FrameThrower · Actors · Joanna Scanlan
Joanna Scanlan
2 films · 130 frames · top-billed in 1 · 2003–2013
Born 27 October 1961 · West Kirby, Merseyside, England, UK
Joanna Marion Scanlan is a British actress and writer. On television, she is known for her roles in The Thick of It (2005–2012), Big School (2013–2014), Puppy Love (2014), No Offence (2015–2018), Requiem (2018), and The Larkins (2021). She was nominated for three BAFTA TV Awards for Getting On (2009–2012), including two for Best Writing.
Scanlan's film appearances include Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003), Notes on a Scandal (2006), The Invisible Woman (2013), and Bridget Jones's Baby (2016). She won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in the 2020 film After Love.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 130 frames · top-billed in 1 · 2003–2013
- BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role2022
How their films are shot
Measured across 130 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Joanna takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 2 films we hold, 62% of their frames are day, 48% natural — the look of the work Joanna takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 130 frames from Joanna Scanlan's 2 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.