Joanna Scanlan
Acting • Born 1961-10-27
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.
Filmography
103 credits
Notes on a Scandal
Movie • 2006
Sue Hodge
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Movie • 2003
Tanneke
Ropey
Movie • 2021
Kinky Boots
Movie • 2005
Trish
The Moon and the Stars
Movie • 2007
Daisy Burke
The Invisible Woman
Movie • 2013
Catherine Dickens
Hot Hot Hot
Movie • 2011
Mary-Ann
Dylan's Room
Movie • 2016
Penny
Get Santa
Movie • 2014
Ruth
Tabby McTat
Movie • 2024
Pat (voice)
This Is Christmas
Movie • 2022
Linda
Wicked Little Letters
Movie • 2024
Ann
Grow Your Own
Movie • 2007
Barbara
In the Loop
Movie • 2009
Roz
The Rising of the Sap
Movie • 2024
Elizabeth
A Little Trip to Heaven
Movie • 2005
Josie
Fungus The Bogeyman
Movie • 2015
Testament of Youth
Movie • 2015
Aunt Belle
The Deal
Movie • 2003
Sue Nye
The Announcement
Movie • 2000
Debbie
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
Movie • 2017
Marion, Enn’s Mother
Stardust
Movie • 2007
Mormo
The Rise of the Nutters
Movie • 2007
Terri Coverley
A Rather English Marriage
Movie • 1998
Sister
Maxwell
Movie • 2007
Jennings
Tulip Fever
Movie • 2017
Mrs. Overvalt
Jane Eyre
Movie • 1997
Bessie
The Other Boleyn Girl
Movie • 2008
Midwife
Pin Cushion
Movie • 2018
Lyn
The Calling
Movie • 2010
Sister Kevin
Bridget Jones's Baby
Movie • 2016
Cathy - Make Up Lady
40 Year Old Virgins
Movie • 2013
Herself
The Bad Education Movie
Movie • 2015
Susan Poulter
The Angina Monologues
Movie • 2010
Herself
Wild Honey Pie!
Movie • 2018
Janet
How to Build a Girl
Movie • 2020
Mrs. Belling
After Love
Movie • 2021
Mary/Fahima
Spinners and Losers
Movie • 2007
Terri Coverly
Don vs Lightning
Movie • 2021
Maggie
Joy
Movie • 2024
Gladys May
Rhubarb Rhubarb
Movie • 2025
Poe
Movie
Friend (Voice)
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Movie • 2025
Cathy
Anxious People
Movie
Coming Soon
Movie • 1999
Claudia
The Arrival
Movie
The Thick of It
TV • 2005
Terri Coverley
Getting On
TV • 2009
Sister Den Flixter
Coming Soon
TV • 1999
Terri McIntyre - Classy Bitch
TV • 2001
Would I Lie to You?
TV • 2007
Self
The Larkins
TV • 2021
Ma Larkin
Puppy Love
TV • 2014
Nana V
Fungus the Bogeyman
TV • 2015
Mildrew
Heading Out
TV • 2013
Torla
One Foot in the Grave
TV • 1990
Gillian
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
TV • 1987
Audrey Barker
Stella
TV • 2012
Little Britain
TV • 2003
Lou's Girlfriend Anya
Murder Most Horrid
TV • 1991
Iris Wood-Newton
Peak Practice
TV • 1993
Midwife
Getting On
TV • 2013
Sister Den Flixter
Human Remains
TV • 2000
Nana
Home Time
TV • 2009
Mrs Pitman
Spaced
TV • 1999
Tina
Fun at the Funeral Parlour
TV • 2001
Hooten & The Lady
TV • 2016
Boat Story
TV • 2023
Pat Tooh
Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly
TV • 2019
Narrator
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
TV • 2017
Su
Requiem
TV • 2018
Janice Gray
The Light in the Hall
TV • 2022
Sharon Roberts
Hold the Sunset
TV • 2018
Sandra
Secrets of the Aquarium
TV • 2023
Narrator
Death Comes to Pemberley
TV • 2013
Mrs. Reynolds
Jekyll
TV • 2007
Nurse
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
TV • 2022
Self – Actor
Room 101
TV • 1994
Self
The Woman in White
TV • 2018
Mrs. Vesey
A Very Royal Scandal
TV • 2024
Amanda Thirsk
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
TV
Herself - Panellist
Sally4Ever
TV • 2018
Stella
Avenue 5
TV • 2020
Johanna
How the BBC Began
TV • 2022
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Accident
TV • 2019
Angela Griffiths
Dracula
TV • 2020
Mother Superior
Midsomer Murders
TV • 1997
Clara Trout
McDonald & Dodds
TV • 2020
Kelly Mulcreevy
Slow Horses
TV • 2022
Moira Tregorian
Riot Women
TV • 2025
Beth
Killed Without A Trace
TV • 2024
Presenter
Murder in Mind
TV • 2001
Diana Spearman
Big School
TV • 2013
Mrs Klebb
Doctors and Nurses
TV • 2004
Stumpy Yates
Have I Got News for You
TV • 1990
Self
Dinnerladies Diaries
TV • 2018
Self
Missed Call
TV
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
TV • 2022
Self
My Family
TV • 2000
Dental Assistant
No Offence
TV • 2015
Vivienne Deering
Cry Wolf
TV • 2000
Julie
Vanity Fair
TV • 1998
Lady Crawley
Psychobitches
TV • 2013
Barbara Woodhouse