Joanna Scanlan: movies and TV shows
Joanna Scanlan has 108 credits in the archive: 46 films and 62 TV series, from 1987 to 2026. Highest rated: Murder in Mind (8.3/10).
Career timeline
1987 – 2026 · busiest year: 2007 (8 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Missed Call | TV | 3.0 | 64 | |
| 2026 | Anxious People | Film | — | 64 | |
| 2025 | Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy | Cathy | Film | 6.4 | 63 |
| 2025 | Riot Women | Beth | TV | 7.8 | 63 |
| 2025 | Rhubarb Rhubarb | Film | — | 63 | |
| 2024 | Wicked Little Letters | Ann | Film | 6.9 | 62 |
| 2024 | A Very Royal Scandal | Amanda Thirsk | TV | 6.6 | 62 |
| 2024 | Joy | Gladys May | Film | 6.9 | 62 |
| 2024 | Killed Without A Trace | Presenter | TV | 7.0 | 62 |
| 2024 | The Rising of the Sap | Elizabeth | Film | — | 62 |
| 2024 | Tabby McTat | Pat (voice) | Film | 6.8 | 62 |
| 2023 | Boat Story | Pat Tooh | TV | 7.2 | 61 |
| 2023 | Secrets of the Aquarium | Narrator | TV | — | 61 |
| 2022 | Slow Horses | Moira Tregorian | TV | 8.0 | 60 |
| 2022 | Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg | Self – Actor | TV | 2.8 | 60 |
| 2022 | Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg | Self | TV | 2.8 | 60 |
| 2022 | The Light in the Hall | Sharon Roberts | TV | 5.5 | 60 |
| 2022 | How the BBC Began | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | 7.0 | 60 |
| 2022 | This Is Christmas | Linda | Film | 7.1 | 60 |
| 2021 | The Larkins | Ma Larkin | TV | 5.7 | 59 |
| 2021 | After Love | Mary/Fahima | Film | 7.1 | 59 |
| 2021 | Don vs Lightning | Maggie | Film | 7.1 | 59 |
| 2021 | Ropey | Film | — | 59 | |
| 2020 | McDonald & Dodds | Kelly Mulcreevy | TV | 7.6 | 58 |
| 2020 | Avenue 5 | Johanna | TV | 6.5 | 58 |
| 2020 | Dracula | Mother Superior | TV | 7.0 | 58 |
| 2020 | How to Build a Girl | Mrs. Belling | Film | 5.7 | 58 |
| 2019 | Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | 9.1 | 57 |
| 2019 | The Accident | Angela Griffiths | TV | 6.2 | 57 |
| 2018 | Requiem | Janice Gray | TV | 6.3 | 56 |
| 2018 | Sally4Ever | Stella | TV | 4.8 | 56 |
| 2018 | The Woman in White | Mrs Vesey | TV | 6.1 | 56 |
| 2018 | Hold the Sunset | Sandra | TV | 6.4 | 56 |
| 2018 | Dinnerladies Diaries | Self | TV | 9.0 | 56 |
| 2018 | Wild Honey Pie! | Janet | Film | 3.7 | 56 |
| 2018 | Pin Cushion | Lyn | Film | 6.4 | 56 |
| 2017 | Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams | Su | TV | 7.0 | 55 |
| 2017 | Tulip Fever | Mrs. Overvalt | Film | 6.5 | 55 |
| 2017 | How to Talk to Girls at Parties | Marion, Enn’s Mother | Film | 6.0 | 55 |
| 2016 | Bridget Jones's Baby | Cathy - Make Up Lady | Film | 6.4 | 54 |
| 2016 | Hooten & The Lady | TV | 7.1 | 54 | |
| 2016 | Dylan's Room | Penny | Film | 8.0 | 54 |
| 2015 | No Offence | Vivienne Deering | TV | 7.5 | 53 |
| 2015 | No Offence | TV | 7.5 | 53 | |
| 2015 | Testament of Youth | Aunt Belle | Film | 7.3 | 53 |
| 2015 | Fungus the Bogeyman | Mildrew | TV | 7.5 | 53 |
| 2015 | The Bad Education Movie | Susan Poulter | Film | 5.7 | 53 |
| 2015 | Fungus The Bogeyman | Film | 2.5 | 53 | |
| 2014 | Get Santa | Ruth | Film | 6.1 | 52 |
| 2014 | Puppy Love | Nana V | TV | 6.0 | 52 |
