Joanne Froggatt went on to star in the television films Danielle Cable: Eyewitness, See No Evil: The Moors Murders and Murder in the Outback, before winning the British Independent Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer for her leading role in the 2010 film In Our Name.
24 Facts About Joanne Froggatt
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Joanne Froggatt was born and brought up in the village of Littlebeck in North Yorkshire.
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Joanne Froggatt has likened her childhood setting to the backdrop of Emily Bronte's classic novel Wuthering Heights.
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Joanne 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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In 1996, Joanne Froggatt made her TV debut in the long-running ITV drama The Bill, and shortly afterwards landed the role of teenage mother Zoe Tattersall in Coronation Street.
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Joanne Froggatt left the program in 1998, when her character was written out.
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In 2003, Joanne Froggatt played the leading role in the controversial one-off drama Danielle Cable: Eyewitness, based on the true story of a teenage girl who witnessed the murder of her boyfriend in a reputed road rage attack.
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Joanne Froggatt played the role of Angelique Mahy in the ITV mini-series Island at War, which tells the story of the German occupation of the Channel Islands.
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Joanne Froggatt starred as a main character in the drama Missing, made by SMG Productions in 2006, alongside Gregor Fisher.
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Also in 2006, Joanne Froggatt played the sister of Myra Hindley in the ITV drama See No Evil: The Moors Murders.
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Joanne Froggatt later appeared in another controversial role as the title character in Joanne Lees: Murder in the Outback, which first aired on Channel Ten in Australia on 18 March 2007, and was screened in Britain on ITV on 8 April 2007.
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The role involved the depiction of a real-life kidnap, in which Joanne Froggatt had to perform scenes tied up with tape around her mouth as a gag.
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Joanne Froggatt appeared on the London stage in the adaptation of All About My Mother in the part of Sister Rosa, which ran from July to November 2007 at the Old Vic Theatre.
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Joanne Froggatt portrayed Kate, a peasant, in the third season of the BBC TV series Robin Hood.
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Joanne Froggatt played Hannah in Spooks: Code 9, and features in the BBC Radio adaptation of Solaris as Rheya.
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On 25 September 2009, Joanne Froggatt played the title role in the BBC Radio Four play I Am Emma Humphreys.
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On 15 April 2010, Joanne Froggatt appeared opposite Lee Ingleby in the BBC Radio Four play The Disappearance by Peter Walley.
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Joanne Froggatt garnered critical acclaim for her performance, and won Best Newcomer at the British Independent Film Awards.
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On 25 December 2010, Joanne Froggatt appeared in the Royle Family Christmas special, "Joe's Crackers", as Saskia, the girlfriend of Antony Royle.
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Joanne Froggatt starred in John Donnelly's play The Knowledge at the Bush Theatre, West London, from 12 January to 19 February 2011.
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In 2017, Joanne Froggatt appeared in the lead role of schoolteacher Laura Neilson in the six-part thriller mini-series Liar on ITV.
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Joanne Froggatt began performances on 25 February 2019 as Frances Thorpe in the thriller Alys, Always, at the Bridge Theatre in London.
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Joanne Froggatt married long-time boyfriend James Cannon in a private ceremony in October 2012.
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In 2013, Joanne Froggatt became an ambassador for global children's charity Plan UK's "Because I Am a Girl" campaign.