Education
She graduated from Salford University with a First Class Honours degree in Media and Performance in 2006.
She graduated from Salford University with a First Class Honours degree in Media and Performance in 2006.
Among her theatrical roles, in 2008 Higson appeared in two plays, Road and Spring and Portuguese Wine, at the Octagon in Bolton. Higson played Jo in A Taste Of Honey at The New Vic in Stoke in 2009, where she returned in 2011 for the repertory season, playing Lydia Languish in The Rivals, Hilda Crompton in Spring and Portuguese Wine, and Lady Agetha in The Admirable Crichton. In 2013, she played the roles of Clara Copperfield and Agnes Wickfield in David Copperfield at The Oldham Coliseum, and Jenny Crabtree in The Transit of Venus at the Cul-De-Sac.
In 2015, Higson played Dee in Richard Harris" The Business of Murder produced by the Middle Ground Company which toured the United Kingdom. Higson owns a photography studio, Joanna Higson Photography, that specialises in head shots for actors" resumes.