Joanna Lauren Christie was born on 10 April 1982 and is an English actress and singer.
12 Facts About Joanna Christie
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Joanna Christie is noted for her work in the play Equus alongside Daniel Radcliffe, but is best known for her role as Girl in the Broadway musical Once.
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Joanna Christie was born and raised in Huddersfield, in West Yorkshire until the age of 13, when she was awarded a music scholarship to study flute, piano, and voice at Oundle School in Northamptonshire.
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Joanna Christie joined the National Youth Theatre at 17, where she made her breakthrough stage role in Immaculate Conceit, a play about a stripper who is pregnant with the next messiah.
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Joanna Christie then found small roles in television, before joining Kevin Spacey's Old Vic, New Voices collective for a year in 2005.
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Joanna Christie was delighted to be part of the collective of actors taking part in the 24-hour plays at The Old Vic.
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Joanna Christie beat over 300 other actresses to the role opposite Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe in Thea Sharrock's high-profile revival of Peter Shaffer's award-winning play.
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Joanna Christie has lived in New York since April 2013 and her hobbies include yoga, running, kickboxing, and scuba diving.
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Joanna Christie recorded a song called "This Gift" with Glen Hansard, who composed many of the songs in Once.
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Joanna Christie's mother, Sue, in addition to conducting for the Millhouse Green Male Voice choir in Penistone, sings with The Mastersingers.
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Joanna Christie's father Paul, who died in 2012, was a property developer.
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Joanna Christie's brother Luke is a musician, singer, and songwriter.