Joanna Scanlan
Birthday: 1961-10-27
Place of Birth: West Kirby, Merseyside, England, UK
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. 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.
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Notes on a Scandal
A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of h...
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Girl with a Pearl Earring
This film, adapted from a work of fiction by author Tracy Chevalier, tells a story about the events ...
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Kinky Boots
Charles Price may have grown up with his father in the family shoe business in Northampton, central ...
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The Moon and the Stars
1939: Rome stands on the brink of World War II. In the midst of this political and social tension fa...
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The Invisible Woman
In 1857, at the height of his fame and fortune, novelist and social critic Charles Dickens meets and...
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Hot Hot Hot
Ferdinand is a long-standing employee at Fish Land, the aquatic centre within the globalised leisure...
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Get Santa
A father and son must team up to save Christmas when they discover Santa Claus sleeping in their gar...
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Tabby McTat
Busker Fred and his cat Tabby McTat entertain and delight passersby with music across London. One da...
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This Is Christmas
Follow Adam and Emma on their daily commute from the village of Langton to London, where they meet t...
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Wicked Little Letters
When the denizens of Littlehampton – including conservative Edith – begin receiving letters full of ...
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Grow Your Own
A refugee family are given an allotment plot and are met with suspicion by the people who have worke...
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In the Loop
The US President and the UK Prime Minister are planning on launching a war in the Middle East, but—b...
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The Rising of the Sap
When her daughter Bea abruptly arrives home, Elizabeth struggles to keep her from being unwittingly ...
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A Little Trip to Heaven
Insurance investigator Abraham Holt travels to a tiny town in rural Minnesota to look into a particu...
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Fungus The Bogeyman
Raymond Briggs' classic family story about smelly monsters, dangerous humans and what happens when t...
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Testament of Youth
Testament of Youth is a powerful story of love, war and remembrance, based on the First World War me...
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The Deal
It is approaching an election in the UK when the leader of the Labour party, John Smith, suffers ano...
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The Announcement
A film about friendship and familiarity masking major secrets. When protagonists Beth and Ross gathe...
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How to Talk to Girls at Parties
In 1970s London, a teenage outsider named Enn falls in love with a rebellious alien girl named Zan, ...
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Stardust
In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that h...
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The Rise of the Nutters
With Hugh in Australia and Glenn in Wales, Ollie is left in charge, feeding policies to junior minis...
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A Rather English Marriage
A squadron leader and a retired milkman decide to bury their differences and move in together after ...
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Maxwell
Basil Brookes joins "Captain Bob" - press mogul Robert Maxwell - as financial director and witnesses...
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Tulip Fever
An artist falls for a married young woman while he's commissioned to paint her portrait. The two inv...
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Jane Eyre
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happi...
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The Other Boleyn Girl
A sumptuous and sensual tale of intrigue, romance and betrayal set against the backdrop of a definin...
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Pin Cushion
Super close mother Lyn and daughter Iona (Dafty One and Dafty Two) are excited for their new life in...
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Bridget Jones's Baby
After breaking up, Bridget Jones' happily-ever-after hasn't quite gone according to plan. Fortysomet...
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40 Year Old Virgins
Most of us lose our virginity in our teens or early twenties. But for some, problems having sex for ...
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The Bad Education Movie
Mr Wickers and his class go on one final school trip after they finish their GCSEs....
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The Angina Monologues
Victoria Wood takes to the stage with an all female bill for a night of comedy in support of The Bri...
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Wild Honey Pie!
A wanna-be author feels pressured to move beyond her meandering writing career and get a more stable...
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How to Build a Girl
The journey of Midlands teenager Johanna Morrigan, who reinvents herself as Dolly Wilde: fast-talkin...
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After Love
Set in the port town of Dover in the South-East of England, Mary Hussain suddenly finds herself a wi...
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Spinners and Losers
Peter Mannion's speech on immigration, leaking the PM's policy, did not have the effect Tucker desir...
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Don vs Lightning
When Don, an elderly Scottish grump, finds himself the victim of multiple lightning strikes he begin...
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Joy
A young nurse, a visionary scientist and an innovative surgeon face opposition from the church, stat...
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Rhubarb Rhubarb
In Yorkshire's legendary “rhubarb triangle”, Jo and her aging father cultivate the delicate pink her...
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Poe
A biography of Edgar Allan Poe wraps around four of his most famous tales and several of his poems....
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Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Bridget Jones navigates life as a widow and single mum with the help of her family, friends, and for...
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Anxious People
On the day before Christmas Eve, investment banker Zara begrudgingly finds herself mingling with a g...
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Coming Soon
Coming Soon is the story of an existentialist-style experimental theatre troupe that travels from Lo...
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The Arrival
As two long-lost blood brothers grow closer, seduced by the idea of their shared history finally mak...
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