Joanna Scanlan

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
Oct 27, 1961 (63 years old)

Joanna Scanlan

Known For

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
2h 4m
Movie 2025

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

Bridget Jones navigates life as a widow and single mum with the help of her family, friends, and former lover, Daniel. Back to work and on the apps, she's pursued by a younger man and maybe – just maybe – her son's science teacher.

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Joy
1h 55m
Movie 2024

Joy

A young nurse, a visionary scientist and an innovative surgeon face opposition from the church, state, media and medical establishment, in their pursuit of the world’s first ‘test tube baby’, Louise Joy Brown.

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Tabby McTat
0h 25m
Movie 2024

Tabby McTat

Busker Fred and his cat Tabby McTat entertain and delight passersby with music across London. One day, Fred falls, injures his leg, and is whisked away in an ambulance, leaving Tabby alone on the city's streets.

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Boat Story
TV Show 2023

Boat Story

Two hard-up strangers stumble across a haul of cocaine on a shipwrecked boat. After agreeing to sell it and split the cash, they become entangled with police, masked hitmen, and a sharp-suited gangster known as 'The Tailor'.

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How the BBC Began
TV Show 2022

How the BBC Began

The often-hilarious stories of the BBC's first 50 years. The corporation's pioneers describe its evolution – which was often by accident rather than design.

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The Larkins
TV Show 2021

The Larkins

Set in the late 1950’s, The Larkins follows the golden-hearted wheeler dealer Pop Larkin and his wife Ma, together with their six children, including the beautiful Mariette, as they bask in their idyllic and beautiful patch of paradise in Kent.

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Biography

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