Joanna Higson

Joanna Higson
Born (1983-05-29) 29 May 1983
Horwich, England
Occupation Actress
Years active 2007–present

Joanna Higson (born 29 May 1983 in Horwich, UK) is an English actress. She graduated from Salford University with a First Class Honours degree in Media and Performance in 2006.[1]

Career

Television

Higson's first television role came on 22 January 2007 when she was handpicked by Jim Cartwright for a role in an episode of The Afternoon Play on BBC One entitled, "Johnny Shakespeare".[2] She then appeared in the pilot episode of Scallwagga when the series was titled Spacehopper.[2] She played Amy Osbourne in Cold Blood in June 2007 and also in Cold Blood 5: The Last Hurrah on 3 January 2008.[3] On 13 December 2007 she appeared in an episode of the BBC television series, The Street.[4]

From April to June 2008, Higson returned in the comedy sketch show series Scallywagga on BBC Three.[5] She played a number of lead characters including the role of Greggs Girl.[6][7]

Higson appeared as a new regular character, Maxine Donnelly, in the sixth and seventh series of the comedy drama Shameless on Channel 4 from January 2009 to 2010.[2] She left the show after thirty-one episodes over two series; her character was never mentioned again.[2]

Higson then appeared in the Jimmy McGovern BBC1 Drama Accused broadcast in November 2010,[2] playing the young daughter of Christopher Eccleston's character, Willy, whose single chance encounter with a money launderer leads to a slippery criminal downfall for and his family and him.

She played the character Rachel Reid, a troubled and fragile alcoholic, in one episode of Series 14 of the long-running BBC medical drama Holby City broadcast on 29 December 2011.[8] In April, it was confirmed that the BBC would bring back the Rachel character due to her popularity with viewers. Her character reappeared on 28 August 2012 in the episode "Taxi For Spence" [9] In 2012, Higgson played he role of Sarah Milson, directed by Joanna Lumley, in Lumley's Little Crackers episode "Joanna Lumley's Little Cracker: Baby, Be Blonde".[10]

She appeared in three episodes of Doctors (8 January 2013 and 9 January 2013), as the character Lindsey Holt, in the episodes "My Brother's Keeper", Parts 1 and 2,My Brother's Keeper", Parts 1 and 2[11] and "I Want to Break Free" (30 September 2014).[12]

In 2015, Higson played the role of Vicky Hall in the third series of the BBC's WPC56 in three episodes: "Walk the Line" (10 March 2015), "From the Shadows" (11 March 2015), and "Requiem" (13 March 2015).[13]

Theatre

Among her theatrical roles, in 2008 Higson appeared in two plays, Road and Spring and Port Wine, at the Octagon Theatre in Bolton.[14]

Higson played Jo in A Taste Of Honey at The New Vic Theatre in Stoke in 2009,[15] where she returned in 2011 for the repertory season, playing Lydia Languish in The Rivals,[16] Hilda Crompton in Spring and Port Wine,[1] and Lady Agetha in The Admirable Crichton.[17]

In 2013, she played the roles of Clara Copperfield and Agnes Wickfield in David Copperfield at The Oldham Coliseum Theatre,[18] and Jenny Crabtree in The Transit of Venus at the Cul-De-Sac Theatre.[3]

She toured with the Bolton Octagon production of Hobsons Choice directed by David Thacker in 2014.[1]

In 2015, Higson played Dee in Richard Harris' The Business of Murder produced by the Middle Ground Theatre Company which toured the UK.[19]

Other Interests

Higson owns a photography studio, Joanna Higson Photography, that specialises in head shots for actors' resumes.[20]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Joanna Higson". narrowroad.co.uk. Narrow Road Company. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Joanna Says Goodbye to Her Shameless Role". theboltonnews.co.uk. The Bolton News. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Joanna Higson". Internet Movie Database. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 2008-05-22.
  4. ↑ ""The Street" Episode #2.6". Internet Movie Database. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 2008-05-22.
  5. ↑ "Scallywagga". Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 2008-05-22.
  6. ↑ "Scallywagga – - Production Details, Plus Regular Cast and Crew". British Comedy Guide. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 2008-05-22.
  7. ↑ "Scallywagga – Sketch Show". British Comedy Guide. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 2008-05-14.
  8. ↑ "Holby City". bbc.co.uk. BBC. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  9. ↑ "Holby City Series 14". radiotimes.com. Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  10. ↑ "Little Crackers". comedy.co.uk. British Comedy Guide. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  11. ↑ "Doctors". bbc.co.uk. BBC. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  12. ↑ "Doctors (I Want to Break Free)". tvguide.co.uk. TVGuide. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  13. ↑ "WPC56-Series 3". radiotimes.com. Immediate media Company. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  14. ↑ "Joanna Higson Takes Scally Role". theboltonnews. The Bolton News. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  15. ↑ "Review of a Taste of Honey". stokesentinel.co.uk. The Stoke Sentinel. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  16. ↑ "News from the Midlands". britishtheatreguide.info. British Theatre Guide. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  17. ↑ "The Admirable Crichton". thepublicreviews.com. The Public Reviews. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  18. ↑ "David Copperfield". britishtheatreguide.info. British Theatre Guide. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  19. ↑ "Business of Murder". The Business of Murder. Middle Ground Theatre Company. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  20. ↑ "Joanna Higson Photography". Joanna Higson Photography. Joanna Higson. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/11/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.