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Henrietta Henrietta may refer to: * Henrietta (given name), a feminine given name, derived from the male name Henry Places * Henrietta Island in the Arctic Ocean * Henrietta, Mauritius * Henrietta, Tasmania, a locality in Australia United States * Hen ...

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People

* Hetty Balkenende (born 1939), Dutch former freestyle and synchronized swimmer * Hettie Vyrine Barnhill, (born 1984), American dancer and choreographer *Henrietta

Hetty Baynes Henrietta Sara Louise Baynes (born 16 August 1956) is an English film, television and theatre actress. She began her career in ballet by training from the age of 10 at the Royal Ballet School and made her professional debut, at the age of 12, in ...

(born 1956), English actress * Hetty Burlingame Beatty (1907–1971), American sculptor, children's author, and illustrator *

Hetti Bywater Harriet Jessica Phoebe "Hetti" Bywater (born 10 September 1994) is an English former actress. She is best known for portraying Lucy Beale in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', taking over the role from Melissa Suffield from 2012 until the charac ...

, English actress * Hetty Cary (1836–1892), a noted beauty of the Confederacy and one of the makers of the Confederate battle flag *Henrietta

Hetty Green Henrietta "Hetty" Howland Robinson Green (November 21, 1834 – July 3, 1916) was an American businesswoman and financier known as "the richest woman in America" during the Gilded Age. Those who knew her well referred to her admiringly as th ...

(1834–1916), American businesswoman and notorious miser *

Hetty Goldman Hetty Goldman (December 19, 1881 – May 4, 1972) was an American archaeologist. She was the first woman faculty member at the Institute for Advanced Study and one of the first female archaeologists to undertake excavations in Greece and the Middl ...

(1881–1972), American archaeologist, the first woman faculty member at the Institute for Advanced Study * Hettie Inniss (born 1999), British Caribbean artist *

Hetty Johnston Hetty Margarete Johnston (born 27 September 1958), is the founder of Bravehearts Inc., an organisation advocating for better child protection in Australia. She remains a lobbyist who often highlights and promotes action against paedophilia wi ...

(born 1958), Australian child protection activist and founder of the Bravehearts children's charity *

Hettie Jones Hettie Jones (née Cohen; June 15, 1934 – August 13, 2024) was an American poet. She wrote 23 books that include a memoir of the Beat Generation, three volumes of poetry, and publications for children and young adults, including ''The Trees St ...

(born 1934), American poet and writer *

Hetty King Winifred Emms (4 April 1883 – 28 September 1972), best known by her stage name Hetty King, was an English entertainer who performed in the music halls as a male impersonator over some 70 years. Early life She was born in New Brighton, Ches ...

(1883–1972), stage name of English music hall entertainer Winifred Emms * (born 1942), illustrator *

Hettie Macdonald Hettie Macdonald is an English film, theatre and television director. Macdonald is known as the director of the Hugo Award-winning 2007 episode of ''Doctor Who'', "Blink". She has won numerous awards including one BAFTA Television Award for Bes ...

, British film, theatre and television director *

Hetti Perkins Hetti Kemerre Perkins (born 1965) is an Aboriginal Australian art curator and writer. She is known for her work at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, where she was the senior curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art at the gallery ...

, Aboriginal Australian art curator and writer *

Hetty Perkins Hetty Perkins ( – 8 December 1979) was an elder of the Arrernte people, Eastern Arrernte people, an Aboriginal Australians, Aboriginal group from Central Australia. Several of her descendants have had prominent careers in various fields, both ...

(1900–1979), elder of the Arrernte people of Central Australia *Henrietta Hetty Tayler (1869–1951), British historical writer *

Hetty Verolme Hetty Esther Verolme (February 1930 – 9 July 2024) was an Australian writer, educator, and Holocaust survivor. She wrote about her experiences as a child in Bergen-Belsen, and was a founding trustee of Children of Belsen and the Holocaust Trust. ...

(born 1930), Belgian-born Australian writer and Holocaust survivor

Fictional characters

* Henrietta "Hettie" Hubble, the heroine of ''

The New Worst Witch ''The New Worst Witch'' is a television series based on Jill Murphy's ''The Worst Witch'' books about a group of young witches at a Witch Academy. It ran for two series from 2005 to 2007. The series is a spin-off from ''The Worst Witch'' TV se ...

'', a sequel television series of ''The Worst Witch'' * Henrietta "Hetty" King, a major character in the television show ''

Road to Avonlea ''Road to Avonlea'' is a Canadian television series first broadcast in Canada between January 7, 1990, and March 31, 1996, as part of the '' CBC Family Hour'' anthology series, and in the United States starting on March 5, 1990. It was created ...

'' * Henrietta "Hetty" Lange, from the American television show ''NCIS: Los Angeles'' *

Hetty Sorrel Hetty Sorrel is a major character in George Eliot's 1859 novel ''Adam Bede''. Beautiful but thoughtless Hetty lives in the fictional community of Hayslope — a rural, pastoral and close-knit community in 1799. Her home is on Mr. Martin Poyser ...

, a major character in George Eliot's novel ''Adam Bede'' * Hetty Wainthropp, heroine of the British television series ''

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates ''Hetty Wainthropp Investigates'' is a British crime drama television series, starring Patricia Routledge as the title character, Henrietta "Hetty" Wainthropp, that aired for four series between 3 January 1996 and 4 September 1998 on BBC One. T ...

'' * Henrietta "Hetty" Woodstone, one of the ghosts on the CBS television sitcom ''

Ghosts In folklore, a ghost is the soul or Spirit (supernatural entity), spirit of a dead Human, person or non-human animal that is believed by some people to be able to appear to the living. In ghostlore, descriptions of ghosts vary widely, from a ...

People

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