Joanna Scanlan
| Joanna Scanlan | |
|---|---|
| Born |
27 October 1961 West Kirby, On the Wirral, England |
| Occupation | Actress, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1997–present |
Joanna Scanlan (born 27 October 1961) is a British actress and screenwriter. She is best known for her roles in British film and television, such as The Thick of It,Bridget Jones's Baby., The Invisible Woman., No Offence, Puppy Love and Getting On.
Scanlan was born in West Kirby, On the Wirral. She attended Brigidine convent, Denbigh, New Hall School, Chelmsford and Howell's School Denbigh. The daughter of hoteliers, Michael and Patricia Scanlan, she moved to Wales with her parents at the age of three, where her parents later bought the Ruthin Castle hotel. She then studied history at Queens' College, Cambridge. She then joined the Cambridge Footlights, where she became friends with Tilda Swinton.
After graduation, Scanlan joined the academic staff of Leicester Polytechnic lecturing in drama for five years, before she undertook a similar role at the Arts Council of Great Britain for three years.
After the Arts Council of Great Britain broke up in 1994, at age 34 Scanlan decided to try her hand at professional acting, quickly gaining the role as a nurse in ITV1's Peak Practice. This formed some what of a theme in her early career, then playing a midwife in The Other Boleyn Girl with Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson, before playing a nurse again alongside Ade Edmondson's doctor in ill-fated Doctors and Nurses, and latterly Dr Diana Dibbs in Doc Martin with Martin Clunes.
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