Genevieve Gaunt
{{short description|Dutch-British actress}}
{{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}}{{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}}
| 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, [https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/listing/?narrator=genevieve+gaunt,%20maggie%20o%27farrell%20%5Bafterword%5D award-winning] voice over artist and writer{{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}} known for portraying Pansy Parkinson in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Wilhelmina "Willow" Moreno Henstridge in 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.{{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}}
Acting and audio
Gaunt narrated The Spy Who Loved Me by Ian Fleming as part of a brand new set of audiobook recordings released in January 2025. Other actors reading the Bond novels include Richard Armitage, Mark Gatiss, Adjoa Andoh, Johnny Flynn, Alex Kingston and Adam Godley.
Gaunt voiced a singing muppet 'Binko' in [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0026dxz Cunk On Life] for the BBC starring Diane Morgan. It aired in January 2025, created by Charlie Brooker and directed by Al Campbell.
Gaunt portrayed Marilyn Monroe in the 2024 theatre production The Marilyn Conspiracy, directed and co-written by Guy Masterson.{{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=www.thetimes.com |language=en}}
in 2024 Gaunt portrayed young Diane Keaton in Sky Cinema's film Arthur's Whisky starring Diane Keaton, Patricia Hodge, Lulu, Boy George, David Harewood, Bill Patterson and Lawrence Chaney.{{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}}
Gaunt portrayed Pansy Parkinson in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Jessica Fuller in The Face of an Angel.{{cite web |url=http://unitedagents.co.uk/genevieve-gaunt |title=Genevieve Gaunt |publisher=United Agents |accessdate=2015-03-27}} She portrayed Princess Isabella in Knightfall in 2019 and Wilhelmina "Willow" Moreno on The Royals from 2015 to 2018.{{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}}{{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}}
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|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. 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.{{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}} Her narration of The Memory of Animals by Clare Fuller won the AudioFile Magazine Earphones Award in 2023.{{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}}
Writing and broadcasting
In 2021, Gaunt produced podcast The Cupid Couch{{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}} where she interviewed Rose McGowan, Buck Angel and Kathy Lette. It was listed by The Radio Times in their '34 Best Podcasts of 2021'.{{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}}
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.{{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 }}
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, {{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 }} {{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}} {{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}}{{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}}
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.
Gaunt writes book reviews for The Spectator.{{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}}
Filmography
= Theatre =
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ !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 |
| 2018
|Monogamy by Torben Betts |Amanda |Alastair Whatley |
| 2022
|Ghosts of the Titanic by Ron Hutchinson |Emma Hinton |Eoin O'Callaghan |
| 2022
|The Dame and the Showgirl by Simon Berry, with Dame Harriet Walter (reading) |Harry Burton |The Criterion, West End |
| 2022
|Thunderbirds Concert: Stand by for Action |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{{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}} |
= Radio =
| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|+ !Year !Title !Notes |
| 2020
|The USA Trilogy by John Dos Passos |
| 2021 |
| 2022
|Macbeth (With David Tennant) |
| 2022
|Pretty Vacant (With Tim McInnerny) |
| 2022
|Ghosts of the Titanic by Ron Hutchinson |
| 2022
|The Painted Hall (With Hugh Bonneville) |
| 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{{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}} |BBC R4 |
| 2023
|Twelfth Night with Toby Jones{{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}} |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 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{{Cite book |url=https://www.audible.com/ |title=Audible.com {{!}} Maude Horton's Glorious Revenge by Lizzie Pook |language=en}} |
| 2023
|Fervour by Toby Lloyd{{Cite book |url=https://www.audible.com/ |title=Audible.com {{!}} Fervour by Toby Lloyd |language=en}} |
| 2025
|First Action Bureau: Damaged Goods by Richard James |
= Audiodrama =
| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|+ !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 (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 |
| 2019
|The Human Frontier (Big Finish) |
| 2018
|The Waringham Chronicles (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 | 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
| Jessica Fuller | Michael Winterbottom |
| Falcon
| Martine | |
| 2015
|Dusty and Me | Chrissie |Betsan Morris Evans |
| rowspan="2" |2016
| Issie |Chris Foggin |
| The Last Dragonslayer
|Hermione Twizzle |Jamie Stone |
| 2018
| Miss Teignmouth |James Marsh |
| rowspan="2" | 2024
|Jemma |Damian Hurley |
| Arthur's Whiskey
|Young Linda |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| rowspan="2" | 2008
| Vivienne Middleton | Episode: "Hey Hey LBJ" |
| Lost in Austen
| Georgiana | Episode #1.3 |
| 2009
| Susan Sykes | Episode: "Destinies" |
| 2015
| Young Evelyn | Episode: "The Curse of Amenhotep" |
| 2015–2018
| Wilhelmina "Willow" Moreno Henstridge | Recurring role (season 2); main role (seasons 3–4) |
| 2019
| Recurring role (season 2) |
Awards
- Sylvia Kristel Award (2015){{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}}{{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}}
- Earphones Award for Audiobook Narration 2023, The Memory of Animals by Clare Fuller.{{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}}
- Earphones Award for Audiobook Narration 2022, The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell.{{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}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website|https://genevievegaunt.com/}}
- {{YouTube|h=genevievegaunt8140}}
- {{IMDb name|id=1601354|name=Genevieve Gaunt}}
{{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gaunt, Genevieve}}
Category:21st-century Dutch actresses
Category:21st-century British actresses
Category:Actresses from London
Category:Alumni of Newnham College, Cambridge
Category:Dutch people of British descent
Category:Dutch stage actresses
Category:Dutch television actresses
Category:British film actresses
Category:British stage actresses
Category:British television actresses
Category:English people of Dutch descent
Category:English people of Scottish descent