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Name
Joanna Scanlan

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1961-10-27 (65 years old)

Place of Birth
West Kirby, Merseyside, England, UK

Biography

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.

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Known For

Movies

Tv Shows

2006 Notes on a Scandal as Sue Hodge
2003 Girl with a Pearl Earring as Tanneke
2021 Ropey
2005 Kinky Boots as Trish
2007 The Moon and the Stars as Daisy Burke
2013 The Invisible Woman as Catherine Dickens
2011 Hot Hot Hot as Mary-Ann
2016 Dylan's Room as Penny
2014 Get Santa as Ruth
2024 Tabby McTat as Pat (voice)
2022 This Is Christmas as Linda
2024 Wicked Little Letters as Ann
2007 Grow Your Own as Barbara
2009 In the Loop as Roz
2024 The Rising of the Sap as Elizabeth
2005 A Little Trip to Heaven as Josie
2015 Fungus The Bogeyman
2015 Testament of Youth as Aunt Belle
2003 The Deal as Sue Nye
2000 The Announcement as Debbie
2017 How to Talk to Girls at Parties as Marion, Enn’s Mother
2007 Stardust as Mormo
2007 The Rise of the Nutters as Terri Coverley
1998 A Rather English Marriage as Sister
2007 Maxwell as Jennings
2017 Tulip Fever as Mrs. Overvalt
1997 Jane Eyre as Bessie
2008 The Other Boleyn Girl as Midwife
2018 Pin Cushion as Lyn
2010 The Calling as Sister Kevin
2016 Bridget Jones's Baby as Cathy - Make Up Lady
2013 40 Year Old Virgins as Herself
2015 The Bad Education Movie as Susan Poulter
2010 The Angina Monologues as Herself
2018 Wild Honey Pie! as Janet
2020 How to Build a Girl as Mrs. Belling
2021 After Love as Mary/Fahima
2007 Spinners and Losers as Terri Coverly
2021 Don vs Lightning as Maggie
2024 Joy as Gladys May
2025 Rhubarb Rhubarb
Soon Poe as Friend (Voice)
2025 Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy as Cathy
2026 Anxious People
1999 Coming Soon as Claudia
Soon The Arrival

2005 The Thick of It ( 21 episodes ) as Terri Coverley
2009 Getting On ( 15 episodes ) as Sister Den Flixter
1999 Coming Soon ( 3 episodes )
2001 Terri McIntyre - Classy Bitch ( 14 episodes )
2007 Would I Lie to You? ( 1 episode ) as Self
2021 The Larkins ( 13 episodes ) as Ma Larkin
2014 Puppy Love ( 6 episodes ) as Nana V
2015 Fungus the Bogeyman ( 3 episodes ) as Mildrew
2013 Heading Out ( 6 episodes ) as Torla
1990 One Foot in the Grave ( 1 episode ) as Gillian
1987 The Ruth Rendell Mysteries ( 2 episodes ) as Audrey Barker
2012 Stella ( 5 episodes )
2003 Little Britain ( 1 episode ) as Lou's Girlfriend Anya
1993 Peak Practice ( 1 episode ) as Midwife
2013 Getting On ( 1 episode ) as Sister Den Flixter
2009 Home Time ( 1 episode ) as Mrs Pitman
2000 Human Remains ( 1 episode ) as Nana
1999 Spaced ( 1 episode ) as Tina
2001 Fun at the Funeral Parlour ( 1 episode )
2016 Hooten & The Lady ( 1 episode )
2023 Boat Story ( 6 episodes ) as Pat Tooh
2019 Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly ( 101 episodes ) as Self - Narrator (voice)
2017 Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams ( 1 episode ) as Su
2018 Requiem ( 6 episodes ) as Janice Gray
2022 The Light in the Hall ( 6 episodes ) as Sharon Roberts
2018 Hold the Sunset ( 4 episodes ) as Sandra
2023 Secrets of the Aquarium ( 6 episodes ) as Narrator
2013 Death Comes to Pemberley ( 3 episodes ) as Mrs. Reynolds
2007 Jekyll ( 6 episodes ) as Nurse
2022 Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg ( 2 episodes ) as Self – Actor
1994 Room 101 ( 1 episode ) as Self
2024 A Very Royal Scandal ( 3 episodes ) as Amanda Thirsk
Soon Have I Got a Bit More News for You ( 1 episode ) as Herself - Panellist
2020 Avenue 5 ( 1 episode ) as Johanna
2022 How the BBC Began ( 3 episodes ) as Self - Narrator (voice)
2019 The Accident ( 4 episodes ) as Angela Griffiths
2020 Dracula ( 3 episodes ) as Mother Superior
1997 Midsomer Murders ( 1 episode ) as Clara Trout
2020 McDonald & Dodds ( 1 episode ) as Kelly Mulcreevy
2022 Slow Horses ( 6 episodes ) as Moira Tregorian
2025 Riot Women ( 6 episodes ) as Beth
2024 Killed Without A Trace ( 4 episodes ) as Presenter
2001 Murder in Mind ( 1 episode ) as Diana Spearman
2013 Big School ( 10 episodes ) as Mrs Klebb
2004 Doctors and Nurses ( 4 episodes ) as Stumpy Yates
1990 Have I Got News for You ( 1 episode ) as Self
2018 Dinnerladies Diaries ( 2 episodes ) as Self
2026 Missed Call ( 5 episodes )
2022 Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg ( 1 episode ) as Self
2000 My Family ( 1 episode ) as Dental Assistant
2015 No Offence ( 21 episodes ) as Vivienne Deering
2000 Cry Wolf ( 1 episode ) as Julie
1998 Vanity Fair ( 2 episodes ) as Lady Crawley
2013 Psychobitches ( 1 episode ) as Barbara Woodhouse
2012 Playhouse Presents ( 1 episode ) as Barbara Woodhouse
1991 Murder Most Horrid ( 1 episode ) as Iris Wood-Newton
2018 The Woman in White ( 1 episode ) as Mrs Vesey
2018 Sally4Ever ( 1 episode ) as Stella

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