{{short description|Dutch-British actress (born 1991)}} {{Use British English|date=January 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2015}} {{BLP sources|date=October 2017}} {{Infobox person | name = Genevieve Gaunt | image = Genevieve Gaunt (cropped).jpg | caption = Gaunt in 2022 | birth_name = Genevieve Wilhelmina Gaunt | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|1|13|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[London]], England | occupation = Actress | citizenship = {{hlist|Netherlands|United Kingdom}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/genevieve_gaunt/p/DDssiOSI0Nc/?hl=en-gb |title=Genevieve Gaunt with British and Dutch Passports|date=21 December 2024|website=Instagram}}</ref> | years_active = 2004–present | alma_mater = [[Newnham College, Cambridge]] | website = {{URL|genevievegaunt.com/}} }} '''Genevieve Wilhelmina Gaunt''' (born 13 January 1991) is a British actress of Scottish and Dutch heritage, voice over artist,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/listing/?narrator=genevieve+gaunt,%20maggie%20o%27farrell%20%5Bafterword%5Dl|title=THE MARRIAGE PORTRAIT|publisher=AudioFile|language=en|url-status=live|access-date=November 24, 2025|archive-date=November 25, 2025|archive-url=https://archive.today/20251125045046/https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/listing/?narrator=genevieve+gaunt,%20maggie%20o'farrell%20%5Bafterword%5D}}</ref> and writer<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-10 |title=Genevieve Gaunt, Author at The Spectator |url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/writer/genevieve-gaunt/ |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=The Spectator |language=en-GB}}</ref> known for portraying [[Pansy Parkinson]] in ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]],'' Wilhelmina "Willow" Moreno Henstridge in ''[[The Royals (TV series)|The Royals]]'' and Marilyn Monroe in ''[https://www.thetimes.com/culture/theatre-dance/article/the-marilyn-conspiracy-review-z6g9kddlz The Marilyn Conspiracy]'' at Park Theatre.
==Early life== Gaunt was born and raised in London, England, the daughter of Scottish actress [[Fiona Gaunt]] and Dutch actor [[Frederik de Groot]]. Gaunt attended the [[Godolphin and Latymer School]] in London. She graduated with a double first in English from [[Newnham College, Cambridge]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.standard.co.uk/news/celebritynews/genevieve-gaunt-on-her-amanda-knox-role-and-how-cambridge-acting-helped-her-get-a-double-first-9698757.html|title=Genevieve Gaunt on her 'Amanda Knox' role... and how Cambridge acting helped her get a double first|date=29 August 2014|website=Evening Standard}}</ref>
==Career== ===Acting and audio=== Gaunt narrated ''The Spy Who Loved Me'' by Ian Fleming as part of a set of audiobook recordings released in January 2025.{{fact|date=November 2025}}
Gaunt voiced a singing muppet Binko in ''Cunk On Life'' for the BBC starring [[Diane Morgan]]. It aired in January 2025, created by [[Charlie Brooker]] and directed by Al Campbell.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0026dxz|title=Cunk on Life|language=en-UK|url-status=live|date=December 30, 2024|access-date=November 24, 2025|archive-date=25 November 2025|archive-url=https://archive.today/20251125045630/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0026dxz}}</ref>
Gaunt portrayed [[Marilyn Monroe]] in the 2024 theatre production ''The Marilyn Conspiracy'', directed and co-written by [[Guy Masterson]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Halliburton |first=Rachel |date=2024-06-28 |title=The Marilyn Conspiracy review — was Hollywood's blonde bombshell murdered? |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/theatre-dance/article/the-marilyn-conspiracy-review-z6g9kddlz |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=The Times|language=en-UK}}</ref>
in 2024 Gaunt portrayed young Diane Keaton in Sky Cinema's film ''[[Arthur's Whisky]]'' starring [[Diane Keaton]], [[Patricia Hodge]], [[Lulu (singer)|Lulu]], [[Boy George]], [[David Harewood]], [[Bill Paterson (actor)|Bill Patterson]] and [[Lawrence Chaney]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.skygroup.sky/article/first-look-of-arthur-s-whisky-a-coming-of-age-story-with-a-twist-starring-diane-keaton-patricia-hodge-and-lulu- |website=skygroup.sky|title=First Look of Arthur's Whisky, a coming-of-age story with a twist starring Diane Keaton, Patricia Hodge and Lulu |date=17 May 2023 |access-date=26 December 2023}}</ref>
