English actress
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 .
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]
Title
Role
Director
Notes
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]
Radio
Audiobooks
Year
Title
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]
Audiodrama
Year
Title
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 )
Film
Television
Awards
Sylvia Kristel Award (2015)[ 20] [ 21]
Earphones Award for Audiobook Narration 2023, The Memory of Animals by Clare Fuller.[ 22]
Earphones Award for Audiobook Narration 2022, The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell.[ 23]
References
^ "Genevieve Gaunt on her 'Amanda Knox' role... and how Cambridge acting helped her get a double first" . Evening Standard . 29 August 2014.
^ "First Look of Arthur's Whisky, a coming-of-age story with a twist starring Diane Keaton, Patricia Hodge and Lulu" . skygroup.sky . 17 May 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2023 .
^ "Genevieve Gaunt" . United Agents. Retrieved 27 March 2015 .
^ Petski, Denise (22 March 2016). "The Royals Ups Genevieve Gaunt; The Patriot Promotes Chris Conrad" . Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 13 October 2017 .
^ Swift, Andy (24 September 2018). "The Royals Officially Dead as Cancelled Drama Fails to Find New Home" . TVLine . Retrieved 24 September 2018 .
^ "AudioFile, Discover the World of Audiobooks" . AudioFile Magazine . Retrieved 24 December 2023 .
^ "AudioFile, Discover the World of Audiobooks" . AudioFile Magazine . Retrieved 24 December 2023 .
^ "The Cupid Couch on Apple Podcasts" . Apple Podcasts . Retrieved 27 July 2022 .
^ "34 best podcasts to listen to in 2021" . Radio Times . Retrieved 27 July 2022 .
^ "Braemar Literary Festival 2022 - Fife Arms" . thefifearms.com . Retrieved 24 December 2023 .
^ https://www.a-rabbitsfoot.com/editorial/culture/amor-towles/ [bare URL ]
^ "The Spectator columnists & writers" . The Spectator . Retrieved 27 July 2022 .
^ "Genevieve Gaunt" . unitedagents.co.uk . Retrieved 15 February 2023 .
^ Wood, Alex (13 May 2024). "Cast revealed for The Marilyn Conspiracy at the Park Theatre" . WhatsOnStage.com . Retrieved 13 June 2024 .
^ "BBC Radio 4 - Macbeth, Macbeth Part One" . BBC . Retrieved 24 December 2023 .
^ "BBC Radio 4 - Drama on 4, Twelfth Night (Part 1)" . BBC . Retrieved 24 December 2023 .
^ Audible.com | Maude Horton's Glorious Revenge by Lizzie Pook .
^ Audible.com | Fervour by Toby Lloyd .
^ Ramachandran, Naman (3 May 2023). "Diane Keaton, Boy George, Lulu, David Harewood, Patricia Hodge in 'Arthur's Whisky': Arclight Films to Launch Sales at Cannes" . Variety . Retrieved 6 December 2023 .
^ "Actrice Genevieve Gaunt wint Sylvia Kristelprijs" (in Dutch). NU.nl. 21 August 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2017 .
^ "Film by the Sea: Awards" (in Dutch). Film by the Sea. Retrieved 12 October 2017 .
^ "AudioFile, Discover the World of Audiobooks" . AudioFile Magazine . Retrieved 24 December 2023 .
^ "AudioFile, Discover the World of Audiobooks" . AudioFile Magazine . Retrieved 24 December 2023 .
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