Joanna Scanlan

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Summary

Joanna Scanlan is a British actor and writer known for The Thick of It, Getting On, No Offence and After Love; she co-created and co-wrote Getting On. Her work spans political satire, dark comedy and drama, with recurring roles centered on women whose lives and bodies fall outside conventional screen ideals. In interviews, she has criticized narrow standards of women’s appearance and discussed the gap between screen portrayals and women’s sexuality; she also co-created comedy sketches about women’s sexuality. She is a patron of the David Lean Cinema and SLiDE, an inclusive dance charity, and an ambassador for the environmental charity Size of Wales. No public party campaigning or identity-based political affiliation is on record.