Gaunt portrayed [[Pansy Parkinson]] in ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' and Jessica Fuller in ''[[The Face of an Angel]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://unitedagents.co.uk/genevieve-gaunt |title=Genevieve Gaunt |publisher=United Agents |accessdate=2015-03-27}}</ref> She portrayed Princess Isabella in ''Knightfall'' in 2019 and Wilhelmina "Willow" Moreno on ''[[The Royals (TV series)|The Royals]]'' from 2015 to 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/03/the-royals-promotes-genevieve-gaunt-the-patriot-chris-conrad-1201724517/|title=''The Royals'' Ups Genevieve Gaunt; ''The Patriot'' Promotes Chris Conrad|first=Denise|last=Petski|date=22 March 2016|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|accessdate=13 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Swift |first1=Andy |title=''The Royals'' Officially Dead as Cancelled Drama Fails to Find New Home |url=https://tvline.com/2018/09/24/the-royals-season-5-update-canceled-statement/ |website=[[TVLine]] |accessdate=24 September 2018 |date=24 September 2018}}</ref>
In 2022 she led new play ''Ghosts of the Titanic'' by Ron Hutchinson at [[Park Theatre (London)|The Park Theatre]] and [[Lyric Theatre, Belfast]].{{fact|date=November 2025}}
In October 2022 [[Harriet Walter|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 [[Edith Sitwell|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|date=December 2023}}
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]]. Gaunt is the voice of [[Lady Penelope]] and Grandma Tracy in ''[[Thunderbirds (TV series)|Thunderbirds]]''.
In October 2022 Gaunt narrated Maggie O'Farrell's novel ''The Marriage Portrait'' for which she won the AudioFile Magazine Earphones Award.<ref>{{Cite web |title=AudioFile, Discover the World of Audiobooks |url=https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/listing/?Narrator=Genevieve+Gaunt,%20Maggie%20O%27Farrell%20[Afterword |access-date=2023-12-24 |website=AudioFile Magazine |language=en}}</ref> Her narration of ''The Memory of Animals'' by Clare Fuller won the AudioFile Magazine Earphones Award in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=AudioFile, Discover the World of Audiobooks |url=https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/listing/?Narrator=Genevieve+Gaunt,%20Maggie%20O%27Farrell%20[Afterword |access-date=2023-12-24 |website=AudioFile Magazine |language=en}}</ref>
===Writing and broadcasting=== In 2021, Gaunt produced podcast ''The Cupid Couch'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Cupid Couch on Apple Podcasts |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-cupid-couch/id1570179502 |access-date=2022-07-27 |website=Apple Podcasts |language=en-GB}}</ref> in which she interviewed [[Rose McGowan]], [[Buck Angel]] and [[Kathy Lette]]. It was listed by [[Radio Times|The Radio Times]] in their '34 Best Podcasts of 2021'.<ref>{{Cite web |title=34 best podcasts to listen to in 2021 |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/audio/podcasts/best-podcasts-2021/ |access-date=2022-07-27 |website=Radio Times |language=en}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Braemar Literary Festival 2022 - Fife Arms |url=https://thefifearms.com/whats-on/braemar-literary-festival-2022/ |access-date=2023-12-24 |website=thefifearms.com|date=3 August 2022 }}</ref>
Gaunt interviews writers and creatives such as [[Amor Towles]], [[Patrick Radden Keefe]], [[Kathryn Hunter]] and [[Julia Masli]] for film and culture magazine, ''A Rabbit's Foot,'' <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.a-rabbitsfoot.com/editorial/culture/amor-towles/ | title=Amor Towles: "My characters are all inventions but every now and then something from my life will sneak into my work." | date=4 December 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fletcher |first=Neal |date=2024-10-11 |title=Kathryn Hunter & Josh Azouz: "The body is always telling a story" |url=https://a-rabbitsfoot.com/editorial/culture/kathryn-hunter-josh-azouz-gigi-dar/ |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=A Rabbit's Foot |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Grady |first=Kitty |date=2024-03-25 |title=Patrick Radden Keefe: "I've always been interested in hustlers" |url=https://a-rabbitsfoot.com/editorial/culture/patrick-radden-keefe/ |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=A Rabbit's Foot |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Grady |first=Kitty |date=2024-12-16 |title=Comedian Julia Masli wants to solve your problems |url=https://a-rabbitsfoot.com/editorial/culture/comedian-julia-masli-wants-to-solve-your-problems/ |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=A Rabbit's Foot |language=en-GB}}</ref>
Gaunt adapted ''[[Thunderbirds (TV series)|Thunderbirds]]'' comic ''Mr Steelman'' (original comic by Alan Fennell) for audiodrama as part of the series''Danger and Deception'' for release in January 2024.
