Joanne Whalley
Biography
Joanne Whalley is an English actress born on August 25, 1961, in Salford, Manchester, England. She began her career in 1974 and has amassed numerous credits primarily on television alongside nearly 30 feature films. Her film credits include Dance with a Stranger in 1985, Willow in 1988, Scandal in 1989, The Secret Rapture in 1993, and Mother's Boys in 1994. Following her marriage to Val Kilmer in 1988, she was credited as Joanne Whalley-Kilmer until their divorce in 1996. Whalley received a BAFTA TV Award nomination for Best Actress for the 1985 BBC serial Edge of Darkness and a Best Actress Golden Nymph Award nomination at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival for the 2011 series The Borgias.
Career overview
Joanne Whalley is an English actress born on August 25, 1961, in Salford, Manchester, England, United Kingdom. Beginning her career in 1974, she has amassed numerous credits, primarily working on television while also appearing in nearly 30 feature films. Her film appearances include Dance with a Stranger in 1985, Willow in 1988, Scandal in 1989, The Secret Rapture in 1993, and Mother's Boys in 1994. Following her marriage to Val Kilmer in 1988, she was credited as Joanne Whalley-Kilmer until their divorce in 1996.
Throughout her television and film career, Whalley has received recognition for her performances. She was nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for the 1985 BBC serial Edge of Darkness. Later, she received a nomination for a Best Actress Golden Nymph Award at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival for her role in the 2011 series The Borgias. With 81 known acting credits on The Movie Database, Whalley continues to be recognized for her extensive body of work across both film and television platforms.
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- Tornado (2025) as Vienna Crawford
- The Rumour (2025)
- Willow: Behind the Magic (2023) as Self - 'Sorsha'
- Willow (2022) as Queen Sorsha
- Val (2021) as Self
- Val (2021) Thanks
- Love Is Love Is Love (2021) as Lainie / Joanne (segments "Two for Dinner" and "Late Lunch")
- Resurrection (2021) as Claudia
- Hardcore Halbert (2021) as Janet
- Carnival Row (2019) as Leonora
- The Bird Game (2019) as Crow
- Paul, Apostle of Christ (2018) as Priscilla
- The White Princess (2017) as Margaret of York
- Tin Star (2017) as Mary James
- Muse (2017) as Jacqueline
- Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands (2016) as Rheda
- Marvel's Daredevil (2015) as Sister Maggie
- Wolf Hall (2015) as Katherine of Aragon
- The Ark (2015) as Emmy
- Jamaica Inn (2014) as Aunt Patience
- The Challenger Disaster (2013) as Gweneth Feynman
- The Borgias (2011) as Vanozza Cattaneo
- Twixt (2011) as Denise
- Golf in the Kingdom (2011) as Agatha McNaughton
- 44 Inch Chest (2009) as Liz
- Diverted (2009) as Marion Price
- Gossip Girl (2007) as Sophie Grimaldi
- Flood (2007) as Patricia Nash
- Life Line (2007) as Katy Adair
- The Virgin Queen (2006) as Queen Mary
- Played (2006) as Maggie
- Criminal Minds (2005) as Karen Donovan
- The Californians (2005) as Luna
- Child of Mine (2005) as Tess Palmer
- Justice League Unlimited (2004) as Emerald Empress (voice)
- 40 (2003) as Jess
- Before You Go (2002) as Mary
- Virginia's Run (2002) as Jessie Eastwood
- The Guilty (2000) as Natalie Crane
- Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (2000) as Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
- Run the Wild Fields (2000) as Ruby Miller
- Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (2000) as Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
- Breathtaking (2000) as Caroline Henshaw
- A Texas Funeral (1999) as Miranda
- The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997) as Lori
- Scarlett (1994) as Scarlett O'Hara
- A Good Man in Africa (1994) as Celia Adekunle
- Trial by Jury (1994) as Valerie Alston
- Mother's Boys (1993) as Colleen 'Callie' Harland
- The Secret Rapture (1993) as Katherine Coleridge
- Storyville (1992) as Natalie Tate
- Shattered (1991) as Jenny Scott
- Navy Seals (1990) as Claire Varrens
- The Big Man (1990) as Beth Scoular
- A TV Dante (1990) as Beatrice
- Employees From Hell (1989)
- Bosses From Hell (1989)
- Kill Me Again (1989) as Fay Forrester
- Scandal (1989) as Christine Keeler
- Willow (1988) as Sorsha
- Willow: The Making of an Adventure (1988) as Self - 'Sorsha'
- To Kill a Priest (1988) as Anna
- Shoreleave (1987) as Myra
- Will You Love Me Tomorrow (1987) as Jackie
- The Singing Detective (1986) as Nurse Mills
- Screen Two (1985) as Jackie
- Edge of Darkness (1985) as Emma Craven
- Dance with a Stranger (1985) as Christine
- No Surrender (1985) as Cheryl
- The Good Father (1985) as Mary Hall
- A Christmas Carol (1984) as Fan
- Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983) as Ulla
- Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982) as Groupie
- A Kind of Loving (1982)
- Bergerac (1981) as Christine Bolton
- And Mum Came Too (1980) as Evelyn
- Birth of the Beatles (1979) as Schoolgirl (uncredited)
- The One and Only Phyllis Dixey (1978) as Doris
- Crown Court (1972) as Linda Mason
- Gardel