
Joanne Whalley
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 th...
Known For
Filmography

Tornado
2025
as Vienna Crawford

The Rumour
2025

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

Willow
2022
as Queen Sorsha

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

Resurrection
2021
as Claudia

Hardcore Halbert
2021
as Janet

Val
2021
as Self

The Bird Game
2019
as Crow

Carnival Row
2019
as Leonora

Paul, Apostle of Christ
2018
as Priscilla

Muse
2017
as Jacqueline

Tin Star
2017
as Mary James

The White Princess
2017
as Margaret of York

Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands
2016
as Rheda

The Ark
2015
as Emmy

Marvel's Daredevil
2015
as Sister Maggie

Wolf Hall
2015
as Katherine of Aragon

Jamaica Inn
2014
as Aunt Patience

The Challenger Disaster
2013
as Gweneth Feynman

Twixt
2011
as Denise

Golf in the Kingdom
2011
as Agatha McNaughton

The Borgias
2011
as Vanozza Cattaneo

44 Inch Chest
2009
as Liz

Diverted
2009
as Marion Price

Flood
2007
as Patricia Nash

Life Line
2007
as Katy Adair

Gossip Girl
2007
as Sophie Grimaldi

Played
2006
as Maggie

The Virgin Queen
2006
as Queen Mary

The Californians
2005
as Luna

Child of Mine
2005
as Tess Palmer

Criminal Minds
2005
as Karen Donovan

Biography: Val Kilmer
2004
as Self (archive footage)

Justice League Unlimited
2004
as Emerald Empress (voice)

40
2003
as Jess

Virginia's Run
2002
as Jessie Eastwood

Before You Go
2002
as Mary

The Guilty
2000
as Natalie Crane

Run the Wild Fields
2000
as Ruby Miller

Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
2000
as Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis

Breathtaking
2000
as Caroline Henshaw

Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
2000
as Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis

A Texas Funeral
1999
as Miranda

The Man Who Knew Too Little
1997
as Lori

Trial by Jury
1994
as Valerie Alston

A Good Man in Africa
1994
as Celia Adekunle

Scarlett
1994
as Scarlett O'Hara

Mother's Boys
1993
as Colleen 'Callie' Harland
The Secret Rapture
1993
as Katherine Coleridge

Storyville
1992
as Natalie Tate

Shattered
1991
as Jenny Scott

The Big Man
1990
as Beth Scoular

A TV Dante
1990
as Beatrice

Navy Seals
1990
as Claire Varrens

Kill Me Again
1989
as Fay Forrester

Scandal
1989
as Christine Keeler

Bosses From Hell
1989

Employees From Hell
1989

Willow
1988
as Sorsha

To Kill a Priest
1988
as Anna

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

Will You Love Me Tomorrow
1987
as Jackie

Shoreleave
1987
as Myra

The Singing Detective
1986
as Nurse Mills

Dance with a Stranger
1985
as Christine

The Good Father
1985
as Mary Hall

No Surrender
1985
as Cheryl

Edge of Darkness
1985
as Emma Craven

A Christmas Carol
1984
as Fan

Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983
as Ulla

Pink Floyd: The Wall
1982
as Groupie

A Kind of Loving
1982

Bergerac
1981
as Christine Bolton

And Mum Came Too
1980
as Evelyn

Birth of The Beatles
1979
as Schoolgirl (uncredited)

The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
1978
as Doris

Crown Court
1972
as Linda Mason