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Joanne Froggatt
Born: 23rd Aug 1980 Littlebeck, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Dept: Acting
Joanne Froggatt (born 23 August 1980) is a British actress. From 2010 to 2015, she portrayed Anna Bates in the ITV period drama series Downton Abbey, for which she received three Emmy nominations and won the 2014 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. From 2017 to 2020, she starred as Laura Nielson in the ITV/Sundance drama series Liar.
Froggatt rose to prominence with her portrayal of Zoe Tattersall on the soap opera Coronation Street (1997–1998). She played Ruth Tyler, Sam Tyler's mother in original UK version of the fantasy police drama Life on Mars (British TV series) (2006). She went on to star in the television films Danielle Cable: Eyewitness (2003), See No Evil: The Moors Murders (2006), and Murder in the Outback (2007), before winning the British Independent Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer for her leading role in In Our Name (2010). Other film credits include Filth (2013), A Street Cat Named Bob (2016), Mary Shelley (2017), and Downton Abbey (2019).
Froggatt was born and brought up in the village of Littlebeck in North Yorkshire. Her parents, Ann and Keith Froggatt, having run a corner shop, next started a rare-breed sheep farm on a smallholding near Whitby. Froggatt has likened her childhood setting to the backdrop of Emily Brontë's classic novel Wuthering Heights. Froggatt initially joined a drama group in Scarborough, and then left her family home at the age of 13 to attend the Redroofs Theatre School in Maidenhead, Berkshire.
In 1996, Froggatt made her TV debut in the long-running ITV drama The Bill, and shortly afterwards landed the role of teenage mother Zoe Tattersall in Coronation Street. She left the programme in 1998, when her character was written out. In 1999, she appeared in the first four episodes of the first series of prison drama Bad Girls, portraying teenage mother Rachel Hicks.
In 2003, Froggatt played the leading role in the controversial one-off drama Danielle Cable: Eyewitness, based on the true story of a teenage girl who witnessed the murder of her boyfriend in a reputed road rage attack. While researching the role, she met Cable, who later contacted her to commend her on her portrayal. The film earned a BAFTA TV Award nomination for Best Single Drama.
In 2022, she starred in Last Light, an apocalyptic thriller TV series on Peacock.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 63
Film: 27 (43%)
Television: 36 (57%)
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Filmography
2025
Stars of the beloved period drama Downton Abbey reunite at London's Savoy Hotel to share memories and behind-the-scenes tales, plus a sneak peek at th ... view
Character:
Self
2025
When Mary finds herself at the center of a public scandal and the family faces financial strife, the entire household grapples with the threat of soci ... view
Character:
Anna Bates
2025
Jack has a secret that he must confess to his pregnant wife during her new favourite dessert. ... view
Character:
Gemma
Mar 2025 (first aired)
Two mob families clash in a war that threatens to topple empires and lives. ... view
Character:
Jan Da Souza (10 ep.)
Feb 2024 (first aired)
A searing, thought-provoking and poignant account of an NHS doctor in the eye of the storm during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic. ... view
Character:
Dr. Abbey Henderson (3 ep.)
May 2023 (first aired)
When the 19-year-old daughter of a UK politician is found dead in Sydney Harbour, cultures clash as a British and an Australian detective team up to s ... view
Character:
Abigail Crawford (6 ep.)
2022
Following the England Women’s Rugby League squad as they build up to the biggest competition of their lives, a home World Cup in October 2022. This ... view
Character:
Narrator
Sep 2022 (first aired)
Separated across continents, petro-chemist Andy Yeats and his family must survive the deadly effects of a sudden global oil crisis and find the master ... view
Character:
Elena Yeats (5 ep.)
Jun 2022 (first aired)
Old grudges, new rivalries. A tangled web of murder and revenge spirals in a fractured Nottinghamshire mining community. Powerful drama with Lesley Ma ... view
Character:
Sarah Vincent (3 ep.)
2022
The Crawley family goes on a grand journey to the south of France to uncover the mystery of the dowager countess's newly inherited villa. Meanwhile, a ... view
Character:
Anna Bates
Oct 2021 (first aired)
Angela Black leads a seemingly idyllic life with two beautiful sons and a charming, hard-working husband while covering the fact that she is a victim ... view
Character:
Angela Black (6 ep.)
Dec 2019 (first aired)
Set in a gripping vision of the near future, THE COMMONS is an absorbing character-driven relationship drama and a story about motherhood as the ultim ... view
Character:
Eadie Boulay (8 ep.)
