# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joanna-scanlan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:02:11.318Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joanna-scanlan"
name: "Joanna Scanlan"
slug: "joanna-scanlan"
description: "Joanna Marion Scanlan is a British actress and writer. On television, she is known for her roles in The Thick of It (2005–2012), Big School (2013–2014), Puppy Love (2014), No Offence (2015–2018), Requiem (2018), The Larkins (2021), and Riot Women (2025). She was nominated for three BAFTA TV Awards for Getting On (2009–2012), including two for Best Writing."
tagline: "British actress"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joanna_Scanlan_2019.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1961-10-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           61.14
  momentum:             3.477515547759528
  historical:           17.15038533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0768936/"
    handle:    "nm0768936"
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Скэнлэн, Джоанна"
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    title: "乔安娜·斯坎伦"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Joanna Scanlan"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump