Genevieve Wilhelmina Gaunt (born 13 January 1991) is an English actress and voice over artist known for portraying

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in ''

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'' and Wilhelmina "Willow" Moreno Henstridge in '' The Royals''.

Early life

Gaunt was born and raised in London, England, the daughter of Dutch actor

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and British actress Fiona Gaunt. She has two siblings, Elwin and Oliver, and began acting at age 12. Gaunt attended the Godolphin and Latymer School in London. She graduated with a Double First in English from

Newnham College, Cambridge Newnham College is a women's constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1871 by a group organising Lectures for Ladies, members of which included philosopher Henry Sidgwick and suffragist campaigner Millicen ...

Career

Gaunt portrayed

in ''

'' and Jessica Fuller in ''

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''. She portrayed Princess Isabella in ''Knightfall'' in 2019 and Wilhelmina "Willow" Moreno on '' The Royals'' from 2015 to 2018. In 2020 Genevieve narrated ''

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'' (Winner of the Booker Prize International) and played the lead little boy in ''Code Name Bananas'' by

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. Genevieve is the voice of Lady Penelope and Grandma Tracy in '' Thunderbirds'' with Jon Culshaw as Parker. In 2022 she led new play ''Ghosts of the Titanic'' by Ron Hutchinson at

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and

Lyric Theatre, Belfast The Lyric Theatre, or simply The Lyric, is the principal, full-time producing theatre in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The theatre's current Executive Producer is Jimmy Fay, previously the founder and Artistic Director of Bedrock Productions. His ...

In 2021 Gaunt produced podcast ''The Cupid Couch'' where she interviewed

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and

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. It was listed by

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in their '34 Best Podcasts of 2021'. Gaunt has written for The Spectator Magazine.

Filmography

Theatre

Radio

Audiobooks

Audiodrama

Film

Television

Awards

* Sylvia Kristel Award (2015)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gaunt, Genevieve 1991 births Living people English film actresses English television actresses Actresses from London Alumni of Newnham College, Cambridge English people of Dutch descent