Jump to content

Joanne Heywood

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Joanne Heywood
Born
York, England
OccupationActress
Years active1986–present
Websitejoanneheywood.com

Joanne Heywood is an English television actress, probably best known for her role as Jessica Lovelock in Grace & Favour, a spin-off series of Are You Being Served?.

Career

[edit]

Born in York, Heywood was educated in York, Guildford and in Sydney, Australia. She studied musical theatre at the Guildford School of Acting[1] and, after graduating, made her professional stage debut in 1985 production of the pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk at York's Theatre Royal. For the next decade, she regularly appeared in pantomime at the same venue, often as principal boy. During this period, she also performed in stage musicals, including regional productions of Annie, Gypsy and Camelot, as well as the world premieres of Scrooge: The Musical and the stage adaptation of High Society.

Heywood's television debut was in the role of Dilys on the short-lived BBC series First of the Summer Wine.[1] In 1991, she made appearances on the television shows The New Statesman (natural selection,se3) and The Brittas Empire. In addition to her role as Jessica Lovelock, Heywood played Sally Bennett in the Gerry Poulson film Stanley's Dragon. She has also guest-starred in Knightmare, Next of Kin, four episodes of Coronation Street and A Prince Among Men.

In recent years, her television appearances have become less regular. She has appeared in Heartbeat, Emmerdale Farm and My Hero. Since then, Heywood has continued to perform frequently in regional and West End theatre productions, including plays, musicals and pantomimes.

Filmography

[edit]

Television

[edit]
Year Title Role Notes
1986 Brush Strokes Woman in Jacuzzi Episode: #1.13
1988–1989 First of the Summer Wine Dilys 13 episodes
1991 The New Statesman Cher Titley Episode: "Natural Selection"
1991 The Brittas Empire Mandy Episode: "Stop Thief"
1991 The Les Dennis Laughter Show Episode: #5.6
1992–1993 Grace & Favour Jessica Lovelock 12 episodes
1994 Ben Elton: The Man from Auntie Telephone operator Episode: #2.5
1994 Knightmare Stiletta 5 episodes
1994 Artrageous Kate
1996 Next of Kin Caroline Episode: "Pollution"
1997 A Prince Among Men Susan Hamilton Episode: "Monkey Business"
2000 Heartbeat Rachel Osborne Episode: "The Fool on the Hill"
2000 Kiss Me Kate Sarah Episode: "Christmas"
2004 EastEnders Hayley Episode: #1.2770
2005 My Hero Wendy Williams Episode: "The First Husbands' Club"
2006 Losing It Fish Family Mum Television film
2018 At the Bar Ruth Karp QC Television short
2004–2020 Emmerdale Various 9 episodes
1997–2022 Coronation Street Angela

Instructor Miss Finn

4 episodes

Film

[edit]
Year Title Role Notes
1994 Stanley's Dragon Sally Bennett
2014 Gone Susanne Taylor Short film
2017 With Friends Like These Kathy Short film
2019 Sequins Debbie Bigsby Short film
2023 Gran Turismo Clothing Customer

Stage roles

[edit]
Year Title Venue Role
1985 Jack and the Beanstalk Theatre Royal, York
1987 High Society (musical) Victoria Palace, London
1988–1989 Camelot (musical) Liverpool Playhouse, Liverpool
1992 Scrooge: The Musical Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham Isabel
1998 Out of Order (play) Mill at Sonning, Sonning Eye Jane Worthington
1999 The Strange & Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe Palace Theatre, Watford Dolly
2000 Behind the Scenes at the Museum (play) Theatre Royal, York Patricia
2000–2001 Dick Whittington (pantomime) Theatre Royal, York
2001 All for Mary (play) Mill at Sonning, Sonning Eye Mary Millar
2002–2003 Babbies in the Wood (pantomime) Theatre Royal, York Principal Boy
2003–2004 Mother Goose's Silver Jubilee (pantomime) Theatre Royal, York Principal Boy
2005 Sleeping Beauty (pantomime) City Varieties Music Hall, Leeds Vulgaria
2007 Waiting for Gateaux (play) Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne
2007–2008 Sleeping Beauty (pantomime) Gala Theatre, Durham City Carabosse
2008 Birthday Suite (play) Mill at Sonning, Sonning Eye Kate
2008–2009 Sleeping Beauty (pantomime) Octagon Theatre, Yeovil Carabosse
2010 Nightfright: The Nightmare of Your Life (play) Connaught Theatre, Worthing Jacqui
2010 Legacy Falls (musical) New Players Theatre, London Taylor Taylor

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b "Joanne Heywood | GSA - Guildford School of Acting". gsauk.org. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
[edit]