Joanna Higson
| Joanna Higson | |
|---|---|
| Born |
29 May 1983 Horwich, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2007–present |
Joanna Higson (born 29 May 1983 in Horwich, UK) is an English actress. She graduated from Salford University with a First Class Honours degree in Media and Performance in 2006.
Higson's first television role came on 22 January 2007 when she was handpicked by Jim Cartwright for a role in an episode of The Afternoon Play on BBC One entitled, "Johnny Shakespeare". She then appeared in the pilot episode of Scallwagga when the series was titled Spacehopper. She played Amy Osbourne in Cold Blood in June 2007 and also in Cold Blood 5: The Last Hurrah on 3 January 2008. On 13 December 2007 she appeared in an episode of the BBC television series, The Street.
From April to June 2008, Higson returned in the comedy sketch show series Scallywagga on BBC Three. She played a number of lead characters including the role of Greggs Girl.
Higson appeared as a new regular character, Maxine Donnelly, in Series 6 and 7 of the Channel 4 comedy drama, Shameless from January 2009 to 2010. She left the show after 31 episodes over two series; her character was never mentioned again.
Higson then appeared in the Jimmy McGovern BBC1 Drama Accused broadcast in November 2010, playing the young daughter of Christopher Eccleston's character, Willy, whose single chance encounter with a money launderer leads to a slippery criminal downfall for and his family and him.
She played the character Rachel Reid, a troubled and fragile alcoholic, in one episode of Series 14 of the long-running BBC medical drama Holby City broadcast on 29 December 2011. In April, it was confirmed that the BBC would bring back the Rachel character due to her popularity with viewers. Her character reappeared on 28 August 2012 in the episode "Taxi For Spence" In 2012, Higgson played he role of Sarah Milson, directed by Joanna Lumley, in Lumley's Little Crackers episode "Joanna Lumley's Little Cracker: Baby, Be Blonde".
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