
Joanne Whalley
Known for Acting · 79 credits
- Born
- 1961-08-25 (age 64)
- Place of birth
- Salford, Manchester, England, UK
- Also known as
- Joanne Whalley-Kilmer · Τζόαν Γουόλεϊ · جوان ولی · جوان والی · جوآن ولی · ジョアンヌ・ウォーリー=キルマー
Biography
Joanne Whalley (born 25 August 1961) is an English actress who began her career in 1974. She has since amassed numerous credits, primarily on television, but also in nearly 30 feature films, including Dance with a Stranger (1985), Willow (1988), Scandal (1989), The Secret Rapture (1993) and Mother's Boys (1994). Following her marriage to Val Kilmer in 1988, she was credited as Joanne Whalley-Kilmer until their divorce in 1996.
Whalley was nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for the 1985 BBC serial Edge of Darkness, and was nominated for a Best Actress Golden Nymph Award at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival for the 2011 series The Borgias. Her other television roles include the 1986 BBC serial The Singing Detective; playing the title role in the 2000 CBS TV film Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, and as Claudia, wife of Pontius Pilate in the 2015 NBC series A.D. The Bible Continues.
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Known For
TV Shows (24)

Criminal Minds
2005
as Karen Donovan

Gossip Girl
2007
as Sophie Grimaldi

Marvel's Daredevil
2015
as Sister Maggie

Crown Court
1972
as Linda Mason

Bergerac
1981
as Christine Bolton

Screen Two
1985
as Jackie

Justice League Unlimited
2004
as Emerald Empress (voice)

Carnival Row
2019
as Leonora

The Borgias
2011
as Vanozza Cattaneo

Wolf Hall
2015
as Katherine of Aragon

Tin Star
2017
as Mary James

Willow
2022
as Queen Sorsha

Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983
as Ulla

The White Princess
2017
as Margaret of York

Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands
2016
as Rheda

Scarlett
1994
as Scarlett O'Hara

Edge of Darkness
1985
as Emma Craven

The Virgin Queen
2006
as Queen Mary

The Singing Detective
1986
as Nurse Mills

Jamaica Inn
2014
as Aunt Patience

Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
2000
as Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
40
2003
as Jess

A Kind of Loving
1982

The Rumour
2025
Movies (55)

Pink Floyd: The Wall
1982
as Groupie

Willow
1988
as Sorsha

Flood
2007
as Patricia Nash

Navy Seals
1990
as Claire Varrens

Willow: Behind the Magic
2023
as Self - 'Sorsha'

Scandal
1989
as Christine Keeler

Paul, Apostle of Christ
2018
as Priscilla

The Man Who Knew Too Little
1997
as Lori

The Guilty
2000
as Natalie Crane

Kill Me Again
1989
as Fay Forrester

Tornado
2025
as Vienna Crawford

Val
2021
as Self

A Christmas Carol
1984
as Fan

Twixt
2011
as Denise

Played
2006
as Maggie

Shattered
1991
as Jenny Scott

Mother's Boys
1993
as Colleen 'Callie' Harland

Muse
2017
as Jacqueline

The Big Man
1990
as Beth Scoular

44 Inch Chest
2009
as Liz

Dance with a Stranger
1985
as Christine

The Ark
2015
as Emmy

The Challenger Disaster
2013
as Gweneth Feynman

Love Is Love Is Love
2021
as Lainie / Joanne (segments "Two for Dinner" and "Late Lunch")

To Kill a Priest
1988
as Anna

Resurrection
2021
as Claudia

A TV Dante
1990
as Beatrice

The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
1978
as Doris

A Texas Funeral
1999
as Miranda

The Good Father
1985
as Mary Hall

Trial by Jury
1994
as Valerie Alston

Birth of the Beatles
1979
as Schoolgirl (uncredited)

Willow: The Making of an Adventure
1988
as Self - 'Sorsha'

Before You Go
2002
as Mary

A Good Man in Africa
1994
as Celia Adekunle

Storyville
1992
as Natalie Tate

Run the Wild Fields
2000
as Ruby Miller

Child of Mine
2005
as Tess Palmer

Diverted
2009
as Marion Price

The Californians
2005
as Luna

Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
2000
as Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis

Employees From Hell
1989

And Mum Came Too
1980
as Evelyn

Will You Love Me Tomorrow
1987
as Jackie

Bosses From Hell
1989

Virginia's Run
2002
as Jessie Eastwood

Life Line
2007
as Katy Adair

Golf in the Kingdom
2011
as Agatha McNaughton

Breathtaking
2000
as Caroline Henshaw
Gardel

No Surrender
1985
as Cheryl

Shoreleave
1987
as Myra
The Secret Rapture
1993
as Katherine Coleridge

Hardcore Halbert
2021
as Janet

The Bird Game
2019
as Crow
About Joanne Whalley
Joanne Whalley (born 25 August 1961) is an English actress who began her career in 1974. She has since amassed numerous credits, primarily on television, but also in nearly 30 feature films, including Dance with a Stranger (1985), Willow (1988), Scandal (1989), The Secret Rapture (1993) and Mother's Boys (1994). Following her marriage to Val Kilmer in 1988, she was credited as Joanne Whalley-Kilmer until their divorce in 1996. Whalley was nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for the 1985 BBC serial Edge of Darkness, and was nomina… With 79 credits spanning from 1972 to 2025, Joanne Whalley has appeared in 55 films and 24 TV shows.
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- Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982) — as Groupie
- Willow (1988) — as Sorsha
- Flood (2007) — as Patricia Nash
- Navy Seals (1990) — as Claire Varrens
- Willow: Behind the Magic (2023) — as Self - 'Sorsha'
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