---
name: "Joanna Higson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joanna-higson"
fi1m_id: "joanna-higson"
imdb_id: "nm2642137"
tmdb_id: 2058106
wikidata_id: "Q6205845"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "29 May 1983"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T20:14:43.986389+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."
---

# Joanna Higson

## Identity

Joanna Higson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joanna-higson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joanna-higson
- **IMDb ID:** nm2642137
- **TMDB ID:** 2058106
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6205845
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanna_Higson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6205845, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2642137/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2058106

Actor. Born 29 May 1983 in Horwich.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 29 May 1983, Horwich
- **Active:** 2004–2019
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 75 (1), 2010s 76 (2)
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 2, Crime 2
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanna_Higson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6205845, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2642137/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2058106

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Brassic*](https://film.one/tv/brassic.md) (76)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Joanna Higson is an English actress born on 29 May 1983 in Horwich, Greater Manchester. She graduated from the University of Salford with a first-class honours degree in Media and Performance in 2006.

Her television roles include Maxine Donnelly in 31 episodes of *Shameless* (2009–2010) and Laura Houlihan in *Accused* (2010). Since 2019 she has played Mary 'Sugar' Jones in the Sky series *Brassic*, appearing across all seasons.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Brassic* (2019), Fi1m 76, as Mary "Sugar" Jones — [page](https://film.one/tv/brassic.md)
- *Accused* (2010), Fi1m 76, as Laura Houlihan — [page](https://film.one/tv/accused.md)
- *Shameless* (2004), Fi1m 75, as Maxine Donnelly — [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

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

- *Brassic* (2019), series, as Mary "Sugar" Jones — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/brassic.md)
- *Care* (2018), as Police Officer 2
- *Suffragettes, with Lucy Worsley* (2018), as Head Wardress
- *WPC 56* (2013), series, as Vicky Hall
- *Accused* (2010), series, as Laura Houlihan — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/accused.md)
- *Shameless* (2004), series, as Maxine Donnelly — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)
- *The Afternoon Play* (2003), series, as Tracy

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