Joanna Scanlan
Actor
Born October 27, 1961 in West Kirby, Merseyside, England, UK
Joanna Marion Scanlan (born 27 October 1961) is a British actress and writer. On television, she is known for her roles in The Thick of It (2005–2012), Big School (2013–2014), Puppy Love (2014), No Offence (2015–2018), Requiem (2018), and The Larkins (2021). She was nominated for three BAFTA TV Awards for Getting On (2009–2012), including two for Best Writing. Scanlan's film appearances include Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003), Notes on a Scandal (2006), The Invisible Woman (2013), and Bridget Jones's Baby (2016). She won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in the 2020 film After Love. She was the first person since 2003 to win the award without being nominated for the corresponding Oscar.
Filmography
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Herself - Panellist
Missed Call
Riot Women
Beth
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Cathy
Rhubarb Rhubarb
Joy
Gladys May
Killed Without A Trace
Presenter
A Very Royal Scandal
Amanda Thirsk
The Rising of the Sap
Elizabeth
Tabby McTat
Pat (voice)
Wicked Little Letters
Ann
Boat Story
Pat Tooh
Secrets of the Aquarium
Narrator
This Is Christmas
Linda
How the BBC Began
Self - Narrator (voice)
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self – Actor
The Light in the Hall
Sharon Roberts
Slow Horses
Moira Tregorian
The Larkins
Ma Larkin
Ropey
Don vs Lightning
Maggie
After Love
Mary/Fahima
How to Build a Girl
Mrs. Belling
McDonald & Dodds
Kelly Mulcreevy
Avenue 5
Johanna
Dracula
Mother Superior
The Accident
Angela Griffiths
Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly
Self - Narrator (voice)
Sally4Ever
Stella
Pin Cushion
Lyn
The Woman in White
Mrs Vesey
Dinnerladies Diaries
Self
Wild Honey Pie!
Janet
Hold the Sunset
Sandra
Requiem
Janice Gray
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
Marion, Enn’s Mother
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
Su
Tulip Fever
Mrs. Overvalt
Hooten & The Lady
Bridget Jones's Baby
Cathy - Make Up Lady
Dylan's Room
Penny
Fungus the Bogeyman
Mildrew
The Bad Education Movie
Susan Poulter
No Offence
Vivienne Deering
Testament of Youth
Aunt Belle
Get Santa
Ruth
Puppy Love
Nana V
Death Comes to Pemberley
Mrs. Reynolds
The Invisible Woman
Catherine Dickens
Getting On
Sister Den Flixter
Big School
Mrs Klebb
Psychobitches
Barbara Woodhouse
40 Year Old Virgins
Herself
Heading Out
Torla
Playhouse Presents
Barbara Woodhouse
Stella
Hot Hot Hot
Mary-Ann
The Calling
Sister Kevin
Home Time
Mrs Pitman
Getting On
Sister Den Flixter
In the Loop
Roz
The Other Boleyn Girl
Midwife
Stardust
Mormo
Spinners and Losers
Terri Coverly
Would I Lie to You?
Self
Jekyll
Nurse
Grow Your Own
Barbara
Maxwell
Jennings
The Moon and the Stars
Daisy Burke
The Rise of the Nutters
Terri Coverley
Notes on a Scandal
Sue Hodge
A Little Trip to Heaven
Josie
Kinky Boots
Trish
The Thick of It
Terri Coverley
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Tanneke
The Deal
Sue Nye
Little Britain
Lou's Girlfriend Anya
Murder in Mind
Diana Spearman
Human Remains
Nana
My Family
Dental Assistant
My Parents Are Aliens
Spaced
Tina
A Rather English Marriage
Sister
Vanity Fair
Lady Crawley
Midsomer Murders
Clara Trout
Jane Eyre
Bessie
Room 101
Self
Peak Practice
Midwife
Murder Most Horrid
Iris Wood-Newton
Have I Got News for You
Self
One Foot in the Grave
Gillian
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Audrey Barker