Joanne Heywood

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Joanne Heywood
Born
York, England
OccupationActress
Years active1986–present
Website joanneheywood.com

Joanne Heywood is an English television actress, probably best known for her role as Jessica Lovelock in Grace & Favour , a spin-off series of Are You Being Served? .

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Career

Born in York, North Yorkshire, Heywood was educated in York, Guildford and in Sydney, Australia. She studied musical theatre at the Guildford School of Acting [1] and, after graduating, made her professional stage debut in 1985 production of the pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk at York's Theatre Royal. For the next decade, she regularly appeared in pantomime at the same venue, often as principal boy. During this period, she also performed in stage musicals, including regional productions of Annie , Gypsy and Camelot , as well as the world premieres of Scrooge: The Musical and the stage adaptation of High Society .

Heywood's television debut was in the role of Dilys on the short-lived BBC series First of the Summer Wine . [1] In 1991, she made appearances on the television shows The New Statesman (natural selection,se3) and The Brittas Empire . In addition to her role as Jessica Lovelock, Heywood played Sally Bennett in the Gerry Poulson film Stanley's Dragon . She has also guest-starred in Knightmare , Next of Kin, four episodes of Coronation Street and A Prince Among Men.

In recent years, her television appearances have become less regular. She has appeared in Heartbeat , Emmerdale Farm and My Hero . Since then, Heywood has continued to perform frequently in regional and West End theatre productions, including plays, musicals and pantomimes.

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1986 Brush Strokes Woman in JacuzziEpisode: #1.13
1988–1989 First of the Summer Wine Dilys13 episodes
1991 The New Statesman Cher TitleyEpisode: "Natural Selection"
1991 The Brittas Empire MandyEpisode: "Stop Thief"
1991The Les Dennis Laughter ShowEpisode: #5.6
1992–1993 Grace & Favour Jessica Lovelock12 episodes
1994 Ben Elton: The Man from Auntie Telephone operatorEpisode: #2.5
1994 Knightmare Stiletta5 episodes
1994ArtrageousKate
1996 Next of Kin CarolineEpisode: "Pollution"
1997 A Prince Among Men Susan HamiltonEpisode: "Monkey Business"
2000 Heartbeat Rachel OsborneEpisode: "The Fool on the Hill"
2000 Kiss Me Kate SarahEpisode: "Christmas"
2004 EastEnders HayleyEpisode: #1.2770
2005 My Hero Wendy WilliamsEpisode: "The First Husbands' Club"
2006Losing ItFish Family MumTelevision film
2018At the BarRuth Karp QCTelevision short
2004–2020 Emmerdale Various9 episodes
1997–2022 Coronation Street Angela

Instructor Miss Finn

4 episodes

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1994 Stanley's Dragon Sally Bennett
2014GoneSusanne TaylorShort film
2017With Friends Like TheseKathyShort film
2019SequinsDebbie BigsbyShort film
2023 Gran Turismo Clothing Customer

Stage roles

YearTitleVenueRole
1985Jack and the Beanstalk Theatre Royal, York
1987High Society (musical) Victoria Palace, London
1988–1989Camelot (musical) Liverpool Playhouse, Liverpool
1992Scrooge: The Musical Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham Isabel
1998Out of Order (play) Mill at Sonning, Sonning Eye Jane Worthington
1999The Strange & Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe Palace Theatre, Watford Dolly
2000Behind the Scenes at the Museum (play)Theatre Royal, YorkPatricia
2000–2001Dick Whittington (pantomime)Theatre Royal, York
2001All for Mary (play)Mill at Sonning, Sonning EyeMary Millar
2002–2003Babbies in the Wood (pantomime)Theatre Royal, YorkPrincipal Boy
2003–2004Mother Goose's Silver Jubilee (pantomime)Theatre Royal, YorkPrincipal Boy
2005Sleeping Beauty (pantomime) City Varieties Music Hall, Leeds Vulgaria
2007Waiting for Gateaux (play) Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne
2007–2008Sleeping Beauty (pantomime)Gala Theatre, Durham City Carabosse
2008Birthday Suite (play)Mill at Sonning, Sonning EyeKate
2008–2009Sleeping Beauty (pantomime)Octagon Theatre, Yeovil Carabosse
2010Nightfright: The Nightmare of Your Life (play) Connaught Theatre, Worthing Jacqui
2010Legacy Falls (musical)New Players Theatre, LondonTaylor Taylor

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References

  1. 1 2 "Joanne Heywood | GSA - Guildford School of Acting". gsauk.org. Retrieved 24 May 2021.