Joanna Scanlan
Biography
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.…
Filmography
Spinners and Losers
2007 · 8.5
The Rise of the Nutters
2007 · 8.4
Murder in Mind
2001 · 8.3
The Thick of It
2005 · 8.1
Slow Horses
2022 · 8.1
The Party
2026 · 8.0
Coming Soon
1999 · 8.0
Dylan's Room
2016 · 8.0
Spaced
1999 · 7.9
One Foot in the Grave
1990 · 7.7
McDonald & Dodds
2020 · 7.6
Vanity Fair
1998 · 7.6
Riot Women
2025 · 7.6
No Offence
2015 · 7.5
Jekyll
2007 · 7.5
Fungus the Bogeyman
2015 · 7.5
Midsomer Murders
1997 · 7.5
Boat Story
2023 · 7.3
Stardust
2007 · 7.3
Stella
2012 · 7.2
Getting On
2009 · 7.2
Testament of Youth
2015 · 7.2
My Family
2000 · 7.1
Hooten & The Lady
2016 · 7.1
Notes on a Scandal
2006 · 7.1
This Is Christmas
2022 · 7.1
Jane Eyre
1997 · 7.1
After Love
2021 · 7.1
Little Britain
2003 · 7.1
In the Loop
2009 · 7.0
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
2017 · 7.0
Dracula
2020 · 7.0
Fun at the Funeral Parlour
2001 · 7.0
Cry Wolf
2000 · 7.0
Killed Without A Trace
2024 · 7.0
The Announcement
2000 · 7.0
Wicked Little Letters
2024 · 6.9
Murder Most Horrid
1991 · 6.9
Death Comes to Pemberley
2013 · 6.9
JOY
2024 · 6.9
Psychobitches
2013 · 6.8
The Other Boleyn Girl
2008 · 6.7
Big School
2013 · 6.7
Human Remains
2000 · 6.7
Kinky Boots
2005 · 6.7
Tabby McTat
2024 · 6.7
The Deal
2003 · 6.7
Don vs Lightning
2021 · 6.7
Girl with a Pearl Earring
2003 · 6.6
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987 · 6.6
A Very Royal Scandal
2024 · 6.6
Avenue 5
2020 · 6.5
Tulip Fever
2017 · 6.5
Peak Practice
1993 · 6.5
Grow Your Own
2007 · 6.5
Bridget Jones's Baby
2016 · 6.4
Getting On
2013 · 6.4
Hold the Sunset
2018 · 6.4
Pin Cushion
2018 · 6.4
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
2025 · 6.3
Requiem
2018 · 6.3
The Accident
2019 · 6.2
The Woman in White
2018 · 6.1
Get Santa
2014 · 6.1
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
2017 · 6.0
Playhouse Presents
2012 · 6.0
Home Time
2009 · 6.0
Doctors and Nurses
2004 · 6.0
Puppy Love
2014 · 6.0
Hot Hot Hot
2011 · 6.0
The Invisible Woman
2013 · 5.9
The Bad Education Movie
2015 · 5.8
How to Build a Girl
2020 · 5.8
The Larkins
2021 · 5.7
The Light in the Hall
2022 · 5.5
A Little Trip to Heaven
2005 · 5.5
A Rather English Marriage
1998 · 5.5
Heading Out
2013 · 5.4
The Moon and the Stars
2007 · 5.1
Sally4Ever
2018 · 4.6
Wild Honey Pie!
2018 · 3.7
Missed Call
2026 · 3.0
Fungus The Bogeyman
2015 · 2.5
Terri McIntyre - Classy Bitch
2001 · 0.0
Coming Soon
1999 · 0.0
Anxious People
— · 0.0
Secrets of the Aquarium
2023 · 0.0
The Arrival
— · 0.0
Rhubarb Rhubarb
2025 · 0.0
The Calling
2010 · 0.0
Ropey
2021 · 0.0
Poe
— · 0.0
The Cadburys
— · 0.0
The Rising of the Sap
2024 · 0.0