Joanna Page

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Joanna Page
Born
Joanna Louise Page

(1977-03-23) 23 March 1977 (age 47)
Treboeth, Swansea, Wales
Occupation(s)Actress, presenter
Years active1999–present
Spouse
(m. 2003)
Children4

Joanna Louise Page (born 23 March 1977) 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 currently co-presents (with Melanie Sykes) the BBC One consumer series Shop Well for Less. In 2023, Page joined Loose Women as a regular panellist.

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Early life

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]

Career

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 specials 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 ]

Personal life

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).

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRole
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

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001 The Cazalets Zoe
2004 Mine All Mine Candy Vivaldi
Making Waves OM Rosie Bowen
2005 To the Ends of the Earth Marion ChumleyTV miniseries
Gideon's Daughter Diane
2007–2010, 2019, 2024 Gavin & Stacey Stacey Shipman Lead role, 21 episodes
2008 Love Soup HeatherSeries 2, episode 10
2009 Jack Osbourne: Celebrity Adrenaline Junkie HerselfSeries 5, episode 3
Mist: Sheepdog TalesFlySeries 3, 6 episodes, Voice only
2010 Would I Lie to You? Herself
Agatha Christie's Marple Hester"The Blue Geranium"
My Pet ShameHost
2011 Bedlam Maria
White Van Man KatSeries 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 OopsyVoice only
2016 Home from Home Fiona HackettPilot episode only
2017Spring Break with Granddad Voice Over Voice only
2019Britain's Parking Hell: Ticket Wars Narrator Voice only
Midsomer Murders Holly AckroydEpisode: "The Miniature Murders"
Dial M for Middlesbrough Susan
2021–presentShop Well For LessPresenter
The Pet ShowCo Presenter
2022 The Masked Dancer Pig
Dog SquadTinksThree episodes (voice)
2023 Cooking With The Stars Herself/contestant
Men Up Moira DaviesTelevision film
2023–2024 Loose Women Regular panellist

Theatre

YearTitleRole
2008 Fat Pig Jeannie
2009 Cinderella Cinderella
2010 Dick Whittington Alice Fritzwarren
2011 Private Lives Sibyl

Radio advertisements

YearTitleRole
2009 Kingsmill advertNarrator
Carphone Warehouse advert
2011 Superdrug advert
2012 Sun Bingo advert
2020 Dreams advert

Recognition

Page was nominated for Best Female Comedy Newcomer at the 2007 British Comedy Awards. [12]

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