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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joanna Scanlan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Midsomer Murders
Slow Horses
Peak Practice
Have I Got News for You
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Would I Lie to You?
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
All Movies (46)
- Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy2025 · as Cathy
- Rhubarb Rhubarb2025
- Joy2024 · as Gladys May
- The Rising of the Sap2024 · as Elizabeth
- Tabby McTat2024 · as Pat (voice)
- Wicked Little Letters2024 · as Ann
- This Is Christmas2022 · as Linda
- Ropey2021
- Don vs Lightning2021 · as Maggie
- After Love2021 · as Mary/Fahima
- How to Build a Girl2020 · as Mrs. Belling
- Pin Cushion2018 · as Lyn
- Wild Honey Pie!2018 · as Janet
- How to Talk to Girls at Parties2017 · as Marion, Enn’s Mother
- Tulip Fever2017 · as Mrs. Overvalt
- Bridget Jones's Baby2016 · as Cathy - Make Up Lady
- Dylan's Room2016 · as Penny
- Fungus The Bogeyman2015
- The Bad Education Movie2015 · as Susan Poulter
- Testament of Youth2015 · as Aunt Belle
- Get Santa2014 · as Ruth
- The Invisible Woman2013 · as Catherine Dickens
- 40 Year Old Virgins2013 · as Herself
- Hot Hot Hot2011 · as Mary-Ann
- The Angina Monologues2010 · as Herself
- The Calling2010 · as Sister Kevin
- In the Loop2009 · as Roz
- The Other Boleyn Girl2008 · as Midwife
- Stardust2007 · as Mormo
- Spinners and Losers2007 · as Terri Coverly
- Grow Your Own2007 · as Barbara
- Maxwell2007 · as Jennings
- The Moon and the Stars2007 · as Daisy Burke
- The Rise of the Nutters2007 · as Terri Coverley
- Notes on a Scandal2006 · as Sue Hodge
- A Little Trip to Heaven2005 · as Josie
- Kinky Boots2005 · as Trish
- Girl with a Pearl Earring2003 · as Tanneke
- The Deal2003 · as Sue Nye
- The Announcement2000 · as Debbie
- Coming Soon1999 · as Claudia
- A Rather English Marriage1998 · as Sister
- Jane Eyre1997 · as Bessie
- Poe— · as Friend (Voice)
- Anxious People—
- The Arrival—
All TV Shows (58)
- Missed Call2026
- Riot Women2025 · as Beth
- Killed Without A Trace2024 · as Presenter
- A Very Royal Scandal2024 · as Amanda Thirsk
- Boat Story2023 · as Pat Tooh
- Secrets of the Aquarium2023 · as Narrator
- How the BBC Began2022 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg2022 · as Self – Actor
- Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg2022 · as Self
- The Light in the Hall2022 · as Sharon Roberts
- Slow Horses2022 · as Moira Tregorian
- The Larkins2021 · as Ma Larkin
- McDonald & Dodds2020 · as Kelly Mulcreevy
- Avenue 52020 · as Johanna
- Dracula2020 · as Mother Superior
- The Accident2019 · as Angela Griffiths
- Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly2019 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Sally4Ever2018 · as Stella
- The Woman in White2018 · as Mrs Vesey
- Dinnerladies Diaries2018 · as Self
- Hold the Sunset2018 · as Sandra
- Requiem2018 · as Janice Gray
- Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams2017 · as Su
- Hooten & The Lady2016
- Fungus the Bogeyman2015 · as Mildrew
- No Offence2015 · as Vivienne Deering
- Puppy Love2014 · as Nana V
- Death Comes to Pemberley2013 · as Mrs. Reynolds
- Getting On2013 · as Sister Den Flixter
- Big School2013 · as Mrs Klebb
- Psychobitches2013 · as Barbara Woodhouse
- Heading Out2013 · as Torla
- Playhouse Presents2012 · as Barbara Woodhouse
- Stella2012
- Home Time2009 · as Mrs Pitman
- Getting On2009 · as Sister Den Flixter
- Would I Lie to You?2007 · as Self
- Jekyll2007 · as Nurse
- The Thick of It2005 · as Terri Coverley
- Doctors and Nurses2004 · as Stumpy Yates
- Little Britain2003 · as Lou's Girlfriend Anya
- Murder in Mind2001 · as Diana Spearman
- Terri McIntyre - Classy Bitch2001
- Fun at the Funeral Parlour2001
- Human Remains2000 · as Nana
- My Family2000 · as Dental Assistant
- Cry Wolf2000 · as Julie
- Spaced1999 · as Tina
- Coming Soon1999
- Vanity Fair1998 · as Lady Crawley
- Midsomer Murders1997 · as Clara Trout
- Room 1011994 · as Self
- Peak Practice1993 · as Midwife
- Murder Most Horrid1991 · as Iris Wood-Newton
- Have I Got News for You1990 · as Self
- One Foot in the Grave1990 · as Gillian
- The Ruth Rendell Mysteries1987 · as Audrey Barker
- Have I Got a Bit More News for You— · as Herself - Panellist