Joanna Scanlan

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Kent-based film scoops top prize at the BAFTAs (unknown)

The leading actress from a film set in Dover won a BAFTA last night for her performance. Joanna Scanlan beat Lady Gaga and Tessa Thompson to the prize for ...

Aleem Khan, who was born in Medway, said the county was the 'natural' place to set the story. "It felt like a very natural place to set the story." Speaking after her win, Scanlan, known for The Thick of It and Getting On, said she was in disbelief, adding it was the "highest accolade" to be honoured by BAFTA.

Joanna Scanlan paid tribute to her husband during her charming BAFTA speech (unknown)

The Best Actress winner looked chic in a black dress with statement sleeves as she accepted her award for the film, After Love.

To attend the awards Joanna Scanlon wore a high neck dress with statement oversize sleeves and red stiletto heels. Escape will cancel and close the window. Escape will cancel and close the window.

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She was awarded Leading Actress for her role in After Love, which she thanked Bafta for in Welsh. | ITV News Wales.

Joanna Scanlan, 60, thanks her GP after she won best actress BAFTA (unknown)

The After Love star, 60, struggled to hold back her tears after winning, calling it 'the highest accolade I could ever aspire to' and admitted she was ...

Who is BAFTA award winner and what else has she acted in? (unknown)

British actor Joanna Scanlan scooped the award for Best Actress in a Leading Role at the BAFTAs after a phenomenal performance in After Love.

She considers herself Welsh due to her upbringing in the country.She attended Brigidine Convent and Howell's School in Denbigh, as well as New Hall School in Chelmsford, Essex.Earlier in her life, she studied history at Queens' College, Cambridge and joined the Cambridge Footlights, where she became close friends with Hollywood star and fellow actor, Tilda Swinton.Scanlan didn’t decide to get into professional acting until the age of 34, but quickly found success playing a nurse in ITV series Peak Practice, before taking on the role of a midwife in her first film, Girl With The Pearl Earring, alongside Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson.The After Love actor is no stranger to award ceremonies, having previously received a Bafta nomination for satirical NHS drama Getting On, which she starred and co-wrote with Jo Brand and Vicki Pepperdine.The trio also received nominations for Best Female Performance in a Comedy and a Bafta Television Craft for screenwriting in both 2011 and 2013.What films has Joanna Scanlan been in?While some have described her Bafta win as a surprise, her victory at the 75th British Academy Awards was actually the fourth gong she has won for her role as Mary in the critically acclaimed After Love, having picked up awards at the Dublin International Film Festival, British Independent Film Awards and Thessaloniki International Film Festival.She has an extensive filmography, having starred in Notes on a Scandal and Bridget Jones's Baby.However, British fans will recognise her several popular television shows throughout the past two decades, with the actor taking on roles in TV series such as Doc Martin, Dracula and Spaced alongside several others.She is best known for her role as Terri Coverley, a useless senior press officer for the Department of Social Affairs and Citizenship in British comedy The Thick Of It, where she stars alongside Scottish actor Peter Capaldi.Thank you for reading this article. What films has Joanna Scalan been in?British actor Joanna Scanlan scooped the award for Best Actress in a Leading Role at the BAFTAs after a phenomenal performance in After Love. The red carpet was packed with tinsel town’s finest last night, as the film industry celebrated the 75th British Academy Film Awards at the Royal Albert Hall in London.Hosted by Australian actor Rebel Wilson, the event was the first in-person ceremony since 2020 and was worth the wait.Numerous surprise winners provided film fans an exhilarating night which included several popular stars pick up well-deserved gongs. One of those was well-respected Welsh actor Joanna Scanlan, who picked up one of the night’s major awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her role of Mary in Aleem Khan’s hit movie After Love.On accepting her award, Scanlan spoke in her native Welsh, proclaiming “Diolch yn fawr iawn as we say in my country!

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Joanna Scanlan went from breakdown to winning BAFTA after she ... (Mirror.co.uk)

BAFTA winning actress Joanna Scanlan has spoken about her struggles to make it in the industry before the door opened and success came.

And I remember everybody sort of going, ‘That’s a bit rude’,” she recalled. That’s not me,” she has said. “And especially someone like myself who’s well on in years. I’m 60. “He said to me, ‘What job do you do?’ I said I was teaching. I remember writing this sketch about a children’s sex education book. I said, ‘No, I was hoping to be an actress.’ But while their careers soared after graduation, she floundered. Joanna made a point of the bias in her speech at Sunday’s awards at the Royal Albert Hall. After accepting her gong, she said: “It doesn’t get bigger than BAFTA for a British actor. She was one of the first women to be allowed a place at her college and has also spoken of a violent male culture, and sexual harassment. Joanna has described it as an “ordeal”, and told an anecdote about a male student jumping in her window one night and sleeping on the floor. Her shock victory was one of the moments of the night, and her poignant speech, one she never thought she would get to give.