Joanna Scanlan
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.
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Films (46)

Bridget Jones : Folle de lui
2025 · Cathy

Rhubarb Rhubarb
2025

JOY - The Birth of IVF
2024 · Gladys May

The Rising of the Sap
2024 · Elizabeth

MacPat le chat chanteur
2024 · Pat (voice)

Scandaleusement vôtre
2024 · Ann

C'est Noël
2022 · Linda

Ropey
2021

Don vs Lightning
2021 · Maggie

After Love
2021 · Mary / Fahima

Comment je suis devenue une jeune femme influente
2020 · Mrs. Belling

Pin Cushion
2018 · Lyn

Wild Honey Pie!
2018 · Janet

Cómo Enamorar a Una Chica Punk
2017 · Marion, Enn’s Mother

Le peintre des vanités
2017 · Mrs. Overvalt

Bridget Jones Baby
2016 · Cathy - Make Up Lady

Dylan's Room
2016 · Penny
Fungus The Bogeyman
2015

The Bad Education Movie
2015 · Susan Poulter

Mémoires de jeunesse
2015 · Aunt Belle

Noël en cavale
2014 · Ruth

La femme invisible
2013 · Catherine Dickens

40 Year Old Virgins
2013 · Herself

Hot Hot Hot
2011 · Mary-Ann
The Angina Monologues
2010 · Herself

The Calling
2010 · Sister Kevin

In the Loop
2009 · Roz

Deux sœurs pour un roi
2008 · Midwife

Stardust, le mystère de l'étoile
2007 · Mormo

Spinners and Losers
2007 · Terri Coverly

Grow Your Own
2007 · Barbara

Maxwell
2007 · Jennings

The Moon and the Stars
2007 · Daisy Burke

The Rise of the Nutters
2007 · Terri Coverley

Chronique d'un scandale
2006 · Sue Hodge

Crime City
2005 · Josie

Drôles de bottes
2005 · Trish

La Jeune Fille à la perle
2003 · Tanneke

The deal
2003 · Sue Nye
The Announcement
2000 · Debbie
Coming Soon
1999 · Claudia

A Rather English Marriage
1998 · Sister

Jane Eyre
1997 · Bessie

Poe
· Friend (Voice)
Anxious People
The Arrival
Séries (60)

The Party
2026 · Sylvia Gilmour

Missed Call
2026

Riot Women
2025 · Beth

Killed Without A Trace
2024 · Presenter

A Very Royal Scandal
2024 · Amanda Thirsk

Boat Story
2023 · Pat Tooh

Secrets of the Aquarium
2023 · Narrator

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

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022 · Self – Actor, Self

The Light in the Hall
2022 · Sharon Roberts

Les déshonorés
2022 · Moira Tregorian

The Larkins
2021 · Ma Larkin

McDonald & Dodds
2020 · Kelly Mulcreevy

Avenue 5
2020 · Johanna

Drácula
2020 · Mother Superior

The Accident
2019 · Angela Griffiths

Chiens hors de contrôle : Un dresseur à la rescousse
2019 · Self - Narrator (voice)

Sally pour toujours
2018 · Stella

The Woman in White
2018 · Mrs Vesey

Dinnerladies Diaries
2018 · Self

Hold the Sunset
2018 · Sandra

Requiem
2018 · Janice Gray

Electric Dreams
2017 · Su

Hooten and the Lady chasseurs de trésors
2016

Fungus the Bogeyman
2015 · Mildrew

No Offence
2015 · Vivienne Deering, Associate Producer

Puppy Love
2014 · Nana V

La Mort s'invite à Pemberley
2013 · Mrs. Reynolds

Getting On (US)
2013 · Sister Den Flixter, Executive Producer

Big School
2013 · Mrs Klebb

Psychobitches
2013 · Barbara Woodhouse

Heading Out
2013 · Torla

Playhouse Presents
2012 · Barbara Woodhouse

Stella
2012

Home Time
2009 · Mrs Pitman

Getting On (UK)
2009 · Sister Den Flixter, Writer

Would I Lie to You?
2007 · Self

Jekyll
2007 · Nurse

The Thick of It
2005 · Terri Coverley
Doctors and Nurses
2004 · Stumpy Yates

Little Britain
2003 · Lou's Girlfriend Anya

Murder in Mind
2001 · Diana Spearman
Terri McIntyre - Classy Bitch
2001
Fun at the Funeral Parlour
2001

Human Remains
2000 · Nana

My Family
2000 · Dental Assistant
Cry Wolf
2000 · Julie

My Parents Are Aliens
1999 · Writer

Spaced
1999 · Tina
Coming Soon
1999

Vanity Fair
1998 · Lady Crawley

Midsomer Murders
1997 · Clara Trout

Room 101
1994 · Self

Peak Practice
1993 · Midwife

Murder Most Horrid
1991 · Iris Wood-Newton

Have I Got News for You
1990 · Self

One Foot in the Grave
1990 · Gillian

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987 · Audrey Barker

Have I Got a Bit More News for You
· Herself - Panellist
The Cadburys
· Dorothy Adlington
