Jo Hartley

Personal context

Summary

Jo Hartley is an English actor known for This Is England and its television sequels, Dead Man’s Shoes, After Life, and In My Skin. Her work spans social-realist drama, comedy, and character-focused stories, often set in working-class communities. Hartley has spoken about the financial barriers she faced as a working-class aspiring actor and appeared in the Social Mobility Foundation’s 2022 campaign film about the class pay gap. No public statements on identity politics, DEI, or other activism are on record.