Joanne Froggatt
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Froggatt at "An Afternoon of Tea, Scones and Chatting with Downton Abbey" on 3 May 2014
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| Born |
23 August 1980 Littlebeck, North Yorkshire, England, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Notable work |
See No Evil: The Moors Murders (2006) Downton Abbey as Anna Bates (2010-2015) Bob the Builder as the voice of Wendy (UK/US) A Street Cat Named Bob (2016) |
| Spouse(s) | James Cannon (2012–present) |
| Website | www |
Joanne Froggatt (born 23 August 1980) is an English actress of stage, television, and film. From 2010, she played lady's maid Anna Bates in all six seasons of the period drama Downton Abbey. For this role, she received three Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television in 2014.
Froggatt's early TV appearances include Coronation Street (1997–98), Bad Girls (1999), Dinnerladies (1999) and A Touch of Frost (2003). She went on to star in the television films, Danielle Cable: Eye Witness (2003), See No Evil: The Moors Murders (2006) and Murder in the Outback (2007), before winning the British Independent Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer for her leading role in the 2010 film In Our Name. She played Mary Ann Cotton in the 2016 ITV miniseries Dark Angel.
Froggatt was born and brought up in the village of Littlebeck in North Yorkshire. Her parents, Ann and Keith Froggatt, having run a corner shop, next started a rare breed sheep farm on a smallholding near Whitby. Froggatt initially joined a drama group in Scarborough and then left her family home at the age of 13 to attend the Redroofs Theatre School in Maidenhead, Berkshire.
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