2019
The beloved Crawleys and their intrepid staff prepare for the most important moment of their lives. A royal visit from the King and Queen of England w ... view
Character:
Anna Bates
2018
An attention-seeking psychic is kidnapped and tries to use the situation to boost his popularity. ... view
Character:
Chelsea Mills
2018
Dylan Derringer, a lonely dentist in Florida, is confronted by a figure from the past bringing news that sends him on an eventful and ultimately life- ... view
Character:
Jaime
Sep 2017 (first aired)
A teacher and a surgeon are rocked by scandalous accusations after they enjoy a seemingly innocent date. ... view
Character:
Laura Nielson (12 ep.)
2017
The love affair between poet Percy Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin resulted in the creation of an immortal novel, “Frankenstein; or, The Mode ... view
Character:
Mary Jane Clairmont
2017
Bob's team just got BIGGER with the most mega build EVER! Meet new team members Thud, Crunch, and former TV star Ace. They help Scoop, Muck, and Lofty ... view
Character:
Wendy (voice)
2016
James Bowen, a homeless busker and recovering drug addict, has his life transformed when he meets a stray ginger cat. ... view
Character:
Val
Oct 2016 (first aired)
The story of Victorian serial killer Mary Ann Cotton, a poisoner whose methods leave no visible scars, allowing her tally of victims to mount, unsuspe ... view
Character:
Mary Ann Cotton (2 ep.)
2016
Based on the real story of Tom and Nicola Ray from Rutland. Their perfect life is totally ruined in a single moment after Tom had developed sepsis. Wh ... view
Character:
Nicola Ray
2016
Bob and his team are ready to build big! Bob is on hand to rescue his friends when Scoop is stranded sky-high and Leo gets trapped in Fixham castle. W ... view
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2015
Alice in Wonderland is one of the most wondrous, truly original stories ever written—filled with magical and marvelous happenings. On its 150th anni ... view
Character:
Narrator
Feb 2014 (first aired)
Photographer and director Sam Jones sits down with the myriad professionals of television and movies, and other celebrities (great skateboarders, for ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
2013
A council case worker looks for the relatives of those found dead and alone. ... view
Character:
Kelly Stoke
2013
A bigoted junkie cop suffering from borderline personality disorder and drug addiction manipulates and hallucinates his way in a bid to secure promoti ... view
Character:
Mary
2013
Based on the Vanity Fair article of the same title, a story about a young boy drawn into a web of lies through an online chatroom. ... view
Character:
Detective Inspector Sarah Clayton
Jun 2012 (first aired)
A five-part series of intertwining, semi-improvised love stories exploring the reality of love in the modern world. ... view
Character:
Ruth (1 ep.)
2010
It is Christmas Day in the Royle household and Barbara is up to her eyes in it, as Jim is out of action following an unfortunate incident in the preci ... view
Character:
Saskia
Sep 2010 (first aired)
A chronicle of the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the post-Edwardian era—with great events in history having an effe ... view
Character:
Anna Smith (47 ep.)
2010
Suzy's a British soldier, born and bred, but fitting back into civilian life after fighting in Iraq isn't easy. Haunted by the responsibility she feel ... view
Character:
Suzy
Jul 2010 (first aired)
Identity is a British police procedural drama television series starring Aidan Gillen and Keeley Hawes, airing in the UK during July–August 2010. Co ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
2009
Echoes is a short film about a sex trafficker called Anya who is faced with a moral dilemma when she discovers that a young girl that she is trafficki ... view
Character:
Anya
May 2009 (first aired)
Moving On is a British television series set in contemporary Britain consisting of standalone dramas all sharing the theme of someone going through so ... view
Character:
Kelly (1 ep.)
Aug 2008 (first aired)
Spooks: Code 9 is a 2008 six-episode BBC spin-off of the spy drama Spooks. In a near-future 2013 Britain following a devastating London terror attack, ... view
Character:
Hannah (2 ep.)
2007
After surviving the terrifying outback abduction of her boyfriend, Joanne Lees became the victim of a relentless trial by media across two continents. ... view
Character:
Joanne Lees
Oct 2006 (first aired)
An updated series following the life of Robin Hood and his Merry Men in Sherwood forest. Together they steal from the rich and give to the poor - all ... view
Character:
Kate (39 ep.)
