Person
Joanna Horton
Acting · Born 1980-03-31 · Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Biography
Joanna Horton is an English actress, notable for her stage and television work, including an episode of Robin Hood (series 1 episode 4), Father Brown, Spooks and Foyle's War. In 2009, Horton played Hannah in Days of Significance, written by Roy Williams, as part of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and played Barbara in The Gods Weep, written by Dennis Kelly, in 2010. In the same year, Horton also played Dunyasha in The Cherry Orchard, written by Anton Chekhov, at the Birmingham Rep, and Anna in Town, written by D.C. Moore, at the Royal & Derngate in Northampton. She appeared as Deb in an adaptation of Morgan Lloyd Malcolm's Belongings at Hampstead Theatre and Trafalgar Studios in 2011. During summer 2013 she appeared again with the Royal Shakespeare Company as Celia in As You Like It and Helena in All's Well That Ends Well. In 2017, she played Cassio in Othello at Shakespeare's Globe.
Known for

Father Brown
Joyce Evans

Vera
Kate Burns

Foyle's War
Gwen Rivers

Spooks
Leigh Bennett

Endeavour
Selina Berger

Falling
Lucy

Professor T
Lucy Turner

Patience
Clare Braxton

Treason
Rebecca Rossano

Fish Tank
Kelly
Filmography
- 2026FallingLucy
- 2025PatienceClare Braxton
- 2022TreasonRebecca Rossano
- 2022SpinningNast Woman in Car
- 2021Professor TLucy Turner
- 2020ScreeningProfessor Helen Downing
- 2016The People Next Door
- 2014The Ties That BindRuth Hallows
- 2013EndeavourSelina Berger
- 2013Father BrownJoyce Evans
- 2011VeraKate Burns
- 2010ExcludedLucy
- 2009Fish TankKelly
- 2008Midnight ManLucy
- 2008Bike SquadWPC 'Tazer' Horton
- 2002Foyle's WarGwen Rivers
- 2002SpooksLeigh Bennett
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