Joanne Whalley

Born: 1961-08-25

Joanne Whalley (born 25 August 1961) is an English actress who began her career in 1974. She has since amassed numerous credits, primarily on television, but also in nearly 30 feature films, including Dance with a Stranger (1985), Willow (1988), Scandal (1989), The Secret Rapture (1993) and Mother's Boys (1994). Following her marriage to Val Kilmer in 1988, she was credited as Joanne Whalley-Kilmer until their divorce in 1996. Whalley was nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for the 1985 BBC serial Edge of Darkness, and was nominated for a Best Actress Golden Nymph Award at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival for the 2011 series The Borgias. Her other television roles include the 1986 BBC serial The Singing Detective; playing the title role in the 2000 CBS TV film Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, and as Claudia, wife of Pontius Pilate in the 2015 NBC series A.D. The Bible Continues. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joanne Whalley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia


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Mother's Boys

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as Schoolgirl (uncredited)
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The Good Father

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as Self - 'Sorsha'
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A TV Dante

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Bosses From Hell

as uncredited
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John Cleese training video about bosses.

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as Doris
Released: 1978-11-01

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as uncredited
Released: 1989-01-01

John Cleese training video.

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Employees From Hell

as uncredited
Released: 1989-01-01

John Cleese training video about employees.

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And Mum Came Too

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Crown Court

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First aired: 1972-10-11

Crown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the...

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Justice League Unlimited

as Emerald Empress (voice)
First aired: 2004-07-31

The galaxy's most powerful superheroes return to battle the allied villains and criminal plots...

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Bergerac

as Christine Bolton
First aired: 1981-10-18

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The Borgias

as Vanozza Cattaneo
First aired: 2011-04-03

Set in 15th century Italy at the height of the Renaissance, The Borgias chronicles the corrupt...

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Wolf Hall

as Katherine of Aragon
First aired: 2015-01-21

England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the King dies without a male heir, the...

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Tin Star

as Mary James
First aired: 2017-09-07

The story of Jim Worth, an expat British police officer starting a new life with his family as...

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Carnival Row

as Leonora
First aired: 2019-08-29

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Willow

as Queen Sorsha
First aired: 2022-11-30

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The White Princess

as Margaret of York
First aired: 2017-04-16

The story of Elizabeth of York, the White Queen's daughter, and her marriage to the Lancaster...

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Reilly: Ace of Spies

as Ulla
First aired: 1983-09-05

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The Virgin Queen

as Queen Mary
First aired: 2006-01-22

The Virgin Queen explores the full sweep of Elizabeth's life: from her days of fear as a...

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Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands

as Rheda
First aired: 2016-01-03

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Edge of Darkness

as Emma Craven
First aired: 1985-11-04

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Scarlett

as Scarlett O'Hara
First aired: 1994-11-13

Scarlett O’Hara’s flight from the scrutiny of Atlanta society takes her on a journey to Savannah...

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The Singing Detective

as Nurse Mills
First aired: 1986-11-16

Tormented and bedridden by a debilitating disease, a mystery writer relives his detective...

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Jamaica Inn

as Aunt Patience
First aired: 2014-04-21

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A Kind of Loving

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-04-04

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40

as Jess
First aired: 2003-04-08

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