--- name: "Joanna Page" canonical: "https://film.one/person/joanna-page" fi1m_id: "joanna-page" imdb_id: "nm0656215" tmdb_id: 7061 wikidata_id: "Q467749" roles: ["Actor"] born: "1 January 1978" reviewed_on_fi1m: 4 average_fi1m_score: 57 average_as: "actor" average_over: 3 updated: "2026-10-07T16:30:31.322303+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 Page ## Identity Joanna Page - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joanna-page - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** joanna-page - **IMDb ID:** nm0656215 - **TMDB ID:** 7061 - **Wikidata ID:** Q467749 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanna_Page, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q467749, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0656215/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7061 Actor. Born 1 January 1978 in Treboeth, Swansea, Wales, UK. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 1 January 1978, Treboeth, Swansea, Wales, UK - **Active:** 2003–present - **Also known as:** جوانا پیج - **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 3 acting, 1 other - **Average Fi1m score:** 57, as actor, over 3 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 74 (3), 2020s 32 (1) - **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 2 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 1 of 1 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Comedy 3, Drama 2, Adventure 1, Family 1, Fantasy 1, Romance 1 - **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $502m across 2 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanna_Page, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q467749, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0656215/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7061 ## Streaming the US now - **Apple TV:** [*Gavin & Stacey*](https://film.one/tv/gavin-and-stacey.md) (80) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Joanna Page > Joanna Page gives Stacey Shipman's gentleness enough expression to make us care. We value her warmth and natural delivery, though *Gavin & Stacey* sometimes leaves her relying on likeability while the supporting characters get the sharper writing. In *Gavin & Stacey* (2007), Joanna Page gives the quieter exchanges enough expression to keep Stacey Shipman from disappearing beside the louder characters. Mathew Horne keeps Gavin's reactions modest, while Page allows more of what Stacey feels to show. We warmed to her in those scenes because her openness keeps the couple's gentleness from becoming bland. Her ease with everyday dialogue is well suited to a comedy in which being pleasant company matters, even when somebody else gets the laugh. Before that breakthrough, her screen work included small parts in *From Hell* (2001) and Richard Curtis's *Love Actually* (2003). Later roles include Queen Elizabeth the First in *Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor* (2013) and Angela Davies in the Welsh-set comedy-drama *Dream Horse* (2021). Those credits reach beyond the domestic settings with which she is frequently associated. But Stacey remains the part on which we would base a recommendation, with a reservation about how she is written. Ruth Jones and James Corden, the programme's co-creators and her co-stars, give their own characters firmer comic rhythms than they give the central pair. Page brings life to the softer writing, but there are exchanges in which she and Horne seem to be waiting for someone to interrupt. Their smoothness becomes a limitation when the people around them are allowed more awkwardness. Page is more expressive than Horne, but neither actor can make simple likeability carry every scene. Her frequent casting as relatable, sometimes flustered Welsh women is understandable; natural delivery suits domestic and ensemble comedy. In Stacey, she offers a reason to stay with the central couple between the bigger comic interruptions, even when their dialogue is less rewarding. That should not become an excuse to keep giving her agreeable people and leaving the difficult exchanges to somebody else. We would welcome a part that lets her cause more of the awkwardness herself. ## Biography Joanna Page is a Welsh actress and presenter. She was born in Treboeth, Swansea, and attended Mynyddbach Comprehensive School before graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1998. After graduation she spent ten years in stage roles, primarily with the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company. Page first appeared on screen in the 1999 BBC adaptation of *David Copperfield* as Dora Spenlow. She played Just Judy in the 2003 film *Love Actually* and Ann Crook in *From Hell* (2001). She came to wider attention as Stacey Shipman in the BBC series *Gavin & Stacey* (2007–2010, with Christmas specials in 2019 and 2024). Other credits include Queen Elizabeth I in the 2013 *Doctor Who* special *The Day of the Doctor*, Bethan Stubbins in *Dolittle* (2020) and Angela Davies in *Dream Horse* (2021). Page is married to actor James Thornton, whom she met while both were working on *David Copperfield*. They have four children. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (4) ### Performed in (3) — the average rests on these - *Dolittle* (2020), Fi1m 32, as Bethan Stubbins — [page](https://film.one/film/dolittle.md) - *Gavin & Stacey* (2007), Fi1m 80, as Stacey Shipman — [page](https://film.one/tv/gavin-and-stacey.md) - *Love Actually* (2003), Fi1m 58, as Just Judy — [page](https://film.one/film/love-actually.md) ### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited - *Would I Lie to You?* (2007), Fi1m 85, as Self — [page](https://film.one/tv/would-i-lie-to-you.md) ## Complete filmography (39) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Gavin & Stacey: The Finale* (2024), as Stacey Shipman - *Men Up* (2024), as Moira Davies - *Alison & Larry: Billericay To Barry* (2023), series, as Joanna Page (voice) - *Dog Squad* (2022), series, as Tinks (voice) - *Blankety Blank* (2021), series, Actor - *Dream Horse* (2021), as Angela Davies - *Dolittle* (2020), as Bethan Stubbins — Fi1m 32, [page](https://film.one/film/dolittle.md) - *Gavin & Stacey: A Special Christmas* (2019), as Stacey Shipman - *Dial M for Middlesbrough* (2019), as Susan - *Aliens Love Underpants and...Panta Claus* (2018), Actor - *British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves* (2016), as Stacey (archive footage) (uncredited) - *Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor* (2013), as Queen Elizabeth I / Zygon Queen Elizabeth I - *Breathless* (2013), series, as Lily Enderbury - *Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger!* (2012), as Mrs. Sarah Peterson - *Gates* (2012), series, as Helen - *The Syndicate* (2012), series, Actor - *Poppy Cat* (2011), series, as Poppy Cat (voice) - *White Van Man* (2011), series, as Kat - *White Van Man* (2010), series, as Kat - *My Pet Shame* (2010), series, Actor - *Gavin & Stacey Christmas Special 2008* (2008), as Stacey Shipman - *Gavin & Stacey* (2007), series, as Stacey Shipman — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/gavin-and-stacey.md) - *Bye, Bye Harry* (2006), as Emma - *Gideon's Daughter* (2005), as Diane - *Love Soup* (2005), series, Actor - *To the Ends of the Earth* (2005), series, as Marion Chumley - *Agatha Christie's Marple* (2004), series, as Hester - *Mine All Mine* (2004), series, as Candy Vivaldi - *Ready When You Are, Mr McGill* (2004), as Babs Carter - *Making Waves* (2004), series, as OM Rosie Bowen - *Love Actually* (2003), as Just Judy — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/love-actually.md) - *The Lost World* (2001), as Gladys - *The Lost World* (2001), series, as Gladys - *The Cazalets* (2001), series, as Zoe Cazalet - *Very Annie Mary* (2001), as Bethan Bevan - *From Hell* (2001), as Ann Crook - *David Copperfield* (1999), series, as Dora Spenlow - *Miss Julie* (1999), as Servant - *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as Holly Ackroyd — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md) ## Gallery - ![Joanna Page](https://film.one/media/person/101468/gallery-49ba1162694f.jpg) Joanna Page — Image via TMDB - ![Joanna Page](https://film.one/media/person/101468/gallery-4b693464a4e0.jpg) Joanna Page — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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