Acting · Salford, Manchester, England, UK · Born August 25, 1961
Joanne Whalley (born 25 August 1961) is an English actress who began her career in 1974. She has since amassed numerous credits, primarily on television, but also in nearly 30 feature films, including Dance with a Stranger (1985), Willow (1988), Scandal (1989), The Secret Rapture (1993) and Mother's Boys (1994). Following her marriage to Val Kilmer in 1988, she was credited as Joanne Whalley-Kilmer until their divorce in 1996. Whalley was nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for the 1985 BBC serial Edge of Darkness, and was nominated for a Best Actress Golden Nymph Award at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival for the 2011 series The Borgias. Her other television roles include the 1986 BBC serial The Singing Detective; playing the title role in the 2000 CBS TV film Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, and as Claudia, wife of Pontius Pilate in the 2015 NBC series A.D. The Bible Continues. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joanne Whalley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
TVThe Rumour
2025
MovieTornado
2025
as Vienna Crawford
MovieWillow: Behind the Magic
2023
as Self - 'Sorsha'
TVWillow
2022
as Queen Sorsha
MovieLove Is Love Is Love
2021
as Lainie / Joanne (segments "Two for Dinner" and "Late Lunch")
MovieHardcore Halbert
2021
as Janet
MovieVal
2021
as Self
MovieResurrection
2021
as Claudia
MovieThe Bird Game
2019
as Crow
TVCarnival Row
2019
as Leonora
MoviePaul, Apostle of Christ
2018
as Priscilla
MovieMuse
2017
as Jacqueline
TVTin Star
2017
as Mary James
TVThe White Princess
2017
as Margaret of York
TVBeowulf: Return to the Shieldlands
2016
as Rheda
TVMarvel's Daredevil
2015
as Sister Maggie
MovieThe Ark
2015
as Emmy
TVWolf Hall
2015
as Katherine of Aragon
TVJamaica Inn
2014
as Aunt Patience
MovieThe Challenger Disaster
2013
as Gweneth Feynman
MovieTwixt
2011
as Denise
MovieGolf in the Kingdom
2011
as Agatha McNaughton
TVThe Borgias
2011
as Vanozza Cattaneo
Movie44 Inch Chest
2009
as Liz
MovieDiverted
2009
as Marion Price
TVGossip Girl
2007
as Sophie Grimaldi
MovieFlood
2007
as Patricia Nash
MovieLife Line
2007
as Katy Adair
MoviePlayed
2006
as Maggie
TVThe Virgin Queen
2006
as Queen Mary
MovieChild of Mine
2005
as Tess Palmer
MovieThe Californians
2005
as Luna
TVCriminal Minds
2005
as Karen Donovan
TVJustice League Unlimited
2004
as Emerald Empress (voice)
40
2003
as Jess
MovieBefore You Go
2002
as Mary
MovieVirginia's Run
2002
as Jessie Eastwood
MovieBreathtaking
2000
as Caroline Henshaw
TVJackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
2000
as Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
MovieJackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
2000
as Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
MovieThe Guilty
2000
as Natalie Crane
MovieRun the Wild Fields
2000
as Ruby Miller
MovieA Texas Funeral
1999
as Miranda
MovieThe Man Who Knew Too Little
1997
as Lori
TVScarlett
1994
as Scarlett O'Hara
MovieTrial by Jury
1994
as Valerie Alston
MovieA Good Man in Africa
1994
as Celia Adekunle
MovieMother's Boys
1993
as Colleen 'Callie' Harland
The Secret Rapture
1993
as Katherine Coleridge
MovieStoryville
1992
as Natalie Tate
MovieShattered
1991
as Jenny Scott
MovieThe Big Man
1990
as Beth Scoular
MovieNavy Seals
1990
as Claire Varrens
MovieA TV Dante
1990
as Beatrice
MovieKill Me Again
1989
as Fay Forrester
MovieScandal
1989
as Christine Keeler
MovieBosses From Hell
1989
MovieEmployees From Hell
1989
MovieTo Kill a Priest
1988
as Anna
MovieWillow
1988
as Sorsha
MovieWillow: The Making of an Adventure
1988
as Self - 'Sorsha'
MovieWill You Love Me Tomorrow
1987
as Jackie
MovieShoreleave
1987
as Myra
TVThe Singing Detective
1986
as Nurse Mills
TVEdge of Darkness
1985
as Emma Craven
MovieThe Good Father
1985
as Mary Hall
MovieNo Surrender
1985
as Cheryl
MovieDance with a Stranger
1985
as Christine
TVScreen Two
1985
as Jackie
MovieA Christmas Carol
1984
as Fan
TVReilly: Ace of Spies
1983
as Ulla
MoviePink Floyd: The Wall
1982
as Groupie
TVA Kind of Loving
1982
TVBergerac
1981
as Christine Bolton
MovieAnd Mum Came Too
1980
as Evelyn
MovieBirth of the Beatles
1979
as Schoolgirl (uncredited)
MovieThe One and Only Phyllis Dixey
1978
as Doris
TVCrown Court
1972
as Linda Mason
Gardel
