Faye Haywood

Faye Haywood is a British screen actress born in Yorkshire in the north of England in 1979. Faye has appeared in a myriad of UK TV shows, and is perhaps most memorable for playing Wendy in Shameless, being surely one of the worst romantic dates in history.

Other TV credits include playing against the late, great Geoffrey Hughes in ITV’s Heartbeat. Subsequently Faye made other comedic appearances on the ever-popular TV soaps Coronation Street (ITV) and Emmerdale (ITV); which followed more serious roles in Blue Murder (ITV) Crimewatch (BBC) and The Royal (ITV) to name but a few.

Focussing in her early life, Faye’s father was a Captain in the Merchant Navy meaning her childhood years were spent living abroad in Nigeria and Saudi Arabia. Following a permanent return to the UK Faye’s first Equity contract role was playing a 14 year old Girl Guide in the long running Yorkshire Television show ‘Heartbeat’. Faye has since stated it was this experience that confirmed to her TV acting was her future.

Outside of acting Faye holds a Masters Degree qualification with Distinction from the University of Birmingham, and also speaks conversational French. Faye appreciates spending her down time travelling with her young daughter.

Faye spent her youth training at the Barbara Benson Stage Academy, practising a range of dance disciplines, leaving with an array of dance awards, and her teaching qualification in ballet. This led to Faye spending the start of her 20s working as a dancer, alongside her television acting career.