Gaunt writes book reviews for ''[[The Spectator]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Spectator columnists & writers |url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/writer/genevieve-gaunt|accessdate=2022-07-27|website=[[The Spectator]]|language=en-UK}}</ref>
==Filmography==
=== Theatre === {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ !Year<ref>{{Cite web |title=Genevieve Gaunt |url=https://www.unitedagents.co.uk/genevieve-gaunt |accessdate=2023-02-15 |website=unitedagents.co.uk}}</ref> !Title !Role !Director !Notes |- |2013 |''[[Assassins (musical)|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 (London)|Park Theatre]] |- |2022 |''Ghosts of the Titanic'' by [[Ron Hutchinson (screenwriter)|Ron Hutchinson]] |Emma Hinton |Eoin O'Callaghan |[[Park Theatre (London)|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 Creighton-Ward|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<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wood |first1=Alex |title=Cast revealed for The Marilyn Conspiracy at the Park Theatre |url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/news/cast-revealed-for-the-marilyn-conspiracy-at-the-park-theatre_1599799/ |website=[[WhatsOnStage.com]] |access-date=13 June 2024 |date=13 May 2024}}</ref> |}
=== Radio === {| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" |+ !Year !Title !Notes |- |2020 |''The USA Trilogy'' by [[John Dos Passos]] |[[BBC Radio 4|BBC R4]] |- |2021 |''[[The Magic Mountain]]'' by [[Thomas Mann]] |[[BBC Radio 4|BBC R4]] |- |2022 |''Macbeth'' (With [[David Tennant]]) |[[BBC Radio 4|BBC R4]] |- |2022 |''Pretty Vacant'' (With [[Tim McInnerny]]) |[[BBC Radio 4|BBC R4]] |- |2022 |''Ghosts of the Titanic'' by [[Ron Hutchinson (screenwriter)|Ron Hutchinson]] |[[BBC Radio 4|BBC R4]] |- |2022 |''The Painted Hall'' (With [[Hugh Bonneville]]) |[[BBC Radio 4|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<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 - Macbeth, Macbeth Part One |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0016pgy |access-date=2023-12-24 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref> |BBC R4 |- |2023 |''Twelfth Night'' with Toby Jones<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 - Drama on 4, Twelfth Night (Part 1) |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001l8ty |access-date=2023-12-24 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref> |BBC R4 |}
=== Audiobooks === {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ !Year !Title |- |2020 |''Code Name Bananas'' by [[David Walliams]] |- |2020 |''[[The Discomfort of Evening]]'' (Winner of the [[Booker Prize|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<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.audible.com/ |title=Audible.com {{!}} Maude Horton's Glorious Revenge by Lizzie Pook |language=en}}</ref> |- |2023 |''Fervour'' by Toby Lloyd<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.audible.com/ |title=Audible.com {{!}} Fervour by Toby Lloyd |language=en}}</ref> |- |2025 |''First Action Bureau: Damaged Goods'' by Richard James |- |2025 |''The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, volumes 1 through 8'' by Beth Brower |}
=== Audiodrama === {| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" |+ !Year !Title |- |2021 |''Ask Arizona'' Children's Series (Audible) |- |2021 |''Soft Voice'' ([[QCode]]) |- |2022 |''[[Medea (play)|Medea]]'' by Euripides (Open University) |- |2021 |''[[Ajax (play)|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'' (Anderson Entertainment) |- |2017–2022 |''Doctor Who: The Silent City, Warlock's Cross, The Helliax Rift, Red Planets'' (Big Finish) |- |2021 |''[[Fireball XL5]]'' (Anderson Entertainment) |- |2020 |''First Action Bureau (Anderson Entertainment)'' |- |2019 |''[[The Prisoner]]'' ([[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]) |- |2019 |''The Human Frontier'' ([[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]) |- |2018 |''The Waringham Chronicles'' ([[Audible (service)|Audible]]) |}
