Joanna Vanderham

Joanna Vanderham (born 17 October 1990)[1][2] is a Scottish actress.[3][4] She has been a main cast member in a number of British television series.

Joanna Vanderham
Born (1990-10-17) 17 October 1990
Perth, Scotland
Alma materRoyal Welsh College of Music & Drama
OccupationActress

She also appeared in American Television series with main roles and supporting roles. She plays the role of Penelope Blake in the acclaimed Cinemax series, Warrior and in Legends of Tomorrow as Atropos.

Early life

Joanna Vanderham was born Joanna Rosie-Le Van Der Ham on October 17 1990 in Perth and brought up in Scone. Her father Tom, a businessman, and mother Jill Belch, a professor of cardiovascular research at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee, divorced when she was a child. She has 2 sisters and 1 brother.[5] She grew up in Scone and Dundee.

Vanderham attended the Robert Douglas Memorial School in Scone, and then the High School of Dundee in Dundee, Scotland. She then went on to study Acting at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff.[6]

Career

Vanderham played Cathy in the Sky TV six-part serial The Runaway, which started on 31 March 2011, adapted from Martina Cole's novel.

She played the lead character of Denise Lovett in the popular sixteen-part (over two series) BBC television series The Paradise, written by Bill Gallagher, and loosely based on Au Bonheur des Dames, a novel by Émile Zola. A second series aired on the BBC in October 2013, but a third series was not commissioned in 2014.

She also appears in the film What Maisie Knew with Alexander Skarsgård and Julianne Moore, and as Pamela in the BBC drama Dancing on the Edge, directed by Stephen Poliakoff.[7]

In 2015, she appeared as Katherine "Kitty" McVitie in BBC Two period drama series, Banished,[8] and as Marian Maudsley in the BBC One television film The Go-Between.[9]

She received a Commendation at the 2016 Ian Charleson Awards for her Queen Anne in Richard III at the Almeida Theatre.[10][11][12]

Filmography
Television and film roles
Year Film Role Notes
2011The RunawayCathyMain role
2011Young James HerriotJenny Muirhead[13]Main role
2012What Maisie KnewMargoFilm
2012Above Suspicion: Silent ScreamAmanda DelanyEpisode: "The Silent Scream"
2012The ParadiseDenise LovettMain role
2013BlackwoodJessicaFilm
2013Dancing on the EdgePamela LuscombeMain role
2013Marple: Endless NightEllieTV series; 1 episode
2013The Paradise, Seasons 1 and 2Denise LovettMain role
2015BanishedKatherine McVitieMain role
2015The Go-BetweenMarian MaudsleyMain role
2016One of UsClaire ElliotMain role
2016QueimafobiaShort
2017Man in an Orange ShirtFlora TalbotMain role
2017And Then I Was FrenchCara(completed)
2017The Boy With The TopknotLauraTV movie
2019The TannerCaitlin1 episode
2019WarriorPenelope BlakeMain role
2020Legends of TomorrowAtropos5 episodes
2021Eddie and SunnySunny(Filming)

Stage
Year Play Role Company
2012The PromiseLikaDonmar/Trafalgar
2015The DazzleMillie AshmoreFound111/Michael Grandage Co.
2014OthelloDesdemonaRoyal Shakespeare Company
2016Richard IIIQueen AnneAlmeida

References
  1. Banished: About Joanna Vanderham, BBC, access date 28 June 2016
  2. Rising Scots star Joanna Vanderham on Banished, The Herald (Glasgow), access date 29 June 2016
  3. McGinty, Stephen (4 February 2013). "Interview: Joanna Vanderham on nudity in Dancing On The Edge and 'fake drunk acting'". The Scotsman. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  4. Mainwaring, Rachel (20 March 2011). "Joanna Vanderham lands role in Sky One's The Runaway – Showbiz – Lifestyle". WalesOnline. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  5. "Joanna Vanderham interview for Dancing on the Edge". The Telegraph. 4 February 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  6. "The Runaway: Joanna Vanderham Biography – Sky1 HD". Sky UK. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  7. "The Runaway by Martina Cole coming to the small screen". Dangerouslady.co.uk. Archived from the original on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  8. "BBC Two – Banished – Katherine McVitie". BBC. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  9. "The Go-Between: Meet the Characters". BBC One. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  10. Hawkins, Helen. "Paapa Essiedu wins the Ian Charleson award 2016". Sunday Times. 11 June 2017.
  11. Snow, Georgia. "Paapa Essiedu wins 2016 Ian Charleson award". The Stage. 6 June 2017.
  12. "Ian Charleson Awards 2016". WestEndTheatre.com. 6 June 2017.
  13. "Cast announced for Young James". Primetime.unrealitytv.co.uk. 3 July 2011. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
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