Joanna Higson
| Joanna Higson | |
|---|---|
| Born | 29 May 1983 Horwich, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2007–present |
Joanna Higson born 29 May 1983 in Horwich UK, is an English actress. She graduated from Salford University with a First Class Honours degree in Media and Performance in 2006.[1]
Career
Television
Higson's first television role came on 22 January 2007 when she was handpicked by Jim Cartwright for a role in an episode of The Afternoon Play on BBC One entitled, "Johnny Shakespeare".[2] She then appeared in the pilot episode of Scallwagga when the series was titled Spacehopper.[2] She played Amy Osbourne in Cold Blood in June 2007 and also in Cold Blood 5: The Last Hurrah on 3 January 2008.[3] On 13 December 2007 she appeared in an episode of the BBC television series, The Street.[4]
From April to June 2008, Higson returned in the comedy sketch show series Scallywagga on BBC Three.[5] She played a number of lead characters including the role of Greggs Girl.[6][7]
Higson appeared as a new regular character, Maxine Donnelly, in the sixth and seventh series of the comedy drama Shameless on Channel 4 from January 2009 to 2010.[2] She left the show after thirty-one episodes over two series; her character was never mentioned again.[2]
Higson then appeared in the Jimmy McGovern BBC1 Drama Accused broadcast in November 2010,[2] playing the young daughter of Christopher Eccleston's character, Willy, whose single chance encounter with a money launderer leads to a slippery criminal downfall for and his family and him.
She played the character Rachel Reid, a troubled and fragile alcoholic, in one episode of Series 14 of the long-running BBC medical drama Holby City broadcast on 29 December 2011.[8] In April, it was confirmed that the BBC would bring back the Rachel character due to her popularity with viewers. Her character reappeared on 28 August 2012 in the episode "Taxi For Spence" [9] In 2012, Higgson played he role of Sarah Milson, directed by Joanna Lumley, in Lumley's Little Crackers episode "Joanna Lumley's Little Cracker: Baby, Be Blonde".[10]
She appeared in three episodes of Doctors (08/01/13 and 09/01/13), as the character Lindsey Holt, in the episodes "My Brother's Keeper", Parts 1 and 2,My Brother's Keeper", Parts 1 and 2[11] and "I Want to Break Free" (30/09/2014).[12]
In 2015, Higson played the role of Vicky Hall in the third series of the BBC's WPC56 in three episodes: "Walk the Line" (10/03/2015), "From the Shadows" (11/03/2015), and "Requiem" (13/03/2015).[13]
Theatre
Among her theatrical roles, in 2008 Higson appeared in two plays, Road and Spring and Port Wine, at the Octagon Theatre in Bolton.[14]
Higson played Jo in A Taste Of Honey at The New Vic Theatre in Stoke in 2009,[15] where she returned in 2011 for the repertory season, playing Lydia Languish in The Rivals,[16] Hilda Crompton in Spring and Port Wine,[1] and Lady Agetha in The Admirable Crichton.[17]
In 2013, she played the roles of Clara Copperfield and Agnes Wickfield in David Copperfield at The Oldham Coliseum Theatre,[18] and Jenny Crabtree in The Transit of Venus at the Cul-De-Sac Theatre.[3]
She toured with the Bolton Octagon production of Hobsons Choice directed by David Thacker in 2014.[1]
In 2015, Higson played Dee in Richard Harris' The Business of Murder produced by the Middle Ground Theatre Company which toured the UK.[19]
Other Interests
Higson owns a photography studio, Joanna Higson Photography, that specialises in head shots for actors' resumes.[20]
References
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