Joanna Scanlan

Joanna Scanlan

Joanna Scanlan is a British actress and television writer, best known for her roles in various British comedy series, such as The Thick of It, Doctors and Nurses, Getting On, Catherine Dickens in period drama, The Invisible Woman and Little Britain. Wikipedia

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Known For

Have I Got a Bit More News for You

Have I Got a Bit More News for You

• as Herself - Panellist

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

1997 • as Clara Trout

Would I Lie to You?

Would I Lie to You?

2007 • as Self

Peak Practice

Peak Practice

1993 • as Midwife

Slow Horses

Slow Horses

2022 • as Moira Tregorian

My Parents Are Aliens

My Parents Are Aliens

1999 • Writer

Filmography

2025

Rhubarb Rhubarb
Rhubarb Rhubarb
Movie - Released: 2/1/2025
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
as Cathy
Movie - Released: 2/12/2025

2024

Tabby McTat
Tabby McTat
as Pat (voice)
Movie - Released: 2/23/2024
Wicked Little Letters
Wicked Little Letters
as Ann
Movie - Released: 2/23/2024
The Rising of the Sap
The Rising of the Sap
as Elizabeth
Movie - Released: 5/11/2024
Joy
Joy
as Gladys May
Movie - Released: 11/15/2024
A Very Royal Scandal
A Very Royal Scandal
as Amanda Thirsk
TV - Released: 9/19/2024
Killed Without A Trace
Killed Without A Trace
as Presenter
TV - Released: 11/11/2024

2023

Boat Story
Boat Story
as Pat Tooh
TV - Released: 11/19/2023
Secrets of the Aquarium
Secrets of the Aquarium
as Narrator
TV - Released: 11/14/2023

2022

This Is Christmas
This Is Christmas
as Linda
Movie - Released: 12/4/2022
The Light in the Hall
The Light in the Hall
as Sharon Roberts
TV - Released: 5/15/2022
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
as Self – Actor
TV - Released: 9/4/2022
How the BBC Began
How the BBC Began
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TV - Released: 10/22/2022
Slow Horses
Slow Horses
as Moira Tregorian
TV - Released: 4/1/2022

2021

Ropey
Ropey
Movie - Released: 9/1/2021
After Love
After Love
as Mary/Fahima
Movie - Released: 6/4/2021
Don vs Lightning
Don vs Lightning
as Maggie
Movie - Released: 7/22/2021
The Larkins
The Larkins
as Ma Larkin
TV - Released: 10/10/2021

2020

How to Build a Girl
How to Build a Girl
as Mrs. Belling
Movie - Released: 9/24/2020
Avenue 5
Avenue 5
as Johanna
TV - Released: 1/19/2020
Dracula
Dracula
as Mother Superior
TV - Released: 1/1/2020
McDonald & Dodds
McDonald & Dodds
as Kelly Mulcreevy
TV - Released: 3/1/2020

2019

Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly
Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly
as Narrator
TV - Released: 1/15/2019
The Accident
The Accident
as Angela Griffiths
TV - Released: 10/24/2019

2018

Pin Cushion
Pin Cushion
as Lyn
Movie - Released: 1/26/2018
Wild Honey Pie!
Wild Honey Pie!
as Janet
Movie - Released: 3/12/2018
Requiem
Requiem
as Janice Gray
TV - Released: 2/2/2018
Hold the Sunset
Hold the Sunset
as Sandra
TV - Released: 2/18/2018
The Woman in White
The Woman in White
as Mrs. Vesey
TV - Released: 4/22/2018
Sally4Ever
Sally4Ever
as Stella
TV - Released: 10/25/2018

2017

How to Talk to Girls at Parties
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
as Marion, Enn’s Mother
Movie - Released: 10/6/2017
Tulip Fever
Tulip Fever
as Mrs. Overvalt
Movie - Released: 7/13/2017
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
as Su
TV - Released: 9/17/2017

2016

Bridget Jones's Baby
Bridget Jones's Baby
as Cathy - Make Up Lady
Movie - Released: 9/14/2016
Hooten & The Lady
Hooten & The Lady
TV - Released: 9/16/2016

2015

Movie
Fungus The Bogeyman
Movie - Released: 12/27/2015
Testament of Youth
Testament of Youth
as Aunt Belle
Movie - Released: 1/16/2015
The Bad Education Movie
The Bad Education Movie
as Susan Poulter
Movie - Released: 8/21/2015
No Offence
No Offence
as DI Vivienne Deering
TV - Released: 5/5/2015
Fungus the Bogeyman
Fungus the Bogeyman
as Mildrew
TV - Released: 12/27/2015

