry, with Dame Harriet Walter (reading) | Marilyn Monroe | Harry Burton | The Criterion, West End |
| 2022 | Thunderbirds Concert: Stand by for Action | Lady Penelope | Jamie Anderson | Birmingham Symphony Hall |
| 2023 | House of the Wicked by Torben Betts (reading) | Marilyn Monroe | Sir Trevor Nunn | National Theatre |
| 2024 | The Marilyn Conspiracy by Vicki McKellar | Marilyn Monroe | Guy Masterson | Park Theatre [14] |
| Year | Title | Notes |
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| 2020 | The USA Trilogy by John Dos Passos | BBC R4 |
| 2021 | The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann | BBC R4 |
| 2022 | Macbeth (With David Tennant) | BBC R4 |
| 2022 | Pretty Vacant (With Tim McInnerny) | BBC R4 |
| 2022 | Ghosts of the Titanic by Ron Hutchinson | BBC R4 |
| 2022 | The Painted Hall (With Hugh Bonneville) | BBC R4 |
| 2022 | The Age of Anxiety by W.H Auden | BBC R3 |
| 2022 | A Town Called Solace by Mary Lawson | BBC R4 |
| 2023 | Macbeth with David Tennant [15] | BBC R4 |
| 2023 | Twelfth Night with Toby Jones [16] | BBC R4 |
| Year | Title |
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| 2020 | Code Name Bananas by David Walliams |
| 2020 | The Discomfort of Evening (Winner of the Booker Prize International 2020) |
| 2021 | Lampie by Annet Schaap |
| 2021 | Magma by Thora Hjörleifsdóttir |
| 2022 | The Kiss by Santa Montefiore |
| 2022 | An Italian Girl in Brooklyn by Santa Montefiore |
| 2021 | The Heights by Louise Candlish |
| 2022 | The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell (WINNER of the AudioFile Earphones Award for Best Narration) |
| 2023 | Cursed Bread by Sophie Mackintosh |
| 2023 | The Memory of Animals by Claire Fuller |
| 2023 | The Black Feathers by Rebecca Netley |
| 2023 | Code Name Kingfisher by Liz Kessler |
| 2023 | Maude Horton's Glorious Revenge by Lizzie Pook [17] |
| 2023 | Fervour by Toby Lloyd [18] |
| Year | Title |
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| 2021 | Ask Arizona Children's Series (Audible) |
| 2021 | Soft Voice (QCode) |
| 2022 | Medea by Euripides (Open University) |
| 2021 | Ajax by Sophocles (Open University) |
| 2021–2022 | Thunderbirds: Terror from the Stars, Operation Asteroids, Peril in Peru, The Space Mirror, The Vanishing Ray, Brains is Dead, Blazing Danger |
| 2017–2022 | Doctor Who: The Silent City, Warlock's Cross, The Helliax Rift, Red Planets (Big Finish) |
| 2021 | Fireball XL5 (Big Finish) |
| 2020 | First Action Bureau (Big Finish) |
| 2019 | The Prisoner (Big Finish) |
| 2019 | The Human Frontier (Big Finish) |
| 2018 | The Waringham Chronicles (Audible) |
| Year | Title | Role | Director |
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| 2004 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Pansy Parkinson | Alfonso Cuaron |
| 2010 | Between You & Me | Eleanor | |
| Hippie Hippie Shake | Trudi | Beeban Kidron | |
| 2011 | There I Am | Ruth | |
| 2012 | The End | Madeleine | |
| 2014 | The Face of an Angel | Jessica Fuller | Michael Winterbottom |
| Falcon | Martine | ||
| 2015 | Dusty and Me | Chrissie | Betsan Morris Evans |
| 2016 | Kids in Love | Issie | Chris Foggin |
| The Last Dragonslayer | Hermione Twizzle | Jamie Stone | |
| 2018 | The Mercy | Miss Teignmouth | James Marsh |
| 2024 | Strictly Confidential | Jemma | Damian Hurley |
| Arthur's Whiskey | Young Linda | [19] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Heartbeat | Vivienne Middleton | Episode: "Hey Hey LBJ" |
| Lost in Austen | Georgiana | Episode #1.3 | |
| 2009 | Land Girls | Susan Sykes | Episode: "Destinies" |
| 2015 | Father Brown | Young Evelyn | Episode: "The Curse of Amenhotep" |
| 2015–2018 | The Royals | Wilhelmina "Willow" Moreno Henstridge | Recurring role (season 2); main role (seasons 3–4) |
| 2019 | Knightfall | Princess Isabella | Main role (season 2) |
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