
Joanna Scanlan
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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Acting History
2025
Riot Women as Beth
2025Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy as Cathy
2025Rhubarb Rhubarb
2024Joy as Gladys May
2024Killed Without A Trace as Presenter
2024A Very Royal Scandal as Amanda Thirsk
2024The Rising of the Sap as Elizabeth
2024Wicked Little Letters as Ann
2024Tabby McTat as Pat (voice)
2023Boat Story as Pat Tooh
2023Secrets of the Aquarium as Narrator
2022This Is Christmas as Linda
2022How the BBC Began as Self - Narrator (voice)
2022Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg as Self – Actor
2022Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg as Self
2022The Light in the Hall as Sharon Roberts
2022Slow Horses as Moira Tregorian
2021The Larkins as Ma Larkin
2021Ropey
2021Don vs Lightning as Maggie
2021After Love as Mary/Fahima
2020How to Build a Girl as Mrs. Belling
2020McDonald & Dodds as Kelly Mulcreevy
2020Avenue 5 as Johanna
2020Dracula as Mother Superior
2019The Accident as Angela Griffiths
2019Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly as Narrator
2018Sally4Ever as Stella
2018The Woman in White as Mrs. Vesey
2018Dinnerladies Diaries as Self
2018Wild Honey Pie! as Janet
2018Hold the Sunset as Sandra
2018Requiem as Janice Gray
2018Pin Cushion as Lyn
2017How to Talk to Girls at Parties as Marion, Enn’s Mother
2017Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams as Su
2017Tulip Fever as Mrs. Overvalt
2016Hooten & The Lady
2016Bridget Jones's Baby as Cathy - Make Up Lady
2016Dylan's Room as Penny
2015Fungus the Bogeyman as Mildrew
2015Fungus The Bogeyman
2015The Bad Education Movie as Susan Poulter
2015No Offence as DI Vivienne Deering
2015Testament of Youth as Aunt Belle
2014Get Santa as Ruth
2014Puppy Love as Nana V
2013Death Comes to Pemberley as Mrs. Reynolds
2013The Invisible Woman as Catherine Dickens
2013Getting On as Sister Den Flixter
2013Big School as Mrs Klebb
201340 Year Old Virgins as Herself
2013Heading Out as Torla
2012Stella
2011Hot Hot Hot as Mary-Ann
2010The Angina Monologues as Herself
2010The Calling as Sister Kevin
2009Home Time as Mrs Pitman
2009Getting On as Sister Den Flixter
2009In the Loop as Roz
2008The Other Boleyn Girl as Midwife
2007Stardust as Mormo
2007Spinners and Losers as Terri Coverly
2007Would I Lie to You? as Self
2007Jekyll as Nurse
2007Grow Your Own as Barbara
2007Maxwell as Jennings
2007The Moon and the Stars as Daisy Burke
2007The Rise of the Nutters as Terri Coverley
2006Notes on a Scandal as Sue Hodge
2005A Little Trip to Heaven as Josie
2005Kinky Boots as Trish
2005The Thick of It as Terri Coverley
2004Doctors and Nurses as Stumpy Yates
2003Girl with a Pearl Earring as Tanneke
2003The Deal as Sue Nye
2003Little Britain as Lou's Girlfriend Anya
2001Murder in Mind as Diana Spearman
2001Terri McIntyre - Classy Bitch
2001Fun at the Funeral Parlour
2000Human Remains as Nana
2000My Family as Dental Assistant
2000The Announcement as Debbie
1999Spaced as Tina
1999Coming Soon as Claudia
1999Coming Soon
1998A Rather English Marriage as Sister
1998Vanity Fair as Lady Crawley
1997Midsomer Murders as Clara Trout
1997Jane Eyre as Bessie
1994Room 101 as Self
1993Peak Practice as Midwife
1991Murder Most Horrid as Iris Wood-Newton
1990Have I Got News for You as Self
1990One Foot in the Grave as Gillian
1987The Ruth Rendell Mysteries as Audrey Barker
—Have I Got a Bit More News for You as Herself - Panellist
—The Arrival
—Missed Call
—Poe as Friend (Voice)
—Anxious People









