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- Joanna Page at IMDb
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| Born | Joanna Louise Page |
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| Years active | 1999–present |
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| Children | 4 |
Joanna Louise Page is a Welsh actress and presenter, known for portraying Stacey Shipman in the BAFTA-winning television series Gavin & Stacey . [1] She played Dora Spenlow in the 1999 adaptation of David Copperfield , and featured as Just Judy in the 2003 romantic comedy Love Actually . She also co-presented (with Melanie Sykes) the BBC One consumer series Shop Well for Less. In 2023, Page joined Loose Women as a regular panellist.
Page was born in Treboeth, Swansea, Wales. [2] She attended Mynyddbach Comprehensive School, where she was head girl. She graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in 1998. [3]
On graduation from RADA, Page spent ten years in stage-based roles, mainly costume dramas for the Royal National Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company. This led to appearances in film productions, including From Hell , Mine All Mine , Love Actually and Miss Julie .[ citation needed ]
Page came to wider public attention after taking a leading role in the BBC comedy Gavin & Stacey , playing the main part of Stacey Shipman. She appeared in the show's three series between 2007 and 2010, before returning for a Christmas special in 2019. In May 2024 it was announced that a final episode of the show, to be broadcast on Christmas Day 2024, had been written. [4]
Page had a leading role in the 2001 BBC drama production The Cazalets , about a disparate, well-to-do English family during the Second World War. In 2009, Page provided the voice-overs for a series of Kingsmill bread TV and radio advertisements and the Christmas TV advertising campaign for the Carphone Warehouse. In December 2009, she was the cover star of FHM . [5] During Christmas 2009, Page played the role of Cinderella in pantomime in Woking, a role she played a year earlier in Wimbledon. The following year, she played the role of Alice Fitzwarren in Dick Whittington at the Milton Keynes Theatre. [ citation needed ]
In 2010, she hosted Sky 1 show My Pet Shame. In October of the same year, she became the new face of Superdrug. [6]
From May 2011, Page provided the voice of the lead character in the first season of Nick Jr. Channel UK's pre-school animation Poppy Cat , later replaced by Jessica Ransom from ITV's Doc Martin . In 2012, Page played Leanne Powell in the BBC One drama series The Syndicate , Helen Pearson in the Sky Living comedy Gates , and Mrs Peterson in Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger . In November 2013, Page starred as Queen Elizabeth I in "The Day of the Doctor", the 50th Anniversary episode of Doctor Who . [7]
In 2021, Page began presenting BBC One's consumer series Shop Well for Less. [8] At the end of 2021 she began co-hosting the show The Pet Show on ITV with Dermot O'Leary. [9] In 2022, she appeared on the second series of The Masked Dancer as Pig. In 2023 she filmed the BBC television feature Men Up , about the first clinical trials for the drug Viagra that took place in Swansea in 1994. [10]
In 2023, Page began appearing as a regular panellist on the ITV talk show Loose Women .[ citation needed ]
Page is married to English actor James Thornton. [11] They both appeared in the 1999 TV serial David Copperfield (Page as Dora Spenlow and Thornton as Ham Peggotty). Page and Thornton have four children. [12]
| Year | Title | Role |
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| 1999 | Miss Julie | Servant |
| David Copperfield | Dora Spenlow | |
| 2001 | Very Annie Mary | Bethan Bevan |
| From Hell | Ann Crook | |
| The Lost World | Gladys | |
| 2003 | Love Actually | Just Judy |
| Ready When You Are, Mr. McGill | Babs Carter | |
| 2012 | Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger | Mrs. Peterson |
| 2020 | Dolittle | Bethan Stubbins |
| Dream Horse | Angela Davies |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2001 | The Cazalets | Zoe | |
| 2004 | Mine All Mine | Candy Vivaldi | |
| Making Waves | OM Rosie Bowen | ||
| 2005 | To the Ends of the Earth | Marion Chumley | TV miniseries |
| Gideon's Daughter | Diane | ||
| 2007–2010, 2019, 2024 | Gavin & Stacey | Stacey Shipman | Lead role, 22 episodes |
| 2008 | Love Soup | Heather | Series 2, episode 10 |
| 2009 | Jack Osbourne: Celebrity Adrenaline Junkie | Herself | Series 5, episode 3 |
| Mist: Sheepdog Tales | Fly | Series 3, 6 episodes, Voice only | |
| 2010 | Would I Lie to You? | Herself | |
| Agatha Christie's Marple | Hester | "The Blue Geranium" | |
| My Pet Shame | Host | ||
| 2011 | Bedlam | Maria | |
| White Van Man | Kat | Series 1, episode 2 | |
| Poppy Cat | Poppy Cat | Series 1, Voice only | |
| 2012 | The Syndicate | Leanne Powell | |
| Gates | Helen Pearson | ||
| 2013 | Doctor Who | Queen Elizabeth I | Episode: "The Day of the Doctor" |
| Breathless | Lily Enderbury | ||
| 2013–present | Q Pootle 5 | Oopsy | Voice only |
| 2016 | Home from Home | Fiona Hackett | Pilot episode only |
| 2017 | Spring Break with Granddad | Voice Over | Voice only |
| 2019 | Britain's Parking Hell: Ticket Wars | Narrator | Voice only |
| Midsomer Murders | Holly Ackroyd | Episode: "The Miniature Murders" | |
| Dial M for Middlesbrough | Susan | ||
| 2021–present | Shop Well For Less | Presenter | |
| The Pet Show | Co Presenter | ||
| 2022 | The Masked Dancer | Pig | |
| Dog Squad | Tinks | Three episodes (voice) | |
| 2023 | Cooking With The Stars | Herself/contestant | |
| Men Up | Moira Davies | Television film | |
| 2023–2024 | Loose Women | Regular panellist | |
| 2025 | Joanna Page's Wild Life | Presenter | 15 episodes |
| Wynne & Joanna: All at Sea | Herself | 6-part series with Wynne Evans |
| Year | Title | Role |
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| 2008 | Fat Pig | Jeannie |
| 2009 | Cinderella | Cinderella |
| 2010 | Dick Whittington | Alice Fritzwarren |
| 2011 | Private Lives | Sibyl |
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| 2009 | Kingsmill advert | Narrator |
| Carphone Warehouse advert | ||
| 2011 | Superdrug advert | |
| 2012 | Sun Bingo advert | |
| 2020 | Dreams advert |
Page was nominated for 'Best Female Comedy Newcomer' at the 2007 British Comedy Awards. [13]
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