
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 …
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Filmography
Acting (106)
Movies (46)
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
2025as Cathy
Rhubarb Rhubarb
2025
Wicked Little Letters
2024as Ann
Joy
2024as Gladys May
Tabby McTat
2024as Pat (voice)
The Rising of the Sap
2024as Elizabeth
This Is Christmas
2022as Linda
Don vs Lightning
2021as Maggie
After Love
2021as Mary/Fahima
Ropey
2021
How to Build a Girl
2020as Mrs. Belling
Wild Honey Pie!
2018as Janet
Pin Cushion
2018as Lyn
Tulip Fever
2017as Mrs. Overvalt
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
2017as Marion, Enn’s Mother
Bridget Jones's Baby
2016as Cathy - Make Up Lady
Dylan's Room
2016as Penny
Testament of Youth
2015as Aunt Belle
The Bad Education Movie
2015as Susan Poulter
Fungus The Bogeyman
2015
Get Santa
2014as Ruth
The Invisible Woman
2013as Catherine Dickens
40 Year Old Virgins
2013as Herself
Hot Hot Hot
2011as Mary-Ann
The Angina Monologues
2010as Herself
The Calling
2010as Sister Kevin
In the Loop
2009as Roz
The Other Boleyn Girl
2008as Midwife
Stardust
2007as Mormo
Grow Your Own
2007as Barbara
The Moon and the Stars
2007as Daisy Burke
Spinners and Losers
2007as Terri Coverly
Maxwell
2007as Jennings
The Rise of the Nutters
2007as Terri Coverley
Notes on a Scandal
2006as Sue Hodge
Kinky Boots
2005as Trish
A Little Trip to Heaven
2005as Josie
Girl with a Pearl Earring
2003as Tanneke
The Deal
2003as Sue Nye
The Announcement
2000as Debbie
Coming Soon
1999as Claudia
A Rather English Marriage
1998as Sister
Jane Eyre
1997as Bessie
Anxious People
Poe
as Friend (Voice)
The Arrival
Television (60)
Riot Women
2025as Beth
A Very Royal Scandal
2024as Amanda Thirsk
Killed Without A Trace
2024as Presenter
Boat Story
2023as Pat Tooh
Secrets of the Aquarium
2023as Narrator
Slow Horses
2022as Moira Tregorian
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022as Self
The Light in the Hall
2022as Sharon Roberts
How the BBC Began
2022as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Larkins
2021as Ma Larkin
McDonald & Dodds
2020as Kelly Mulcreevy
Dracula
2020as Mother Superior
Dracula
2020as Mother Superior
Avenue 5
2020as Johanna
The Accident
2019as Angela Griffiths
Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly
2019as Narrator
Requiem
2018as Janice Gray
The Woman in White
2018as Mrs. Vesey
Sally4Ever
2018as Stella
Hold the Sunset
2018as Sandra
Dinnerladies Diaries
2018as Self
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
2017as Su
Hooten & The Lady
2016
No Offence
2015as Vivienne Deering
Fungus the Bogeyman
2015as Mildrew
Puppy Love
2014as Nana V
Getting On
2013as Sister Den Flixter
Psychobitches
2013as Barbara Woodhouse
Death Comes to Pemberley
2013as Mrs. Reynolds
Big School
2013as Mrs Klebb
Big School
2013as Mrs Klebb
Heading Out
2013as Torla
Playhouse Presents
2012as Barbara Woodhouse
Stella
2012
Getting On
2009as Sister Den Flixter
Home Time
2009as Mrs Pitman
Would I Lie to You?
2007as Self
Jekyll
2007as Nurse
The Thick of It
2005as Terri Coverley
Doctors and Nurses
2004as Stumpy Yates
Little Britain
2003as Lou's Girlfriend Anya
Murder in Mind
2001as Diana Spearman
Fun at the Funeral Parlour
2001Terri McIntyre - Classy Bitch
2001
My Family
2000as Dental Assistant
Human Remains
2000as Nana
Cry Wolf
2000as Julie
Spaced
1999as Tina
Coming Soon
1999
Vanity Fair
1998as Lady Crawley
Vanity Fair
1998as Lady Crawley
Midsomer Murders
1997as Clara Trout
Room 101
1994as Self
Peak Practice
1993as Midwife
Murder Most Horrid
1991as Iris Wood-Newton
Have I Got News for You
1990as Self
One Foot in the Grave
1990as Gillian
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987as Audrey Barker
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
as Herself - Panellist
Missed Call
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