Gwyneth Keyworth

Actor

Photo by Montana Lowery

Gwyneth grew up in Aberystwyth, Wales where she was involved in youth theatre and a Welsh language acting group. Inspired by the likes of Julie Walters, Shirley Henderson and Jane Horrocks, she joined the National Youth Theatre aged 15. Two years later she was performing a comedy sketch about the NHS at the Soho Theatre, where she was spotted by her current agents.

In 2010 Gwyneth was billed as a Screen International Star of Tomorrow after which she trained at RADA, graduating in 2014.

Her screen roles to date include Misfits (E4), Game of Thrones (HBO/Sky), Doctor Thorne (ITV), Wasted (E4) and Black Mirror (Channel 4). In 2018 she starred as Megan Ruddock in Welsh crime drama Craith/Hidden (S4C/BBC) – a role for which she was nominated for Best Actress at the Welsh BAFTAs.

On stage, Gwyneth has performed in As You Like It (The Globe), The Life and Times of Fanny Hill (Bristol Old Vic) and Raising Martha (Park Theatre).

Most recently, Gwyneth starred alongside Katherine Parkinson, Will Sharpe and Prasanna Puwanarajah in BBC Two’s Defending the Guilty – a comedy about pupil barristers in London. In Spring 2020 she starred alongside Dawn French in ITV comedy drama The Trouble with Maggie Cole.

In January 2022 she was announced as Scout opposite Rafe Spall as Atticus Finch in Aaron Sorkin’s adaptation of To Kill A Mockingbird which will play at the Gielgud Theatre in London’s West End.

Gwyneth is bilingual and was primarily educated in Welsh. She lives in East London.