Joanna Scanlan - Independent Talent (2025)

Actor

Winner of the 2022 BAFTA Award for Best Leading Actress for Afterlove

Winner of the 2021 BIFA Award for Best Leading Actress for Afterlove

FEATURE FILM

TELEVISION

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SHORT FILM

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• Production (role): BRIDGET JONES: MAD ABOUT THE BOY

  Company: Universal Pictures

  Project details: Dir. Michael Morris

• Production (role): JOY

  Company: PATHE UK

  Project details: DIR. Ben Taylor

• Production (role): WICKED LITTLE LETTERS

  Company: StudioCanal

  Project details: Dir. Thea Sharrock

• Production (role): THIS IS CHRISTMAS

  Company: Sky Cinema

  Project details: Dir. Chris Foggin

• Production (role): AFTERLOVE

  Company: The Bureau

  Project details: Dir. Aleem Khan
  

• Production (role): THE VOYAGE DR DOLITTLE

  Company: Voyage Production Ltd

  Project details: Dir. Steven Gagan

• Production (role): WILD HONEY PIE

  Company: Hounds of Love Films Ltd

  Project details: Dir. Jamie Adams

• Production (role): PIN CUSHION

  Company: Pin Cushion Film Co

  Project details: Dir. Deborah Haywood

• Production (role): EARLY MAN

  Company: Aardman Animations

  Project details: Dir. Nick Park

• Production (role): HOW TO TALK TO GIRLS' AT PARTIES

  Company: Hanway Films

  Project details: Dir. John Cameron Mitchell

• Production (role): BRIDGET JONES' BABY

  Company: Miramax

  Project details: Dir. Sharon Maguire

• Production (role): BAD EDUCATION

  Company: Cave Bear / Tiger Aspect

  Project details: Dir. Elliot Hegarty

• Production (role): TULIP FEVER

  Company: Ruby Films / Weinstein Co

  Project details: Dir. Justin Chadwick

• Production (role): TESTAMENT OF YOUTH

  Company: Testament Films Ltd.

  Project details: Dir. James Kent

• Production (role): GET SANTA

  Company: Fernden Santa Films Ltd.

  Project details: Dir. Christpher Smith

• Production (role): THE INVISIBLE WOMAN

  Company: BBC Films

  Project details: Dir. Ralph Fiennes

• Production (role): HOUSE OF BOYS

  Company: Delux Productions

  Project details: Dir. Jean-Claude Schlim

• Production (role): IN THE LOOP

  Company: Loop Productions / BBC

  Project details: Dir. Armando Iannucci

• Production (role): THE CALLING

  Company: MEDB Films

  Project details: Dir. Jan Dunn

• Production (role): THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL

  Company: BBC Films / Focus

  Project details: Dir. Justin Chadwick

• Production (role): GROW YOUR OWN

  Company: BBC Films / Warp Films

  Project details: Dir. Richard Laxton

• Production (role): STARDUST

  Company: Paramount

  Project details: Dir. Matthew Vaughn

• Production (role): NOTES ON A SCANDAL

  Company: Fox Searchlight

  Project details: Dir. Richard Eyre

• Production (role): THE MOON AND THE STARS

  Company: Buskin Films

  Project details: Dir. John Irvin

• Production (role): LITTLE TRIP TO HEAVEN

  Company: Little Trip Productions

  Project details: Dir. Baltasar Kormakur

• Production (role): GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING

  Company: Archer St / Delux Prods

  Project details: Dir. Peter Webber

• Production (role): THE ANNOUNCEMENT

  Company: Absolutely

  Project details: Dir. Troy Miller

• Production (role): KINKY BOOT FACTORY

  Company: Boot Productions Ltd

  Project details: Dir. Julian Jarrold

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• Production (role): A VERY ROYAL SCANDAL

  Company: Blueprint Pictures

  Project details: DIR. Julian Jarrold

• Production (role): SLOW HORSES

  Company: Apple TV+

  Project details: DIR. Adam Randall

• Production (role): RIOT WOMEN

  Company: BritBox

  Project details: Dir. Sally Wainwright

• Production (role): BOAT STORY

  Company: Amazon Freevee

  Project details: Dir. Various

• Production (role): Y GOLAU / THE LIGHT IN THE HALL

  Company: S4C and Channel 4

  Project details: Dir. Andy Newbery

• Production (role): THE LARKINS

  Company: Objective Fiction for ITV

  Project details: Dir. Andy De Emmony

• Production (role): AVENUE 5

  Company: HBO

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• Production (role): GENTLEMAN JACK

  Company: Lookout Point Ltd.

