Person
Joanna Scanlan
Born 27 October 1961 64 years old West Kirby, Merseyside, England, UK Who else is 64? → TMDB ↗
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.
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25age in their first credit on record (1987)
39years on screen and counting
7credits in 2007, their busiest year
88dated credits on record
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Movie credits
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as Friend (Voice)
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Anxious People
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The Arrival
Age: 63 Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
2025as Cathy
Age: 63 Rhubarb Rhubarb
2025
Age: 63 Joy
2024as Gladys May
Age: 62 The Rising of the Sap
2024as Elizabeth
Age: 62 Tabby McTat
2024as Pat (voice)
Age: 62 Wicked Little Letters
2024as Ann
Age: 61 This Is Christmas
2022as Linda
Age: 59 Ropey
2021
Age: 59 Don vs Lightning
2021as Maggie
Age: 59 After Love
2021as Mary/Fahima
Age: 58 How to Build a Girl
2020as Mrs. Belling
Age: 56 Pin Cushion
2018as Lyn
Age: 56 Wild Honey Pie!
2018as Janet
Age: 55 How to Talk to Girls at Parties
2017as Marion, Enn’s Mother
Age: 55 Tulip Fever
2017as Mrs. Overvalt
Age: 54 Bridget Jones's Baby
2016as Cathy - Make Up Lady
Age: 54 Dylan's Room
2016as Penny
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Age: 54 Fungus The Bogeyman
2015
Age: 53 The Bad Education Movie
2015as Susan Poulter
Age: 53 Testament of Youth
2015as Aunt Belle
Age: 53 Get Santa
2014as Ruth
Age: 52 The Invisible Woman
2013as Catherine Dickens
Age: 50 Hot Hot Hot
2011as Mary-Ann
Age: 48 The Calling
2010as Sister Kevin
Age: 47 In the Loop
2009as Roz
Age: 46 The Other Boleyn Girl
2008as Midwife
Age: 45 Stardust
2007as Mormo
Age: 45 Spinners and Losers
2007as Terri Coverly
Age: 45 Grow Your Own
2007as Barbara
Age: 45 Maxwell
2007as Jennings
Age: 45 The Moon and the Stars
2007as Daisy Burke
Age: 45 The Rise of the Nutters
2007as Terri Coverley
Age: 45 Notes on a Scandal
2006as Sue Hodge
Age: 44 A Little Trip to Heaven
2005as Josie
Age: 43 Kinky Boots
2005as Trish
Age: 42 Girl with a Pearl Earring
2003as Tanneke
Age: 41 The Deal
2003as Sue Nye
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Age: 38 The Announcement
2000as Debbie
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Age: 37 Coming Soon
1999as Claudia
Age: 37 A Rather English Marriage
1998as Sister
Age: 35 Jane Eyre
1997as Bessie
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TV credits
Age: 64 Missed Call
2026
Age: 63 Riot Women
2025as Beth
Age: 62 A Very Royal Scandal
2024as Amanda Thirsk
Age: 62 Boat Story
2023as Pat Tooh
Age: 60 The Light in the Hall
2022as Sharon Roberts
Age: 60 Slow Horses
2022as Moira Tregorian
Age: 59 The Larkins
2021as Ma Larkin
Age: 58 McDonald & Dodds
2020as Kelly Mulcreevy
Age: 58 Avenue 5
2020as Johanna
Age: 58 Dracula
2020as Mother Superior
Age: 57 The Accident
2019as Angela Griffiths
Age: 56 Sally4Ever
2018as Stella
Age: 56 The Woman in White
2018as Mrs Vesey
Age: 56 Hold the Sunset
2018as Sandra
Age: 56 Requiem
2018as Janice Gray
Age: 55 Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
2017as Su
Age: 54 Hooten & The Lady
2016
Age: 54 Fungus the Bogeyman
2015as Mildrew
Age: 53 No Offence
2015as Vivienne Deering
Age: 53 Puppy Love
2014as Nana V
Age: 52 Death Comes to Pemberley
2013as Mrs. Reynolds
Age: 52 Getting On
2013as Sister Den Flixter
Age: 51 Big School
2013as Mrs Klebb
Age: 51 Psychobitches
2013as Barbara Woodhouse
Age: 51 Heading Out
2013as Torla
Age: 50 Playhouse Presents
2012as Barbara Woodhouse
Age: 50 Stella
2012
Age: 47 Home Time
2009as Mrs Pitman
Age: 47 Getting On
2009as Sister Den Flixter
Age: 45 Jekyll
2007as Nurse
Age: 43 The Thick of It
2005as Terri Coverley
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Age: 42 Doctors and Nurses
2004as Stumpy Yates
Age: 41 Little Britain
2003as Lou's Girlfriend Anya
Age: 39 Murder in Mind
2001as Diana Spearman
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Age: 39 Terri McIntyre - Classy Bitch
2001No poster
Age: 39 Fun at the Funeral Parlour
2001
Age: 39 Human Remains
2000as Nana
Age: 38 My Family
2000as Dental Assistant
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Age: 38 Cry Wolf
2000as Julie
Age: 37 Spaced
1999as Tina
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Age: 37 Coming Soon
1999
Age: 37 Vanity Fair
1998as Lady Crawley
Age: 35 Midsomer Murders
1997as Clara Trout
Age: 31 Peak Practice
1993as Midwife
Age: 30 Murder Most Horrid
1991as Iris Wood-Newton
Age: 28 One Foot in the Grave
1990as Gillian
Age: 25 The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987as Audrey Barker