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name: "Joanna Bacon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joanna-bacon"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "7 June 1953"
died: "14 June 2025"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 86
updated: "2026-09-17T01:52:51.838995+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Joanna Bacon

Actor. Born 7 June 1953 in England, UK. Died 14 June 2025.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 7 June 1953, England, UK
- **Died:** 14 June 2025
- **Active:** 1996–2010

## Biography

Joanna Bacon was an English actor. Born in London on 7 June 1953, she trained initially as a ballet dancer before studying drama at the Actors Institute in London and with Uta Hagen at the HB Studio in New York. She made her stage debut in 1978 as an original member of the Harlow Theatre Company and later appeared with companies including the Sheffield Crucible, the National Theatre and the RSC.

On screen from the early 1990s, Bacon had recurring and guest roles in British television including *A Touch of Frost* (1992), *Little Britain* (2003–2005), *The Bill* and *Holby City*. She played Janet in the BBC Three series *Him & Her* (2010–2013) and Jackie across all four seasons of *Breeders* (2020–2023). Film roles included Natalie's Mum in *Love Actually* (2003), parts in *RocknRolla* (2008) and *Easy Virtue* (2008), Emily Norcross in *A Quiet Passion* (2016) and Lady Sybil Colefax in *Benediction* (2021). She also appeared in *Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans* (2019), *She Will* (2022) and *Moonflower Murders* (2024). Bacon died on 14 June 2025.

*Sources: bbc.co.uk, imdb.com, ew.com, comedy.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Him & Her* (2010), Fi1m 84, as Janet — [page](https://film.one/tv/him-and-her.md)
- *Our Friends in the North* (1996), Fi1m 88, as Female Transvestite — [page](https://film.one/tv/our-friends-in-the-north.md)

## Also known for

- *RocknRolla* (2008), Speeler Girl
- *Easy Virtue* (2008), Cook / Doris / Beatrice
- *A Quiet Passion* (2016), Emily Norcross
- *She Will* (2022), Audrey
- *Breeders* (2020), Jackie
- *Benediction* (2021), Lady Sybil Colefax
- *Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans* (2019), Brenda
- *A Touch of Frost* (1992), Tessa

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