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name: "Emily Joyce"
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born: "12 April 1969"
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updated: "2026-09-17T19:50:05.599493+00:00"
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# Emily Joyce

Actor. Born 12 April 1969 in Woolwich, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Born:** 12 April 1969, Woolwich, London, England, UK
- **Also known as:** Emily Sian Joyce
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Joyce, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5372236, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0431521/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/42610

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Friday Night Dinner*](https://film.one/tv/friday-night-dinner.md) (74)

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## Biography

Emily Joyce (born 12 April 1969) is an English actress. Born in London, she joined the National Youth Theatre at the age of fifteen. After working at Vogue and attending drama school, she performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Her earliest television credit was a guest role in the 1995 series Cracker.

Joyce is known for playing Janet Dawkins in the BBC comedy series My Hero (2000–2006). Her other screen credits include the films National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007) and Universal Soldier: Regeneration (2009), and guest appearances in television series such as Friday Night Dinner (2016) as Melissa, Call the Midwife, Vera, Midsomer Murders, Lewis and Father Brown.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, comedy.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Friday Night Dinner* (2011), Fi1m 74, as Melissa — [page](https://film.one/tv/friday-night-dinner.md)

## Complete filmography (34)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Sister Boniface Mysteries* (2022), series, as Lynn Goodwin
- *McDonald & Dodds* (2020), series, as Diane
- *Judge Rinder's Crown Court* (2017), series, as Abby Fry - Defence Counsel
- *Boomtown* (2017), as Sally
- *Agatha Raisin* (2016), series, as Juliet Comfort
- *Father Brown* (2013), series, as Edith Dobson
- *Call the Midwife* (2012), series, as Norma Johnson — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/call-the-midwife.md)
- *Lapland* (2011), as Miranda
- *Vera* (2011), series, as Caroline Andersen — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/vera.md)
- *Friday Night Dinner* (2011), series, as Melissa — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/friday-night-dinner.md)
- *The Key Man* (2011), Hairstylist
- *Universal Soldier: Regeneration* (2010), as Dr. Sandra Fleming
- *My Almost Famous Family* (2009), series, as Jill
- *Mutual Friends* (2008), series, as Sarah
- *Fairy Tales* (2008), series, as Joyce Fletcher
- *National Treasure: Book of Secrets* (2007), as Palace Guide
- *Little Devil* (2007), series, as Katie Bishop
- *Lewis* (2007), series, as Jane Grace
- *Waterloo Road* (2006), series, as Viv O'Donnell
- *Hotel Babylon* (2006), series, Acting
- *Doctor Who* (2005), series, as Alien (voice)
- *Ultimate Force* (2002), series, Acting
- *The Glass* (2001), series, as Emma Rice
- *Messiah* (2001), series, as Anna Marchent
- *Hero of the Hour* (2000), as Sylvie
- *My Hero* (2000), series, as Janet Dawkins
- *Grafters* (1998), series, as Laura
- *The Woodlanders* (1998), as Libby
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as Bernadette Sullivan, Valerie Fergus-Johnson
- *Jane Eyre* (1997), as Miss Temple
- *Dalziel and Pascoe* (1996), series, as Natalie Lawson
- *Silent Witness* (1996), series, as Muriel
- *Wycliffe* (1994), series, as Morna Petheric
- *Cracker* (1993), series, as Janice — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/cracker.md)

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