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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Movies (46)
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
2025 · Cathy
Rhubarb Rhubarb
2025
JOY
2024 · Gladys May
The Rising of the Sap
2024 · Elizabeth
Tabby McTat
2024 · Pat (voice)
Wicked Little Letters
2024 · Ann
This Is Christmas
2022 · Linda
Ropey
2021
Don vs Lightning
2021 · Maggie
After Love
2021 · Mary / Fahima
How to Build a Girl
2020 · Mrs. Belling
Pin Cushion
2018 · Lyn
Wild Honey Pie!
2018 · Janet
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
2017 · Marion, Enn’s Mother
Tulip Fever
2017 · Mrs. Overvalt
Bridget Jones's Baby
2016 · Cathy - Make Up Lady
Dylan's Room
2016 · Penny
Fungus The Bogeyman
2015
The Bad Education Movie
2015 · Susan Poulter
Testament of Youth
2015 · Aunt Belle
Get Santa
2014 · Ruth
The Invisible Woman
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
The Other Boleyn Girl
2008 · Midwife
Stardust
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
Notes on a Scandal
2006 · Sue Hodge
A Little Trip to Heaven
2005 · Josie
Kinky Boots
2005 · Trish
Girl with a Pearl Earring
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
TV shows (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
Slow Horses
2022 · Moira Tregorian
The Larkins
2021 · Ma Larkin
McDonald & Dodds
2020 · Kelly Mulcreevy
Avenue 5
2020 · Johanna
Dracula
2020 · Mother Superior
The Accident
2019 · Angela Griffiths
Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly
2019 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Sally4Ever
2018 · Stella
The Woman in White
2018 · Mrs Vesey
Dinnerladies Diaries
2018 · Self
Hold the Sunset
2018 · Sandra
Requiem
2018 · Janice Gray
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
2017 · Su
Hooten & The Lady
2016
Fungus the Bogeyman
2015 · Mildrew
No Offence
2015 · Vivienne Deering, Associate Producer
Puppy Love
2014 · Nana V
Death Comes to Pemberley
2013 · Mrs. Reynolds
Getting On
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
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