Background
David was born in Lancaster, England, the daughter of Davida Elizabeth (Nesbitt) and John Almond Hacking.
David was born in Lancaster, England, the daughter of Davida Elizabeth (Nesbitt) and John Almond Hacking.
Her first major television role was as Elinor Dashwood in the British Broadcasting Corporation"s 1971 dramatisation of Sense and Sensibility followed a year later by War and Peace, in which she played Sonya. Joanna also featured in the television series The Last of the Mohicans (British Broadcasting Corporation), in two episodes of Colditz, (Missing presumed Dead and Odd Manitoba In, 1972) as Cathy Carter, the wife of Flt.Lt Simon Carter (played by David McCallum). In 1978, she played the heroine of Daphne du Maurier"s Rebecca, opposite Jeremy Brett.
In 2005, she appeared in two episodes of Bleak House, playing Mrs Bayham Badger, alongside Gillian Anderson, Charles Dance, Alun Armstrong and Warren Clarke.
Mr Bayham Badger was played by Richard Griffiths. David"s many other television appearances have included The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Mission Marple, Foyle"s War, Rumpole of the Bailey, Inspector Morse, Midsomer Murders and in 2004 Rosemary & Thyme in an episode entitled "Orpheus in the Undergrowth".
Recent appearances include the British Broadcasting Corporation comedy series Never Better, Mutual Friends., and Death in Paradise (2014 episode 38)
On stage, she played opposite Derek Jacobi in Breaking the Code. She gradually moved on to more mature parts, and appeared as Mrs Gardiner in the acclaimed 1995 British Broadcasting Corporation television series of Pride and Prejudice.
In 2009 she appeared in Alan Ayckbourn"s Woman in Mind.
She is vice-president of the Theatrical Guild. David is a Trustee of the National Brain Appeal, the charity dedicated to the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in London. David underwent brain surgery in 1993 to correct a congenital Arnold–Chiari malformation.
In January 2013, David became a patron of Pancreatic Cancer Action, which is a charity that is focussed on raising the awareness of pancreatic cancer.
Joanna"s friend Angharad Rees died from the illness in 2012.