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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joanna Scanlan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2026Anxious People
• Missed Call
• 2025Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy — Cathy
• 2025Rhubarb Rhubarb
• Riot Women — Beth
• A Very Royal Scandal — Amanda Thirsk
• 2024JOY — Gladys May
• Killed Without A Trace — Presenter
• 2024Tabby McTat — Pat (voice)
• 2024The Rising of the Sap — Elizabeth
• 2024Wicked Little Letters — Ann
• Boat Story — Pat Tooh
• Secrets of the Aquarium — Narrator
• Slow Horses — Moira Tregorian
• The Light in the Hall — Sharon Roberts
• 2022This Is Christmas — Linda
• 2021After Love — Mary / Fahima
• 2021Don vs Lightning — Maggie
• 2021Ropey
• The Larkins — Ma Larkin
• Avenue 5 — Johanna
• Dracula — Mother Superior
• 2020How to Build a Girl — Mrs. Belling
• McDonald & Dodds — Kelly Mulcreevy
• The Accident — Angela Griffiths
• Hold the Sunset — Sandra
• 2018Pin Cushion — Lyn
• Requiem — Janice Gray
• Sally4Ever — Stella
• The Woman in White — Mrs Vesey
• 2018Wild Honey Pie! — Janet
• 2017How to Talk to Girls at Parties — Marion, Enn’s Mother
• Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams — Su
• 2017Tulip Fever — Mrs. Overvalt
• 2016Bridget Jones's Baby — Cathy - Make Up Lady
• 2016Dylan's Room — Penny
• Hooten & The Lady
• 2015Fungus The Bogeyman
• Fungus the Bogeyman — Mildrew
• No Offence — Vivienne Deering, Associate Producer
• 2015Testament of Youth — Aunt Belle
• 2015The Bad Education Movie — Susan Poulter
• 2014Get Santa — Ruth
• Puppy Love — Nana V
• Big School — Mrs Klebb
• Death Comes to Pemberley — Mrs. Reynolds
• Getting On — Sister Den Flixter, Executive Producer
• Heading Out — Torla
• Psychobitches — Barbara Woodhouse
• 2013The Invisible Woman — Catherine Dickens
• Playhouse Presents — Barbara Woodhouse
• Stella
• 2011Hot Hot Hot — Mary-Ann
• 2010The Calling — Sister Kevin
• Getting On — Sister Den Flixter, Writer
• Home Time — Mrs Pitman
• 2009In the Loop — Roz
• 2008The Other Boleyn Girl — Midwife
• 2007Grow Your Own — Barbara
• Jekyll — Nurse
• 2007Maxwell — Jennings
• 2007Spinners and Losers — Terri Coverly
• 2007Stardust — Mormo
• 2007The Moon and the Stars — Daisy Burke
• 2007The Rise of the Nutters — Terri Coverley
• 2006Notes on a Scandal — Sue Hodge
• 2005A Little Trip to Heaven — Josie
• 2005Kinky Boots — Trish
• The Thick of It — Terri Coverley
• Doctors and Nurses — Stumpy Yates
• 2003Girl with a Pearl Earring — Tanneke
• Little Britain — Lou's Girlfriend Anya
• 2003The Deal — Sue Nye
• Fun at the Funeral Parlour
• Murder in Mind — Diana Spearman
• Terri McIntyre - Classy Bitch
• Cry Wolf — Julie
• Human Remains — Nana
• My Family — Dental Assistant
• 2000The Announcement — Debbie
• 1999Coming Soon — Claudia
• Coming Soon
• My Parents Are Aliens — Writer
• Spaced — Tina
• 1998A Rather English Marriage — Sister
• Vanity Fair — Lady Crawley
• 1997Jane Eyre — Bessie
• Midsomer Murders — Clara Trout
• Peak Practice — Midwife
• Murder Most Horrid — Iris Wood-Newton
• One Foot in the Grave — Gillian
• The Ruth Rendell Mysteries — Audrey Barker
• Poe — Friend (Voice)
• The Arrival

Appearances as themselves (10)

• How the BBC Began — Self - Narrator (voice)
• Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg — Self – Actor
• Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly — Self - Narrator (voice)
• Dinnerladies Diaries — Self
• 201340 Year Old Virgins — Herself
• 2010The Angina Monologues — Herself
• Would I Lie to You? — Self
• Room 101 — Self
• Have I Got News for You — Self
• Have I Got a Bit More News for You — Herself - Panellist