
Birthday
1961/10/27 (64 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
West Kirby, Merseyside, England, UK
Also know as
Jo Scanlan, Ms. Joanna Scanlan, Joanna Scanlon
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 ...Read more

(2006) Notes on a Scandal
as Sue Hodge

(2003) Girl with a Pearl Earring
as Tanneke

(2021) Ropey
as ---

(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
as ---

(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
as ---
Poe
as Friend (Voice)

(2025) Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
as Cathy
Anxious People
as ---
(1999) Coming Soon
as Claudia
The Arrival
as ---

(2005) The Thick of It
as Terri Coverley

(2009) Getting On
as Sister Den Flixter
(1999) Coming Soon
as ---
(2001) Terri McIntyre - Classy Bitch
as ---

(2007) Would I Lie to You?
as Self

(2015) No Offence
as DI Vivienne Deering

(2021) The Larkins
as Ma Larkin

(2014) Puppy Love
as Nana V

(2015) Fungus the Bogeyman
as Mildrew

(2013) Heading Out
as Torla

(1990) One Foot in the Grave
as Gillian

(1987) The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
as Audrey Barker

(2012) Stella
as ---

(2003) Little Britain
as Lou's Girlfriend Anya

(1991) Murder Most Horrid
as Iris Wood-Newton

(1993) Peak Practice
as Midwife

(2013) Getting On
as Sister Den Flixter

(2009) Home Time
as Mrs Pitman

(2000) Human Remains
as Nana

(1999) Spaced
as Tina
(2001) Fun at the Funeral Parlour
as ---

(2016) Hooten & The Lady
as ---

(2023) Boat Story
as Pat Tooh

(2019) Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly
as Narrator

(2017) Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
as Su

(2018) Requiem
as Janice Gray

(2022) The Light in the Hall
as Sharon Roberts

(2018) Hold the Sunset
as Sandra

(2023) Secrets of the Aquarium
as Narrator

(2013) Death Comes to Pemberley
as Mrs. Reynolds

(2007) Jekyll
as Nurse

(2022) Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
as Self – Actor

(1998) Vanity Fair
as Lady Crawley

(1994) Room 101
as Self

(2018) The Woman in White
as Mrs. Vesey

(2024) A Very Royal Scandal
as Amanda Thirsk

Have I Got a Bit More News for You
as Herself - Panellist

(2018) Sally4Ever
as Stella

(2020) Avenue 5
as Johanna

(2022) How the BBC Began
as Self - Narrator (voice)

(2019) The Accident
as Angela Griffiths

(2020) Dracula
as Mother Superior

(1997) Midsomer Murders
as Clara Trout

(2020) McDonald & Dodds
as Kelly Mulcreevy

(2022) Slow Horses
as Moira Tregorian

(2025) Riot Women
as Beth

(2024) Killed Without A Trace
as Presenter

(2001) Murder in Mind
as Diana Spearman

(2013) Big School
as Mrs Klebb
(2004) Doctors and Nurses
as Stumpy Yates

(1990) Have I Got News for You
as Self

(2018) Dinnerladies Diaries
as Self
Missed Call
as ---

(2022) Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
as Self

(2000) My Family
as Dental Assistant