| 2013 | Psychobitches | Barbara Woodhouse | TV | 6.8 | 51 |
| 2013 | Getting On | Sister Den Flixter | TV | 6.3 | 51 |
| 2013 | Getting On | TV | 6.3 | 51 | |
| 2013 | Big School | Mrs Klebb | TV | 6.7 | 51 |
| 2013 | The Invisible Woman | Catherine Dickens | Film | 5.9 | 51 |
| 2013 | Death Comes to Pemberley | Mrs. Reynolds | TV | 6.9 | 51 |
| 2013 | Heading Out | Torla | TV | 5.4 | 51 |
| 2013 | 40 Year Old Virgins | Herself | Film | 5.5 | 51 |
| 2012 | Playhouse Presents | Barbara Woodhouse | TV | 6.0 | 50 |
| 2012 | Stella | TV | 7.1 | 50 | |
| 2011 | Hot Hot Hot | Mary-Ann | Film | 6.0 | 49 |
| 2010 | The Angina Monologues | Herself | Film | — | 48 |
| 2010 | The Calling | Sister Kevin | Film | — | 48 |
| 2009 | Getting On | Sister Den Flixter | TV | 6.9 | 47 |
| 2009 | Getting On | TV | 6.9 | 47 | |
| 2009 | In the Loop | Roz | Film | 7.0 | 47 |
| 2009 | Home Time | Mrs Pitman | TV | 6.0 | 47 |
| 2008 | The Other Boleyn Girl | Midwife | Film | 6.7 | 46 |
| 2007 | Would I Lie to You? | Self | TV | 7.8 | 45 |
| 2007 | Stardust | Mormo | Film | 7.3 | 45 |
| 2007 | Jekyll | Nurse | TV | 7.5 | 45 |
| 2007 | The Moon and the Stars | Daisy Burke | Film | 5.1 | 45 |
| 2007 | The Rise of the Nutters | Terri Coverley | Film | 8.5 | 45 |
| 2007 | Grow Your Own | Barbara | Film | 6.5 | 45 |
| 2007 | Spinners and Losers | Terri Coverly | Film | 8.6 | 45 |
| 2007 | Maxwell | Jennings | Film | 6.0 | 45 |
| 2006 | Notes on a Scandal | Sue Hodge | Film | 7.1 | 44 |
| 2005 | The Thick of It | Terri Coverley | TV | 8.1 | 43 |
| 2005 | Kinky Boots | Trish | Film | 6.7 | 43 |
| 2005 | A Little Trip to Heaven | Josie | Film | 5.4 | 43 |
| 2004 | Doctors and Nurses | Stumpy Yates | TV | 6.0 | 42 |
| 2003 | Little Britain | Lou's Girlfriend Anya | TV | 7.0 | 41 |
| 2003 | Girl with a Pearl Earring | Tanneke | Film | 6.6 | 41 |
| 2003 | The Deal | Sue Nye | Film | 6.8 | 41 |
| 2001 | Murder in Mind | Diana Spearman | TV | 8.3 | 39 |
| 2001 | Fun at the Funeral Parlour | TV | 7.0 | 39 | |
| 2001 | Terri McIntyre - Classy Bitch | TV | — | 39 | |
| 2000 | My Family | Dental Assistant | TV | 7.0 | 38 |
| 2000 | Human Remains | Nana | TV | 6.7 | 38 |
| 2000 | Cry Wolf | Julie | TV | 7.0 | 38 |
| 2000 | The Announcement | Debbie | Film | 7.0 | 38 |
| 1999 | My Parents Are Aliens | TV | 6.7 | 37 | |
| 1999 | Spaced | Tina | TV | 7.9 | 37 |
| 1999 | Coming Soon | TV | — | 37 | |
| 1999 | Coming Soon | Claudia | Film | 8.0 | 37 |
| 1998 | Vanity Fair | Lady Crawley | TV | 7.6 | 36 |
| 1998 | A Rather English Marriage | Sister | Film | 5.5 | 36 |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Clara Trout | TV | 7.5 | 35 |
| 1997 | Jane Eyre | Bessie | Film | 7.1 | 35 |
| 1994 | Room 101 | Self | TV | 6.6 | 32 |
| 1993 | Peak Practice | Midwife | TV | 6.5 | 31 |
| 1991 | Murder Most Horrid | Iris Wood-Newton | TV | 6.9 | 29 |
| 1990 | Have I Got News for You | Self | TV | 7.2 | 28 |
| 1990 | One Foot in the Grave | Gillian | TV | 7.7 | 28 |
| 1987 | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Audrey Barker | TV | 6.6 | 25 |
| Have I Got a Bit More News for You | Herself - Panellist | TV | 7.1 | — | |
| The Arrival | Film | — | — | ||
| Poe | Friend (Voice) | Film | — | — |