Joanne Whalley

Joanne Whalley

Known for
Acting
Born
August 25, 1961 (age 65)
Birthplace
Salford, Manchester, England, UK

Biography

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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Filmography

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Gardel

Gardel

Movie

2025
Tornado poster

Tornado

Movie · as Vienna Crawford

2025
The Rumour poster

The Rumour

TV · 5 eps

2023
Willow: Behind the Magic poster

Willow: Behind the Magic

Movie · as Self - 'Sorsha'

2022
Willow poster

Willow

TV · as Queen Sorsha · 3 eps

2021
Love Is Love Is Love poster

Love Is Love Is Love

Movie · as Lainie / Joanne (segments "Two for Dinner" and "Late Lunch")

2021
Resurrection poster

Resurrection

Movie · as Claudia

2021
Hardcore Halbert poster

Hardcore Halbert

Movie · as Janet

2021
Val poster

Val

Movie · as Self

2019
The Bird Game poster

The Bird Game

Movie · as Crow

2019
Carnival Row poster

Carnival Row

TV · as Leonora · 9 eps

2018
Paul, Apostle of Christ poster

Paul, Apostle of Christ

Movie · as Priscilla

2017
Muse poster

Muse

Movie · as Jacqueline

2017
Tin Star poster

Tin Star

TV · as Mary James · 2 eps

2017
The White Princess poster

The White Princess

TV · as Margaret of York · 8 eps

2016
Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands poster

Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands

TV · as Rheda · 12 eps

2015
The Ark poster

The Ark

Movie · as Emmy

2015
Marvel's Daredevil poster

Marvel's Daredevil

TV · as Sister Maggie · 9 eps

2015
Wolf Hall poster

Wolf Hall

TV · as Katherine of Aragon · 3 eps

2014
Jamaica Inn poster

Jamaica Inn

TV · as Aunt Patience · 3 eps

2013
The Challenger Disaster poster

The Challenger Disaster

Movie · as Gweneth Feynman

2011
Twixt poster

Twixt

Movie · as Denise

2011
Golf in the Kingdom poster

Golf in the Kingdom

Movie · as Agatha McNaughton

2011
The Borgias poster

The Borgias

TV · as Vanozza Cattaneo · 25 eps

2009
44 Inch Chest poster

44 Inch Chest

Movie · as Liz

2009
Diverted poster

Diverted

Movie · as Marion Price

2007
Flood poster

Flood

Movie · as Patricia Nash

2007
Life Line poster

Life Line

Movie · as Katy Adair

2007
Gossip Girl poster

Gossip Girl

TV · as Sophie Grimaldi · 7 eps

2006
Played poster

Played

Movie · as Maggie

2006
The Virgin Queen poster

The Virgin Queen

TV · as Queen Mary · 1 ep

2005
The Californians poster

The Californians

Movie · as Luna

2005
Child of Mine poster

Child of Mine

Movie · as Tess Palmer

2005
Criminal Minds poster

Criminal Minds

TV · as Karen Donovan · 1 ep

2004
Justice League Unlimited poster

Justice League Unlimited

TV · as Emerald Empress (voice) · 1 ep

2003
40

40

TV · as Jess · 3 eps

2002
Virginia's Run poster

Virginia's Run

Movie · as Jessie Eastwood

2002
Before You Go poster

Before You Go

Movie · as Mary

2000
The Guilty poster

The Guilty

Movie · as Natalie Crane

2000
Run the Wild Fields poster

Run the Wild Fields

Movie · as Ruby Miller

2000
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis poster

Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis

Movie · as Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis

2000
Breathtaking poster

Breathtaking

Movie · as Caroline Henshaw

2000
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis poster

Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis

TV · as Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis · 2 eps

1999
A Texas Funeral poster

A Texas Funeral

Movie · as Miranda

1997
The Man Who Knew Too Little poster

The Man Who Knew Too Little

Movie · as Lori

1994
Trial by Jury poster

Trial by Jury

Movie · as Valerie Alston

1994
A Good Man in Africa poster

A Good Man in Africa

Movie · as Celia Adekunle

1994
Scarlett poster

Scarlett

TV · as Scarlett O'Hara · 4 eps

1993
Mother's Boys poster

Mother's Boys

Movie · as Colleen 'Callie' Harland

1993
The Secret Rapture poster

The Secret Rapture

Movie · as Katherine Coleridge

1992
Storyville poster

Storyville

Movie · as Natalie Tate

1991
Shattered poster

Shattered

Movie · as Jenny Scott

1990
The Big Man poster

The Big Man

Movie · as Beth Scoular

1990
A TV Dante poster

A TV Dante

Movie · as Beatrice

1990
Navy Seals poster

Navy Seals

Movie · as Claire Varrens

1989
Kill Me Again poster

Kill Me Again

Movie · as Fay Forrester

1989
Scandal poster

Scandal

Movie · as Christine Keeler

1989
Bosses From Hell poster

Bosses From Hell

Movie

1988
Willow poster

Willow

Movie · as Sorsha

1988
To Kill a Priest poster

To Kill a Priest

Movie · as Anna

1988
Willow: The Making of an Adventure poster

Willow: The Making of an Adventure

Movie · as Self - 'Sorsha'

1987
Will You Love Me Tomorrow poster

Will You Love Me Tomorrow

Movie · as Jackie

1987
Shoreleave poster

Shoreleave

Movie · as Myra

1986
The Singing Detective poster

The Singing Detective

TV · as Nurse Mills · 6 eps

1985
Dance with a Stranger poster

Dance with a Stranger

Movie · as Christine

1985
The Good Father poster

The Good Father

Movie · as Mary Hall

1985
No Surrender poster

No Surrender

Movie · as Cheryl

1985
Edge of Darkness poster

Edge of Darkness

TV · as Emma Craven · 5 eps

1985
Screen Two poster

Screen Two

TV · as Jackie · 1 ep

1984
A Christmas Carol poster

A Christmas Carol

Movie · as Fan

1983
Reilly: Ace of Spies poster

Reilly: Ace of Spies

TV · as Ulla · 1 ep

1982
Pink Floyd: The Wall poster

Pink Floyd: The Wall

Movie · as Groupie

1982
A Kind of Loving poster

A Kind of Loving

TV · 10 eps

1981
Bergerac poster

Bergerac

TV · as Christine Bolton · 1 ep

1981
Coming Home

Coming Home

TV · as Assistant Travel Agent · 1 ep

1980
And Mum Came Too poster

And Mum Came Too

Movie · as Evelyn

1979
Birth of the Beatles poster

Birth of the Beatles

Movie · as Schoolgirl (uncredited)

1978
The One and Only Phyllis Dixey poster

The One and Only Phyllis Dixey

Movie · as Doris

1972
Crown Court poster

Crown Court

TV · as Linda Mason · 3 eps