Joanna Scanlan
October 27, 1961 (64 years old) 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joanna Scanlan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2026 · The Party as Sylvia Gilmour
- 2025 · Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy as Cathy
- 2024 · A Very Royal Scandal as Amanda Thirsk
- 2024 · Wicked Little Letters as Ann
- 2023 · Boat Story as Pat Tooh
- 2022 · This Is Christmas as Linda
- 2022 · Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg as Self – Actor
- 2022 · Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg as Self
- 2022 · Slow Horses as Moira Tregorian
- 2021 · The Larkins as Ma Larkin
- 2020 · How to Build a Girl as Mrs. Belling
- 2020 · McDonald & Dodds as Kelly Mulcreevy
- 2020 · Avenue 5 as Johanna
- 2020 · Dracula as Mother Superior
- 2019 · Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2018 · Sally4Ever as Stella
- 2018 · Requiem as Janice Gray
- 2017 · How to Talk to Girls at Parties as Marion, Enn’s Mother
- 2017 · Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams as Su
- 2017 · Tulip Fever as Mrs. Overvalt
- 2016 · Hooten & The Lady as
- 2016 · Bridget Jones's Baby as Cathy - Make Up Lady
- 2015 · No Offence as Vivienne Deering
- 2015 · Testament of Youth as Aunt Belle
- 2013 · Death Comes to Pemberley as Mrs. Reynolds
- 2013 · Getting On as Sister Den Flixter
- 2013 · Big School as Mrs Klebb
- 2013 · Psychobitches as Barbara Woodhouse
- 2012 · Playhouse Presents as Barbara Woodhouse
- 2012 · Stella as
- 2009 · Getting On as Sister Den Flixter
- 2008 · The Other Boleyn Girl as Midwife
- 2007 · Stardust as Mormo
- 2007 · Would I Lie to You? as Self
- 2007 · Jekyll as Nurse
- 2006 · Notes on a Scandal as Sue Hodge
- 2005 · Kinky Boots as Trish
- 2005 · The Thick of It as Terri Coverley
- 2003 · Girl with a Pearl Earring as Tanneke
- 2003 · Little Britain as Lou's Girlfriend Anya
- 2001 · Murder in Mind as Diana Spearman
- 2001 · Fun at the Funeral Parlour as
- 2000 · My Family as Dental Assistant
- 1998 · Vanity Fair as Lady Crawley
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Clara Trout
- 1994 · Room 101 as Self
- 1993 · Peak Practice as Midwife
- 1990 · Have I Got News for You as Self
- Future · Have I Got a Bit More News for You as Herself - Panellist
- 2026 · Anxious People as
- 2026 · Missed Call as
- 2025 · Riot Women as Beth
- 2025 · Rhubarb Rhubarb as
- 2024 · JOY as Gladys May
- 2024 · Killed Without A Trace as Presenter
- 2024 · The Rising of the Sap as Elizabeth
- 2024 · Tabby McTat as Pat (voice)
- 2023 · Secrets of the Aquarium as Narrator
- 2022 · How the BBC Began as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2022 · The Light in the Hall as Sharon Roberts
- 2021 · Ropey as
- 2021 · Don vs Lightning as Maggie
- 2021 · After Love as Mary / Fahima
- 2019 · The Accident as Angela Griffiths
- 2018 · Pin Cushion as Lyn
- 2018 · The Woman in White as Mrs Vesey
- 2018 · Dinnerladies Diaries as Self
- 2018 · Wild Honey Pie! as Janet
- 2018 · Hold the Sunset as Sandra
- 2016 · Dylan's Room as Penny
- 2015 · Fungus the Bogeyman as Mildrew
- 2015 · Fungus The Bogeyman as
- 2015 · The Bad Education Movie as Susan Poulter
- 2014 · Get Santa as Ruth
- 2014 · Puppy Love as Nana V
- 2013 · The Invisible Woman as Catherine Dickens
- 2013 · 40 Year Old Virgins as Herself
- 2013 · Heading Out as Torla
- 2011 · Hot Hot Hot as Mary-Ann
- 2010 · The Angina Monologues as Herself
- 2010 · The Calling as Sister Kevin
- 2009 · Home Time as Mrs Pitman
- 2009 · In the Loop as Roz
- 2007 · Spinners and Losers as Terri Coverly
- 2007 · Grow Your Own as Barbara
- 2007 · Maxwell as Jennings
- 2007 · The Moon and the Stars as Daisy Burke
- 2007 · The Rise of the Nutters as Terri Coverley
- 2005 · A Little Trip to Heaven as Josie
- 2004 · Doctors and Nurses as Stumpy Yates
- 2003 · The Deal as Sue Nye
- 2001 · Terri McIntyre - Classy Bitch as
- 2000 · Human Remains as Nana
- 2000 · The Announcement as Debbie
- 2000 · Cry Wolf as Julie
- 1999 · Spaced as Tina
- 1999 · Coming Soon as
- 1997 · Jane Eyre as Bessie
- Future · The Arrival as
- 1998 · A Rather English Marriage as Sister
- Future · Poe as Friend (Voice)
- 1999 · Coming Soon as Claudia
- 1991 · Murder Most Horrid as Iris Wood-Newton
- 1990 · One Foot in the Grave as Gillian
- 1987 · The Ruth Rendell Mysteries as Audrey Barker
- Future · The Cadburys as Dorothy Adlington