  Project details: Dir. Various

• Production (role): MCDONALD AND DODDS

  Company: Mammoth Screen / ITV

  Project details: Dir. Laura Scrivano

• Production (role): THE ACCIDENT

  Company: CHANNEL 4 AND HULU

  Project details: Dir. Sandra Goldbacher
  

• Production (role): DRACULA

  Company: Hartswood Films & Netflix

  Project details: Dir. Jonny Campbell

• Production (role): SALLY 4 EVER

  Company: HBO, Various Artists

  Project details: Dir. Julia Davis

• Production (role): NO OFFENCE 3

  Company: CH4

  Project details: Dir. Various

• Production (role): SALLY4EVER

  Company: HBO

  Project details: Dir. Julia Davis

• Production (role): HOLD THE SUNSET Series 2

  Company: BBC Studios

  Project details: Dir. Sandy Johnson

• Production (role): ELECTRIC DREAMS: CRAZY DIAMOND

  Company: Left Bank

  Project details: Dir. Marc Munden

• Production (role): HOLD THE SUNSET Series 1

  Company: BBC

  Project details: Dir. Sandy Johnson

• Production (role): REQUIEM

  Company: BBC/New Pictures

  Project details: Dir. Mahalia Belo

• Production (role): THE WOMAN IN WHITE

  Company: Origin Pictures

  Project details: Dir. Carl Tibbets

• Production (role): NO OFFENCE 2

  Company: CH4

  Project details: Dir. Various

• Production (role): HOOTEN AND THE LADY

  Company: Red Planet Pictures

  Project details: Dir. Justin Molotnikov

• Production (role): GETTING ON

  Company: HBO

  Project details: Dir. Various

• Production (role): FUNGUS THE BOGEYMAN

  Company: Sky 1

  Project details: Dir. Catherine Morshead

• Production (role): NO OFFENCE

  Company: CH4

  Project details: Dir. Various

• Production (role): MAPP + LUCIA

  Company: BBC

  Project details: Dir. Diarmuid Lawrence

• Production (role): PUPPY LOVE

  Company: BBC 4

  Project details: Dir. Sue Tully

• Production (role): REV

  Company: BBC 2

  Project details: Dir. Peter Canneno

• Production (role): HEADING OUT

  Company: BBC 2

  Project details: Dir. Natalie Baily

• Production (role): BIG SCHOOL

  Company: BBC (Series 1 & 2)

  Project details: Dir. Tony Dow

• Production (role): GETTING ON

  Company: BBC (Series 2)

  Project details: Dir. Sue Tully

• Production (role): STELLA

  Company: Sky 1

  Project details: Dir. Sue Tully

• Production (role): THE THICK OF IT

  Company: BBC

  Project details: Dir. Armando Iannucci

• Production (role): HOME TIME

  Company: BBC

  Project details: Dir. Christine Gernon

• Production (role): RUNAWAY

  Company: CBBC

  Project details: Dir. Paul Wilmshurst

• Production (role): JEKYLL

  Company: BBC

  Project details: Dir. Matt Lipsey

• Production (role): GETTING ON

  Company: BBC

  Project details: Dir. Peter Capaldi

• Production (role): IN THE THICK OF IT XMAS

  Company: BBC

  Project details: Dir. Armando Iannucci

• Production (role): LITTLE BRITAIN

  Company: BBC

  Project details: Dir. Mike Christie

• Production (role): DOC MARTIN

  Company: Buffalo Pictures

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• Production (role): DOCTORS & NURSES

