Joanne Froggatt Biography

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Joanne Froggatt (born 23 August 1980) is an English actress of stage, television, and film, most notably appearing in Downton Abbey as Anna, Lady's Maid to Lady Mary Crawley. She earlier had a regular role in Coronation Street and has also appeared in many other television dramas including Bad Girls, dinnerladies, Nature Boy, Red Cap, A Touch of Frost, Other People's Children, The Street, Rebus, Island at War and Life on Mars.

For her role as Anna on Downton Abbey, Froggatt has been nominated twice for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, in 2012 and 2014.

Early life and education

Froggatt was born and brought up in the village of Littlebeck. Her parents, Ann and Keith Froggatt, having run a corner shop, next started a rare breed sheep farm on a smallholding near Whitby. 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.

Career

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 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. Whilst 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.

Froggatt starred as a main character in the drama Missing, made by SMG Productions in 2006 alongside Gregor Fisher. However, the two-part thriller wasn't broadcast on STV until November 2008.

Also in 2006, Froggatt played the sister of Myra Hindley in the ITV drama, See No Evil: The Moors Murders, and recently appeared in another controversial role as the title character in Joanne Lees: Murder in the Outback, which first aired on Channel Ten in Australia on 18 March 2007, and was screened in Britain on ITV on 8 April 2007. She also appeared on the London stage in the adaptation of All About My Mother in the part of Sister Rosa, which ran from July to November 2007 at the Old Vic Theatre.

Froggatt portrayed Kate, a peasant, in the third season of the BBC TV series Robin Hood. She played Hannah, in Spooks: Code 9, and features in the BBC Radio adaptation of Solaris as Rheya. In May 2009, she played Kelly on BBC drama Moving On.

On 25 September 2009, Froggatt played the title role in the BBC Radio Four play I am Emma Humphreys. On 3 October of that year, Froggatt played Princess Yvonne in the BBC Radio Four Saturday play The Von Trapps and Me.

On 15 April 2010, Froggatt appeared opposite Lee Ingleby in the BBC Radio Four play The Disappearance by Peter Whalley. In her film dbut, In Our Name, Froggatt played Suzy, a soldier suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. She garnered critical acclaim for her performance and won Best Newcomer at the British Independent Film Awards.

Since 2010, Froggatt has appeared in Downton Abbey as Anna, Lady's Maid to Lady Mary Crawley, for which she received an Emmy nomination in 2012 and 2014.

On 25 December 2010, Froggatt appeared in the Royle Family Christmas special 'Joe's Crackers' as Saskia, the girlfriend of Antony Royle. Despite having been mentioned by name in earlier episodes, this was the first time that Saskia had appeared in person. Froggatt starred in John Donnelly's play The Knowledge at the Bush Theatre, West London from 12 January to 19 February 2011.

Along with Downton Abbey in 2013, Froggatt also had roles in the comedy drama based on Irvine Welsh's novel, Filth, in the thriller uwantme2killhim? and the indie directed by Uberto Pasolini, Still Life.

Personal life

Froggatt married long-time boyfriend James Cannon in a private ceremony in October 2012. The couple live in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom.

Charity

In 2013, Froggatt became an ambassador for global children's charity Plan UK's 'Because I am a Girl' campaign.

In 2015, she played Wendy in the new Bob the Builder series in 2015.

Filmography

Audio Drama

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	The Extraordinary Adventures of G.A. Henty: In Freedom's Cause	Lady Marjory	(Post-Production)

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Lorna Doone	Lizzie Ridd	Television movie
2002	Miranda	Jacquie
2002	The Stretford Wives	Dawn Richards	Television movie
2003	Danielle Cable: Eyewitness	Danielle Cable	Television movie Nominated"?Royal Television Society Award for Best Actress
2006	Missing	Sybil Foster	Television movie
2006	See No Evil: The Moors Murders	Maureen Smith	Television movie
2007	Murder in the Outback	Joanne Lees	Television movie
2009	Echoes	Anya	Short film
2010	In Our Name	Suzy	British Independent Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer
2013	Filth	Mary
2013	uwantme2killhim?	Detective Inspector Sarah Clayton
2013	Still Life	Kelly Stoke

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	The Bill	Unknown	Episode: "Unlucky in Love"
1997-1998	Coronation Street	Zoe Tattersall	11 episodes
1999	Bad Girls	Rachel Hicks	4 episodes
1999	Dinnerladies	Sigourney	Episode: "Catering"
2000	Nature Boy	Jenny Macalister	3 episodes
2000	Other People's Children	Becky	2 episodes
2001	A Touch of Frost	Anne	2 episodes
2001	Casualty	Lucy Curry	Episode: "Better Safe Than Sorry"
2002	Nice Guy Eddie	Mandy	Episode: "#1.3"
2002	Paradise Heights	Julia Sawyer	6 episodes
2003	Red Cap	Pte. Tracy Walters	Episode: "Crush"
2003	The Last Detective	Celia/Josie	Episode: "Pilot"
2004	Island at War	Angelique Mahy	6 episodes
2006	Life on Mars	Ruth Tyler	3 episodes
2006	The Street	Kerry	Episode: "Sean and Yvonne"
2006	Rebus	Gail Maitland	Episode: "Strip Jack"
2008	Spooks: Code 9	Hannah	2 episodes
2009	Moving On	Kellie	Episode: "Butterfly Effect"
2009	Robin Hood	Kate	11 episodes
2010	Identity	Jane Calshaw	Episode: "Chelsea Girl"
2010	The Royle Family	Saskia	Episode: "Joe's Crackers"
2010-present	Downton Abbey	Anna Bates	35 episodes Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated"?Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Nominated"?Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Pending"?Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film
2012	True Love	Ruth	Episode: "Story One"
2014	The Secrets	Lexie	Episode: "The Lie"
2015-	Bob the Builder	Wendy