Genevieve Gaunt

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Born
Genevieve Wilhelmina Gaunt

(1991-01-13) 13 January 1991 (age 33)
London, England
Alma mater Newnham College, Cambridge
OccupationActress
Years active2004–present
Website genevievegaunt.com

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 .

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Early life

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]

Acting and Audio

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]

Writing and Broadcasting

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]

Filmography

Theatre

Year [13] TitleRoleDirectorNotes
2013 Assassins by Stephen Sondheim Lynette 'Squeaky' FrommeMaria MontagueEdinburgh Festival
2015 French Without Tears by Terence Rattigan Diana LakePaul Miller Orange Tree Theatre
2018Monogamy by Torben Betts AmandaAlastair Whatley Park Theatre
2022Ghosts of the Titanic by Ron Hutchinson Emma HintonEoin O'Callaghan Park Theatre
2022The Dame and the Showgirl by Simon Berry, with Dame Harriet Walter (reading)Marilyn MonroeHarry BurtonThe Criterion, West End
2022Thunderbirds Concert: Stand by for ActionLady PenelopeJamie AndersonBirmingham Symphony Hall
2023House of the Wicked by Torben Betts (reading)Marilyn MonroeSir Trevor NunnNational Theatre
2024The Marilyn Conspiracy by Vicki McKellarMarilyn MonroeGuy MastersonPark Theatre [14]

Radio

YearTitleNotes
2020The USA Trilogy by John Dos Passos BBC R4
2021 The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann BBC R4
2022Macbeth (With David Tennant) BBC R4
2022Pretty Vacant (With Tim McInnerny) BBC R4
2022Ghosts of the Titanic by Ron Hutchinson BBC R4
2022The Painted Hall (With Hugh Bonneville) BBC R4
2022The Age of Anxiety by W.H AudenBBC R3
2022A Town Called Solace by Mary LawsonBBC R4
2023Macbeth with David Tennant [15] BBC R4
2023Twelfth Night with Toby Jones [16] BBC R4

Audiobooks

YearTitle
2020Code Name Bananas by David Walliams
2020 The Discomfort of Evening (Winner of the Booker Prize International 2020)
2021Lampie by Annet Schaap
2021Magma by Thora Hjörleifsdóttir
2022The Kiss by Santa Montefiore
2022An Italian Girl in Brooklyn by Santa Montefiore
2021The Heights by Louise Candlish
2022The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell (WINNER of the AudioFile Earphones Award for Best Narration)
2023Cursed Bread by Sophie Mackintosh
2023The Memory of Animals by Claire Fuller
2023The Black Feathers by Rebecca Netley
2023Code Name Kingfisher by Liz Kessler
2023Maude Horton's Glorious Revenge by Lizzie Pook [17]
2023Fervour by Toby Lloyd [18]

Audiodrama

YearTitle
2021Ask Arizona Children's Series (Audible)
2021Soft Voice (QCode)
2022 Medea by Euripides (Open University)
2021 Ajax by Sophocles (Open University)
2021–2022Thunderbirds: Terror from the Stars, Operation Asteroids, Peril in Peru, The Space Mirror, The Vanishing Ray, Brains is Dead, Blazing Danger
2017–2022Doctor Who: The Silent City, Warlock's Cross, The Helliax Rift, Red Planets (Big Finish)
2021 Fireball XL5 (Big Finish)
2020First Action Bureau (Big Finish)
2019 The Prisoner (Big Finish)
2019The Human Frontier (Big Finish)
2018The Waringham Chronicles (Audible)

Film

YearTitleRoleDirector
2004 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Pansy ParkinsonAlfonso Cuaron
2010Between You & MeEleanor
Hippie Hippie Shake TrudiBeeban Kidron
2011There I AmRuth
2012The EndMadeleine
2014 The Face of an Angel Jessica FullerMichael Winterbottom
FalconMartine
2015Dusty and MeChrissieBetsan Morris Evans
2016 Kids in Love IssieChris Foggin
The Last DragonslayerHermione TwizzleJamie Stone
2018 The Mercy Miss TeignmouthJames Marsh
2024 Strictly Confidential JemmaDamian Hurley
Arthur's Whiskey Young Linda [19]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008 Heartbeat Vivienne MiddletonEpisode: "Hey Hey LBJ"
Lost in Austen GeorgianaEpisode #1.3
2009 Land Girls Susan SykesEpisode: "Destinies"
2015 Father Brown Young EvelynEpisode: "The Curse of Amenhotep"
2015–2018 The Royals Wilhelmina "Willow" Moreno HenstridgeRecurring role (season 2); main role (seasons 3–4)
2019 Knightfall Princess Isabella Main role (season 2)

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