Genevieve Wilhelmina Gaunt (born 13 January 1991) is a British actress of Scottish and Dutch heritage, voice over artist, and writer known for portraying Pansy Parkinson in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Wilhelmina "Willow" Moreno Henstridge in The Royals and Marilyn Monroe in 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.
Career Acting and audio Gaunt narrated the first eight audiobooks in "The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion" series by Beth Brower, which were released in 2025. Gaunt also narrated "The Spy Who Loved Me" by Ian Fleming as part of a set of audiobook recordings released in January 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.
Gaunt portrayed Marilyn Monroe in the 2024 theatre production The Marilyn Conspiracy, directed and co-written by Guy Masterson.
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.
Gaunt portrayed Pansy Parkinson in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Jessica Fuller in The Face of an Angel. She portrayed Princess Isabella in Knightfall in 2019 and Wilhelmina "Willow" Moreno on The Royals from 2015 to 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.
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.
In October 2022 Gaunt narrated Maggie O'Farrell's novel The Marriage Portrait for which she won the AudioFile Magazine Earphones Award. Her narration of The Memory of Animals by Clare Fuller won the AudioFile Magazine Earphones Award in 2023.
Writing and broadcasting In 2021, Gaunt produced podcast The Cupid Couch, in which she interviewed Rose McGowan, Buck Angel and Kathy Lette. It was listed by The Radio Times in their '34 Best Podcasts of 2021'.
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.
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,
Gaunt adapted Thunderbirds comic Mr Steelman (original comic by Alan Fennell) for audiodrama as part of the seriesDanger and Deception for release in January 2024.
Gaunt writes book reviews for The Spectator.
Filmography
Theatre +YearTitleRoleDirector Notes2013Assassins by Stephen SondheimLynette 'Squeaky' FrommeMaria MontagueEdinburgh Festival2015French Without Tears by Terence RattiganDiana LakePaul MillerOrange Tree Theatre2018Monogamy by Torben BettsAmandaAlastair Whatley Park Theatre2022Ghosts of the Titanic by Ron HutchinsonEmma HintonEoin O'CallaghanPark Theatre2022The Dame and the Showgirl by Simon Berry, with Dame Harriet Walter (reading)Marilyn MonroeHarry BurtonThe Criterion, West End2022Thunderbirds Concert: Stand by for Action Lady PenelopeJamie AndersonBirmingham Symphony Hall2023House of the Wicked by Torben Betts (reading) Marilyn MonroeSir Trevor NunnNational Theatre2024The Marilyn Conspiracy by Vicki McKellarMarilyn MonroeGuy MastersonPark Theatre
Radio +YearTitle Notes2020The USA Trilogy by John Dos PassosBBC R42021The Magic Mountain by Thomas MannBBC R42022Macbeth (With David Tennant)BBC R42022Pretty Vacant (With Tim McInnerny)BBC R42022Ghosts of the Titanic by Ron HutchinsonBBC R42022The Painted Hall (With Hugh Bonneville)BBC R42022The Age of Anxiety by W.H Auden BBC R32022A Town Called Solace by Mary Lawson BBC R42023Macbeth with David TennantBBC R42023Twelfth Night with Toby JonesBBC R4
Audiobooks +YearTitle 2020Code Name Bananas by David Walliams2020The Discomfort of Evening (Winner of the Booker Prize International 2020)2021Lampie by Annet Schaap 2021Magma by Thora Hjörleifsdóttir2022The Kiss by Santa Montefiore2022An Italian Girl in Brooklyn by Santa Montefiore2021The Heights by Louise Candlish2022The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell (WINNER of the AudioFile Earphones Award for Best Narration)2023Cursed Bread by Sophie Mackintosh 2023The Memory of Animals by Claire Fuller 2023The Black Feathers by Rebecca Netley2023Code Name Kingfisher by Liz Kessler2023Maude Horton's Glorious Revenge by Lizzie Pook2023Fervour by Toby Lloyd2025First Action Bureau: Damaged Goods by Richard James2025The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, volumes 1 through 8 by Beth Brower
Audiodrama +YearTitle 2021Ask Arizona Children's Series (Audible)2021Soft Voice (QCode)2022Medea by Euripides (Open University)2021Ajax by Sophocles (Open University)2021–2022Thunderbirds: Terror from the Stars, Operation Asteroids, Peril in Peru, The Space Mirror, The Vanishing Ray, Brains is Dead, Blazing Danger (Anderson Entertainment)2017–2022Doctor Who: The Silent City, Warlock's Cross, The Helliax Rift, Red Planets (Big Finish)2021Fireball XL5 (Anderson Entertainment)2020First Action Bureau (Anderson Entertainment)2019The Prisoner (Big Finish)2019The Human Frontier (Big Finish)2018The Waringham Chronicles (Audible)
Film Year Title Role Director 2004 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Pansy Parkinson Alfonso Cuaron 2010 Between You & Me Eleanor Hippie Hippie Shake Trudi Beeban Kidron 2011 There I Am Ruth 2012 The End Madeleine 2014 The Face of an Angel Jessica Fuller Michael Winterbottom Falcon Martine2015Dusty and Me ChrissieBetsan Morris Evans2016Kids in Love IssieChris FogginThe Last DragonslayerHermione TwizzleJamie Stone2018The Mercy Miss TeignmouthJames Marsh 2024Strictly Confidential JemmaDamian Hurley Arthur's WhiskyYoung Linda
Television Year Title Role Notes 2008 Heartbeat Vivienne Middleton Episode: "Hey Hey LBJ" Lost in Austen Georgiana Episode #1.3 2009 Land Girls Susan Sykes Episode: "Destinies" 2015 Father Brown Young Evelyn Episode: "The Curse of Amenhotep" 2015–2018 The Royals Wilhelmina "Willow" Moreno Henstridge Recurring role (season 2); main role (seasons 3–4)2019 Knightfall Princess Isabella Recurring role (season 2)
Awards Sylvia Kristel Award (2015) Earphones Award for Audiobook Narration 2023, The Memory of Animals by Clare Fuller. Earphones Award for Audiobook Narration 2022, The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell.
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