  Company: BBC

  Project details: Dir. Caroline Jeffreys

• Production (role): THE DEAL

  Company: Granada

  Project details: Dir. Stephen Frears

• Production (role): TERRI MCINTYRE

  Company: BBC Scotland

  Project details: Dir. Andrew Gillman

• Production (role): DAYDREAM BELIEVERS

  Company: Carlton

  Project details: Dir. Dominic Brigstocke

• Production (role): MY FAMILY

  Company: DLT Entertainment

  Project details: Dir. Dewi Humphreys

• Production (role): NOW YOU SEE HER

  Company: Red Productions

  Project details: Dir. Lance Kneeshaw

• Production (role): ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE

  Company: BBC

  Project details: Dir. Chris Guerin

• Production (role): SPACED

  Company: Big Talk Productions

  Project details: Dir. Edgar Wright

• Production (role): BEAUTIFUL LOVE

  Company: Baby Crow Prods

  Project details: Dir. Matt Lipsey

• Production (role): FUNERAL PARLOUR

  Company: BBC Choice

  Project details: Dir. Peter Boyd-McLean

• Production (role): SKYSCAPE

  Company: Tiger Aspect

  Project details: Dir. Kevin McKiernan

• Production (role): KID IN THE CORNER

  Company: Tiger Aspet

  Project details: Dir. Billie Eltringham

• Production (role): THE BILL

  Company: Thames

  Project details: Dir. Steve Shill

• Production (role): COUPLES

  Company: LWT

  Project details: Dir. Sylvie Boden

• Production (role): MORWENNA BANKS SOW SPECIAL

  Company: Absolutely

  Project details: Dir. Dominic Brigstocke

• Production (role): CRY WOLF

  Company: Alomo

  Project details: Dir. Dewi Humphreys

• Production (role): HOW DO YOU WANT ME

  Company: Kensington Films

  Project details: Dir. John Henderson

• Production (role): COMING SOON

  Company: Pirate Productions

  Project details: Dir. Annie Griffin

• Production (role): MURDER MOST HORRID

  Company: Talkback

  Project details: Dir. Coky Giedroych

• Production (role): PICKING UP THE PIECES

  Company: Carlton

  Project details: Dir. Chris King

• Production (role): A RATHER ENGLISH MARRIAGE

  Company: Wall to Wall TV

  Project details: Dir. Paul Seed

• Production (role): HISTORY FILE

  Company: Lodestar Productions

  Project details: Dir. Andrew Carter

• Production (role): CASUALTY

  Company: BBC

  Project details: Dir. Steve Shill

• Production (role): VANITY FAIR

  Company: BBC

  Project details: Dir. Marc Munden

• Production (role): MORWENNA BANKS SHOW

  Company: Absolutely

  Project details: Dir. D.G.Croft
  Prod. Boyd-McLean

• Production (role): INSPECTOR WEXFORD

  Company:

  Project details: Dir. Bruce Macdonald

• Production (role): JANE EYRE

  Company: LWT

  Project details: Dir. Robert Young

• Production (role): PEAK PRACTICE

  Company: Carlton

  Project details: Dir. A J Quinn

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• Production (role): CLOUD 9

  Company: Almeida Theatre

  Project details: Dir. Michael Attenborough

• Production (role): VERNON GOD LITTLE

  Company: The Young Vic

  Project details: Dir. Rufus Norris

• Production (role): SUPER SLASH NAUGHTY XXXMAS STORY

  Company: Wilton’s Music Hall

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• Production (role): MADAME BOVARY

  Company: Shared Experience

  Project details: Dir. Polly Teale

• Production (role): AFTER THE DANCE

  Company: Salisbury Playhouse

  Project details: Dir. Dominic Dromgoole

• Production (role): TOP GIRLS

  Company: Oxford Stage Co.

  Project details: Dir. Thea Sharrock

• Production (role): A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM

  Company: The Albery

  Project details: Dir. Francis Matthews

• Production (role): FULL MOON

  Company: Theatre Showcase

  Project details: Dir. Robert Sian

• Production (role): LADIES OF THE HOUSE

  Company: Sitcom Festival

  Project details: Dir. Anna Mackmin

• Production (role): ALL THAT FALL

  Company: BAC

  Project details: Dir. Tom Morris

• Production (role): JOURNEYS AMONST THE DEAD

  Company: Riverside Studios

  Project details: Dir. Tony Wood

• Production (role): THE MYSTERY OF THE CHARITY OF JOAN OF ARC

  Company: Almeida

  Project details: Dir. A J Quinn

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• Production (role): THE VERY WORLD OF MILTON JONES

  Company: Pozzitive TV

  Project details: Dir. David Tyler

• Production (role): FABULOUS

  Company: BBC

  Project details: Pro. Simon Nicholls

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  Production (role): UNTITLED LEGAL (Co-Writer)

  Company: Noho Prods (Pilot in development)

  Project details: With writing partner Vicki Pepperdine

• Date: 2011-12

  Production (role): PUPPY LOVE (Co-Writer)

  Company: BBC / Woof (Comedy drama in development)

  Project details: With writing partner Vicki Pepperdine
  With producer Jo Willett

• Date: 2012

  Production (role): GETTING ON (Co-Writer)

  Company: Vera Prods / BBC 4 (Series 3)

  Project details: Dir. Sue Tully

  With writing partner Vicki Pepperdine - 6 eps co-written and both also starring with Jo Brand

• Date: 2011-12

  Production (role): CROWS (Co-Writer)

  Company: Big Talk For Channel 4 (Comedy Drama Pilot in development)

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• Date: 2009 and 2010-11

  Production (role): GETTING ON (Co-Writer)

  Company: Vera Prods / BBC 4 (Series I and II)

  Project details: Dir. Peter Capaldi
  Prod. Geoff Atkinson

  With writing partner Vicki Pepperdine, also co-written with Jo Brand

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• Date: 2011

  Production (role): Royal Television Society Awards

  Project details: Winner of Best Writer

• Date: 2011

  Production (role): Writers Bafta Craft Awards

  Project details: Nominated

• Date: 2011

  Production (role): RTS Awards

  Project details: Winner Writers-Comedy

• Date: 2011

  Production (role): Broadcast Press Awards

  Project details: Nominated - Writer’s Award Category

• Date: 2011

  Production (role): South Bank Sky Arts Awards

  Project details: Nominated Best Comedy

• Date: 2011

  Production (role): Broadcast Awards

  Project details: Nominated Best Multi Channel Programme

• Date: 2010

  Production (role): Writers Guild of Great Britain

  Project details: Winner of Best Writer

• Date: 2010

  Production (role): BAFTA TV Awards

  Project details: Nominated for Best Female Performance
  

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• Production (role): Ropey

  Company: Allon Wechsler

  Project details: Dir. Giles Ripley

• Production (role): Don vs. The Universe

  Company: BIG RED BUTTON

  Project details: Dir. JOHNNY BURNS