===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Director |- | 2004 | ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' | [[Pansy Parkinson]] | Alfonso Cuaron |- | rowspan="2" | 2010 | ''Between You & Me'' | Eleanor | |- | ''[[Hippie Hippie Shake]]'' | Trudi | Beeban Kidron |- | 2011 | ''There I Am'' | Ruth | rowspan="2" | |- | 2012 | ''The End'' | Madeleine |- | rowspan="2" | 2014 | ''[[The Face of an Angel]]'' | Jessica Fuller | Michael Winterbottom |- | ''Falcon'' | Martine | |- |2015 |''[[Dusty and Me]]'' | Chrissie |Betsan Morris Evans |- | rowspan="2" |2016 |''[[Kids in Love (film)|Kids in Love]]'' | Issie |Chris Foggin |- |''The Last Dragonslayer'' |Hermione Twizzle |Jamie Stone |- |2018 |''[[The Mercy]]'' | Miss Teignmouth |James Marsh |- | rowspan="2" | 2024 |''[[Strictly Confidential (2024 film)|Strictly Confidential]]'' |Jemma |Damian Hurley |- |''[[Arthur's Whisky]]'' |Young Linda | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2023/film/news/diane-keaton-boy-george-lulu-david-harewood-patricia-hodge-arthurs-whisky-arclight-films-cannes-1235602232/|website=Variety|accessdate=6 December 2023|date= May 3, 2023|title=Diane Keaton, Boy George, Lulu, David Harewood, Patricia Hodge in 'Arthur's Whisky': Arclight Films to Launch Sales at Cannes|first=Naman|last=Ramachandran}}</ref> |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |- | rowspan="2" | 2008 | ''[[Heartbeat (UK TV series)|Heartbeat]]'' | Vivienne Middleton | Episode: "Hey Hey LBJ" |- | ''[[Lost in Austen]]'' | Georgiana | Episode #1.3 |- | 2009 | ''[[Land Girls (TV series)|Land Girls]]'' | Susan Sykes | Episode: "Destinies" |- | 2015 | ''[[Father Brown (2013 TV series)|Father Brown]]'' | Young Evelyn | Episode: "The Curse of Amenhotep" |- | 2015–2018 | ''[[The Royals (TV series)|The Royals]]'' | Wilhelmina "Willow" Moreno Henstridge | Recurring role (season 2); main role (seasons 3–4) |- |2019 | ''[[Knightfall (TV series)|Knightfall]]'' | [[Isabella of France|Princess Isabella]] | Recurring role (season 2) |}
==Awards== * [[Sylvia Kristel Award]] (2015)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nu.nl/film/4110236/actrice-genevieve-gaunt-wint-sylvia-kristelprijs.html|title=Actrice Genevieve Gaunt wint Sylvia Kristelprijs|publisher=NU.nl|date=21 August 2015|accessdate=13 October 2017|language=Dutch}}</ref><ref name="Awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.filmbythesea.nl/het-festival/awards|title=Film by the Sea: Awards|publisher=Film by the Sea|accessdate=12 October 2017|language=Dutch}}</ref> * Earphones Award for Audiobook Narration 2023, ''The Memory of Animals'' by Clare Fuller.<ref>{{Cite web |title=AudioFile, Discover the World of Audiobooks |url=https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/listing/?Narrator=Genevieve+Gaunt,%20Maggie%20O%27Farrell%20[Afterword |access-date=2023-12-24 |website=AudioFile Magazine |language=en}}</ref> * Earphones Award for Audiobook Narration 2022, ''The Marriage Portrait'' by Maggie O'Farrell.<ref>{{Cite web |title=AudioFile, Discover the World of Audiobooks |url=https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/listing/?Narrator=Genevieve+Gaunt,%20Maggie%20O%27Farrell%20[Afterword |access-date=2023-12-24 |website=AudioFile Magazine |language=en}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|https://genevievegaunt.com/}} * {{YouTube|h=genevievegaunt8140}} * {{IMDb name|id=1601354|name=Genevieve Gaunt}}
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