2014

Get Santa
Get Santa
as Ruth
Movie - Released: 12/5/2014
Puppy Love
Puppy Love
as Nana V
TV - Released: 11/13/2014

2013

The Invisible Woman
The Invisible Woman
as Catherine Dickens
Movie - Released: 12/25/2013
40 Year Old Virgins
40 Year Old Virgins
as Herself
Movie - Released: 3/28/2013
Heading Out
Heading Out
as Torla
TV - Released: 2/26/2013
Getting On
Getting On
TV - Released: 11/24/2013
Death Comes to Pemberley
Death Comes to Pemberley
as Mrs. Reynolds
TV - Released: 12/26/2013
Big School
Big School
as Mrs Klebb
TV - Released: 8/16/2013

2012

Stella
Stella
TV - Released: 1/6/2012

2011

Hot Hot Hot
Hot Hot Hot
as Mary-Ann
Movie - Released: 11/24/2011

2010

Movie
The Calling
as Sister Kevin
Movie - Released: 4/23/2010
Movie
The Angina Monologues
as Herself
Movie - Released: 12/10/2010

2009

In the Loop
In the Loop
as Roz
Movie - Released: 1/22/2009
Getting On
Getting On
as Sister Den Flixter
TV - Released: 7/8/2009
Home Time
Home Time
as Mrs Pitman
TV - Released: 9/14/2009

2008

The Other Boleyn Girl
The Other Boleyn Girl
as Midwife
Movie - Released: 2/28/2008

2007

The Moon and the Stars
The Moon and the Stars
as Daisy Burke
Movie - Released: 2/2/2007
Grow Your Own
Grow Your Own
as Barbara
Movie - Released: 6/15/2007
Stardust
Stardust
as Mormo
Movie - Released: 8/10/2007
The Rise of the Nutters
The Rise of the Nutters
as Terri Coverley
Movie - Released: 1/2/2007
Maxwell
Maxwell
as Jennings
Movie - Released: 5/4/2007
Spinners and Losers
Spinners and Losers
as Terri Coverly
Movie - Released: 7/3/2007
Would I Lie to You?
Would I Lie to You?
as Self
TV - Released: 6/16/2007
Jekyll
Jekyll
as Nurse
TV - Released: 6/16/2007

2006

Notes on a Scandal
Notes on a Scandal
as Sue Hodge
Movie - Released: 12/25/2006

2005

Kinky Boots
Kinky Boots
as Trish
Movie - Released: 8/30/2005
A Little Trip to Heaven
A Little Trip to Heaven
as Josie
Movie - Released: 12/26/2005
The Thick of It
The Thick of It
as Terri Coverley
TV - Released: 5/19/2005

2003

Girl with a Pearl Earring
Girl with a Pearl Earring
as Tanneke
Movie - Released: 12/12/2003
The Deal
The Deal
as Sue Nye
Movie - Released: 9/28/2003
Little Britain
Little Britain
as Lou's Girlfriend Anya
TV - Released: 9/16/2003

2001

TV
Terri McIntyre - Classy Bitch
TV - Released: 4/6/2001
TV
Fun at the Funeral Parlour
TV - Released: 1/1/2001
Murder in Mind
Murder in Mind
as Diana Spearman
TV - Released: 4/22/2001

2000

Movie
The Announcement
as Debbie
Movie - Released: 9/15/2000
Human Remains
Human Remains
as Nana
TV - Released: 11/13/2000

1999

TV
Coming Soon
TV - Released: 6/17/1999
Spaced
Spaced
as Tina
TV - Released: 9/24/1999

1998

A Rather English Marriage
A Rather English Marriage
as Sister
Movie - Released: 12/30/1998
Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair
as Lady Crawley
TV - Released: 11/1/1998

1997

Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre
as Bessie
Movie - Released: 3/9/1997
Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders
as Clara Trout
TV - Released: 3/23/1997

1994

Room 101
Room 101
as Self
TV - Released: 7/4/1994

1993

Peak Practice
Peak Practice
as Midwife
TV - Released: 5/10/1993

1991

Murder Most Horrid
Murder Most Horrid
as Iris Wood-Newton
TV - Released: 11/14/1991

1990

One Foot In the Grave
One Foot In the Grave
as Gillian
TV - Released: 1/4/1990

1987

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
as Audrey Barker
TV - Released: 8/2/1987

Unknown

Movie
Dylan's Room
as Penny
Movie
Movie
Poe
as Friend (Voice)
Movie
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
as Herself - Panellist
TV
TV
Riot Women
as Beth
TV