Background
Scanlan was born in West Kirby, Merseyside. The daughter of hoteliers, she moved to Wales with her parents at the age of three, where her parents later bought the Ruthin Castle hotel.
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Joanna Scanlan
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She was educated in Denbigh, and then studied history at Cambridge University.
Career
She is best known for her roles in various British comedy series, such as The Thick of lieutenant, Doctors and Nurses and Getting On. Early career After graduation, Scanlan joined the academic staff of Leicester Polytechnic lecturing in drama for five years, before she undertook a similar role at the Arts Council of Great Britain for three years. After the Arts Council of Great Britain broke up in 1994, at age 34 Scanlan decided to try her hand at professional acting, quickly gaining the role as a nurse in ITV1"s Peak Practice.
This formed some what of a theme in her early career, then playing a midwife in The Other Boleyn Girl with Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson, before playing a nurse again alongside Ade Edmondson"s doctor in ill-fated Doctors and Nurses, and latterly Doctor Diana Dibbs in Doc Martin with Martin Clunes.
Getting On Getting On is co-written by and stars Scanlan, Jo Brand and Vicki Pepperdine. Its first series received high praise from television critics across the board in the United Kingdom, with praise for the actors" performances, and for the realistic portrayal of an National Health Service hospital.
Both Scanlan and Brand were nominated for the 2010 British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award for Best Female Performance in a Comedy Role.
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