Joanna Christie
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Joanna Christie (born 10 April 1982)[1] is an English actress. She was born and raised in Holmfirth,[2] south of Huddersfield in West Yorkshire until the age of thirteen, when she was sent away to school in Northamptonshire. Five years later, she moved to London to attend drama school at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.[2]
She joined the National Youth Theatre aged seventeen, where she made her breakthrough stage role in Immaculate Conceit, a play about a stripper who becomes the mother of the next messiah.[1][3] She then found small roles in television,[4] before joining Kevin Spacey's "Old Vic, New Voices" collective for a year in 2005.[3][5]
After a five month tour of India performing Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream in Jaipur in 2006 she returned to Britain,[6] but endured a lean year before making her West End debut in Equus at the Gielgud Theatre.[7] She beat over 300 other actresses to the role of Jill Mason opposite Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe in Thea Sharrock's high-profile revival of Peter Schaffer's award-winning play.[2][8]
In 2008 she stars as Katie in One Night In November, a new play by Alan Pollock, at the Belgrade Theatre.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Fresh Face: Joanna Christie, Mark Shenton, Broadway.com in London, 6 April 2007
- ^ a b c "Role in the hay for sexy Joanna", Baz Bamigboye, Daily Mail, 8 December 2006
- ^ a b "How we met: Rafe Spall and Joanna Christie", The Independent, 19 January 2008
- ^ Cast: Joanna Christie, Small Dark Places, BBC (includes three video interviews)
- ^ 2005 Actors, New Voices Club, The Old Vic
- ^ "What are you wearing today?", Imogen Fox, The Guardian, March 19, 2007
- ^ "Oh, Harry! The undressing of Daniel Radcliffe", Paul Scott, Daily Mail, 22 February 2007
- ^ "Harry Potter strips", Jano Gibson, Sydney Morning Herald, 31 January 2007
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