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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 27, 1961
Place of Birth
West Kirby, Merseyside, England, UK
Also Known As
- Jo Scanlan
- Ms. Joanna Scanlan
- Joanna Scanlon
Joanna Scanlan
1.1 Popularity
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joanna Scanlan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
9.3
Beth
Riot Women
2025
6.5
Cathy
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
2025
0.0
Rhubarb Rhubarb
2025
6.8
Gladys May
Joy
2024
7.0
Presenter
Killed Without A Trace
2024
6.6
Amanda Thirsk
A Very Royal Scandal
2024
0.0
Elizabeth
The Rising of the Sap
2024
7.0
Ann
Wicked Little Letters
2024
6.8
Pat (voice)
Tabby McTat
2024
7.2
Pat Tooh
Boat Story
2023
Credits
Riot Women
as Beth
2025
9.3
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
as Cathy
2025
6.5
Rhubarb Rhubarb
2025
0.0
Joy
as Gladys May
2024
6.8
Killed Without A Trace
as Presenter
2024
7.0
A Very Royal Scandal
as Amanda Thirsk
2024
6.6
The Rising of the Sap
as Elizabeth
2024
0.0
Wicked Little Letters
as Ann
2024
7.0
Tabby McTat
as Pat (voice)
2024
6.8
Boat Story
as Pat Tooh
2023
7.2
Secrets of the Aquarium
as Narrator
2023
0.0
This Is Christmas
as Linda
2022
6.9
How the BBC Began
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2022
0.0
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
as Self – Actor
2022
2.7
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
as Self
2022
2.7
The Light in the Hall
as Sharon Roberts
2022
5.6
Slow Horses
as Moira Tregorian
2022
8.0
The Larkins
as Ma Larkin
2021
6.4
Ropey
2021
0.0
Don vs Lightning
as Maggie
2021
7.4
After Love
as Mary/Fahima
2021
7.1
How to Build a Girl
as Mrs. Belling
2020
5.7
McDonald & Dodds
as Kelly Mulcreevy
2020
7.6
Avenue 5
as Johanna
2020
6.5
Dracula
as Mother Superior
2020
7.0
The Accident
as Angela Griffiths
2019
6.2
Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly
as Narrator
2019
9.1
Sally4Ever
as Stella
2018
4.8
The Woman in White
as Mrs. Vesey
2018
6.0
Dinnerladies Diaries
as Self
2018
9.0
Wild Honey Pie!
as Janet
2018
3.7
Hold the Sunset
as Sandra
2018
6.3
Requiem
as Janice Gray
2018
6.3
Pin Cushion
as Lyn
2018
6.4
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
as Marion, Enn’s Mother
2017
6.0
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
as Su
2017
7.0
Tulip Fever
as Mrs. Overvalt
2017
6.5
Hooten & The Lady
2016
7.0
Bridget Jones's Baby
as Cathy - Make Up Lady
2016
6.4
Dylan's Room
as Penny
2016
0.0
Fungus the Bogeyman
as Mildrew
2015
7.5
🎬
Fungus The Bogeyman
2015
2.5
The Bad Education Movie
as Susan Poulter
2015
5.7
No Offence
as DI Vivienne Deering
2015
7.5
Testament of Youth
as Aunt Belle
2015
7.3
Get Santa
as Ruth
2014
6.0
Puppy Love
as Nana V
2014
6.0
Death Comes to Pemberley
as Mrs. Reynolds
2013
6.9
The Invisible Woman
as Catherine Dickens
2013
5.9
Getting On
as Sister Den Flixter
2013
6.3
Big School
as Mrs Klebb
2013
6.8
40 Year Old Virgins
as Herself
2013
5.2
Heading Out
as Torla
2013
5.4
Stella
2012
7.1
Hot Hot Hot
as Mary-Ann
2011
6.0
🎬
The Angina Monologues
as Herself
2010
0.0
The Calling
as Sister Kevin
2010
0.0
Home Time
as Mrs Pitman
2009
6.0
Getting On
as Sister Den Flixter
2009
6.9
In the Loop
as Roz
2009
7.0
The Other Boleyn Girl
as Midwife
2008
6.7
Stardust
as Mormo
2007
7.3
Spinners and Losers
as Terri Coverly
2007
8.3
Would I Lie to You?
as Self
2007
7.8
Jekyll
as Nurse
2007
7.5
Grow Your Own
as Barbara
2007
6.5
Maxwell
as Jennings
2007
6.0
The Moon and the Stars
as Daisy Burke
2007
4.5
The Rise of the Nutters
as Terri Coverley
2007
8.3
Notes on a Scandal
as Sue Hodge
2006
7.1
A Little Trip to Heaven
as Josie
2005
5.4
Kinky Boots
as Trish
2005
6.7
The Thick of It
as Terri Coverley
2005
8.0
🎬
Doctors and Nurses
as Stumpy Yates
2004
4.0
Girl with a Pearl Earring
as Tanneke
2003
6.6
The Deal
as Sue Nye
2003
6.7
Little Britain
as Lou's Girlfriend Anya
2003
7.1
Murder in Mind
as Diana Spearman
2001
8.4
🎬
Terri McIntyre - Classy Bitch
2001
0.0
🎬
Fun at the Funeral Parlour
2001
7.0
Human Remains
as Nana
2000
6.6
My Family
as Dental Assistant
2000
7.0
🎬
The Announcement
as Debbie
2000
0.0
Spaced
as Tina
1999
7.9
🎬
Coming Soon
as Claudia
1999
0.0
🎬
Coming Soon
1999
0.0
A Rather English Marriage
as Sister
1998
5.3
Vanity Fair
as Lady Crawley
1998
7.6
Midsomer Murders
as Clara Trout
1997
7.5
Jane Eyre
as Bessie
1997
7.1
Room 101
as Self
1994
6.3
Peak Practice
as Midwife
1993
6.1
Murder Most Horrid
as Iris Wood-Newton
1991
6.8
Have I Got News for You
as Self
1990
7.1
One Foot in the Grave
as Gillian
1990
7.6
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
as Audrey Barker
1987
6.3
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
as Herself - Panellist
N/A
7.0
🎬
The Arrival
N/A
0.0
🎬
Poe
as Friend (Voice)
N/A
0.0
🎬
Missed Call
N/A
0.0
🎬
Anxious People
N/A
0.0