Joanna was born in Winchester, Hampshire, England.Joanna had her first London acting agent at fourteen, Movie Mites, and whilst with them auditioned for a role in Stanley Kubrick's 'Eyes Wide Shut'. By the age of sixteen Joanna had played a variety of minor TV roles, including being the invited guest on the Cable TV Series 'Cash In Hand' and performed in various theatrical productions at the Theatre Royal, Winchester, The Mayflower Theatre, Southampton and the Ashcroft Arts Centre and Bishopsfield Theatre, both in Fareham. Joanna then went on to play Ellen Malpass alongside Janet Suzman, Joyce Redman, Edward Hardwicke and Richard Johnson in The Ruth Rendell Mystery 'Front Seat', directed by Sandy Johnson for Meridan and ITV Productions.Joanna has recently played Kirsty Lane in the Channel 5 Drama Reconstruction programme, 'Fingers In The Till' and also the CT Technician in 'Critical' for Sky 1. Joanna can also be seen as the Female Job Candidate at the Bathroom Shop in the TV series 'Peep Show' (Series 8. Episode 1) and as the baker, known as Ordinary Woman with lovely buns, alongside Paul Whitehouse and Harry Enfield in a spoof sketch of The Great British Bake Off for BBC 2.Joanna received distinction in her Lamda Acting Medals and certificates and went on to train at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts in London, England.