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Acting

Joanna Scanlan

Career: Active from 1998 to 2026, busiest in 2024 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles: 22
top three billing

Average score: 65/100

Highest rated: The Thick of It
88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 71 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Joanna Scanlan Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Violence
2.4, average 4.1
Adrenaline
3.4, average 4.8
Scare
1.6, average 2.6
Warfare
0.4, average 1.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 6
Ensemble Cast 3
Psychological Tension 3
Political Intrigue 3
Character-Driven Humor 2
Slice-of-Life 2
Warm & Witty 2
Media Manipulation 2
Fast-Paced Dialogue 2
British Comedy 2
Cringe Humor 2
British Social Realism 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

90

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

2 titles

TV show · as Dorothy Adlington

Poe

as Friend (Voice)

2020s

22 titles · average score 69

Missed Call

41

TV show

The Party

67

TV show · as Sylvia Gilmour

Riot Women

84

TV show · as Beth

A Very Royal Scandal

70

TV show · as Amanda Thirsk

Boat Story

70

TV show · as Pat Tooh

Secrets of the Aquarium

TV show · as Narrator

The Light in the Hall

58

TV show · as Sharon Roberts

Slow Horses

85

TV show · as Moira Tregorian

The Larkins

50

TV show · as Ma Larkin

After Love

77

as Mary / Fahima

Don vs Lightning

67

as Maggie

Dracula

68

TV show · as Mother Superior

2010s

29 titles · average score 65

The Accident

64

TV show · as Angela Griffiths

Requiem

66

TV show · as Janice Gray

Pin Cushion

72

as Lyn

No Offence

77

TV show · as Vivienne Deering

The Bad Education Movie

58

as Susan Poulter

Fungus the Bogeyman

68

TV show · as Mildrew

Puppy Love

TV show · as Nana V

Get Santa

63

as Ruth

The Invisible Woman

67

as Catherine Dickens

Big School

67

TV show · as Mrs Klebb

Getting On

75

TV show · as Sister Den Flixter

Heading Out

58

TV show · as Torla

2000s

26 titles · average score 71

Getting On

76

TV show · as Sister Den Flixter

The Other Boleyn Girl

55

as Midwife

The Rise of the Nutters

84

as Terri Coverley

Stardust

74

as Mormo

The Moon and the Stars

51

as Daisy Burke

The Thick of It

88

TV show · as Terri Coverley

A Little Trip to Heaven

42

as Josie

Girl with a Pearl Earring

70

as Tanneke

Little Britain

74

TV show · as Lou's Girlfriend Anya

Terri McIntyre - Classy Bitch

TV show

My Family

73

TV show · as Dental Assistant

TV show · as Julie

1990s

10 titles · average score 71

Spaced

93

TV show · as Tina

as Claudia

TV show

A Rather English Marriage

66

as Sister

Vanity Fair

76

TV show · as Lady Crawley

Midsomer Murders

80

TV show · as Clara Trout

Jane Eyre

70

as Bessie

Peak Practice

65

TV show · as Midwife

Murder Most Horrid

70

TV show · as Iris Wood-Newton

One Foot in the Grave

52

TV show · as Gillian

1980s

1 title · average score 45

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

45

TV show · as Audrey Barker