Aug 2006 (first aired)
A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One. ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
May 2006 (first aired)
See No Evil: The Moors Murders is a British two-part television serial directed by Christopher Menaul. It was produced by Granada Television and broad ... view
Character:
Maureen Smith (2 ep.)
2006
Sybil Foster escapes from a psychiatric hospital, only to find herself the prime suspect in a series of murders. The police investigation, led by DS D ... view
Character:
Sybil Foster
Jan 2006 (first aired)
A detective chief inspector from 2006 is investigating a serial killer when he is knocked over by a speeding car. Waking up, he finds himself mysterio ... view
Character:
Ruth Tyler (2 ep.)
Jan 2006 (first aired)
A young homeless girl is suspected of being a gruesome serial killer. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (2 ep.)
Jul 2004 (first aired)
Island at War is a British television series that tells the story of the German Occupation of the Channel Islands. It primarily focuses on three local ... view
Character:
Angelique Mahy (6 ep.)
2003
Dramatisation of the real-life road-rage killing in 1996 of Stephen Cameron by Kenneth Noye, who was also implicated in the Brinks Mat bullion robbery ... view
Character:
Danielle Cable
Feb 2003 (first aired)
"Dangerous" Davies always gets the cases no one else wants, and no one notices when he eventually succeeds. But his old-fashioned decency and dogged d ... view
Character:
Josie / Celia (1 ep.)
2003
A disrespected but decent detective unravels a cold case about a missing seventeen year old girl while trying to deal with the breakup of his marriage ... view
Character:
Josie/Celia
Jan 2003 (first aired)
Red Cap is a British television drama series produced by Stormy Pictures for the BBC and broadcast on BBC One. Two series of six episodes each were pr ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
2002
The film revolves around the lives of three sisters – played by Fay Ripley, Claire Rushbrook, and Lindsey Coulson – who live in Stretford, Greater ... view
Character:
Dawn Richards
Jul 2002 (first aired)
Three brothers run a discount warehouse in Nottingham, England. They struggle to keep the business afloat. The eldest brother tries to run the busines ... view
Character:
Julia Sawyer (6 ep.)
2002
A librarian begins a passionate affair with a mysterious woman who walks into his library. When she suddenly disappears he travels down to London to s ... view
Character:
Jacquie
2001
The year is 1675. England is threatened by religious and political rivalries. King Charles II's Catholic brother, James, is next in line for the thron ... view
Character:
Lizzie Ridd
Dec 2000 (first aired)
Passionate love story set in 17th century rural England, charting the young John Ridd's search for revenge after his father's murder, and the chance e ... view
Character:
Lizzie Ridd (2 ep.)
Sep 2000 (first aired)
Other People's Children is a four-episode 2000 British television drama, adapted by Leigh Jackson from Joanna Trollope's 1998 novel of the same name. ... view
Character:
Becky (4 ep.)
Apr 2000 (first aired)
Detective series set in and around Edinburgh, Scotland. Inspector John Rebus, whose methods earn him the wrath of his superiors, does not hesitate to ... view
Character:
Gail Maitland (1 ep.)
Feb 2000 (first aired)
David Witton is a sullen teenager who feels more at ease with animals than with people. Following the death of his sister, David embarks on a search f ... view
Character:
Jenny (3 ep.)
Jun 1999 (first aired)
Bad Girls is a British television drama series that was broadcast on ITV from 1 June 1999 to 20 December 2006 and starred Simone Lahbib, Mandana Jones ... view
Character:
Rachel Hicks (4 ep.)
Nov 1998 (first aired)
Dinnerladies is a BBC sitcom written by and starring Victoria Wood that chronicles the antics of a group of workers in a canteen in the north of Engla ... view
Character:
Sigourney (1 ep.)
Sep 1998 (first aired)
The Royle Family is a British sitcom created by Caroline Aherne and Craig Cash, and produced by Granada Television for BBC Two (series 1) and BBC One ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (0 ep.)
Aug 1997 (first aired)
ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro discu ... view
Character:
Self - Guest (1 ep.)
Dec 1992 (first aired)
Jack Frost is a gritty, dogged and unconventional detective with sympathy for the underdog and an instinct for moral justice who attracts trouble like ... view
Character:
Anne (2 ep.)
Sep 1988 (first aired)
A morning talk show with A-list celebrity guests, top-notch performances and one-of-a-kind segments that are unrivaled on daytime television, plus spo ... view
Character:
Self - Guest (1 ep.)
Sep 1986 (first aired)
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional ... view
Character:
Lucy Curry (1 ep.)