---
name: "Joanne Crawford"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joanne-crawford"
fi1m_id: "joanne-crawford"
imdb_id: "nm1169701"
tmdb_id: 211621
wikidata_id: "Q131994290"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T21:06:46.026253+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."
---

# Joanne Crawford

## Identity

Joanne Crawford

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joanne-crawford
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joanne-crawford
- **IMDb ID:** nm1169701
- **TMDB ID:** 211621
- **Wikidata ID:** Q131994290
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanne_Crawford, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131994290, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1169701/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/211621

Actor. Born 1 January 1973 in Dublin, Ireland.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1973, Dublin, Ireland
- **Active:** 2013–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 73 (1), 2020s 80 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 78 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Crime 2
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $13m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanne_Crawford, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131994290, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1169701/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/211621

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Blue Lights*](https://film.one/tv/blue-lights.md) (82)

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

## Biography

Joanne Crawford is a Northern Irish actress who has appeared in stage, film and television. She trained at Ulster University and is known for her recurring role as Inspector Helen McNally in the BBC One series *Blue Lights* (2023–), which she has reprised across multiple series.

Her other screen credits include Joan Jennings in *The Fall* (2013–2016), Fairbank's solicitor in *Line of Duty* (2016), Norma Sinnott in *Small Things Like These* (2024), and Dr Kennedy in *Dead and Buried* (2024). She has also appeared in films such as *Ballywalter* (2022) and *We Have Always Lived in the Castle* (2018).

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Small Things Like These* (2024), Fi1m 79, as Norma Sinnott — [page](https://film.one/film/small-things-like-these.md)
- *Blue Lights* (2023), Fi1m 82, as Helen McNally — [page](https://film.one/tv/blue-lights.md)
- *The Fall* (2013), Fi1m 73, as Joan Jennings — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fall-2013.md)

## Complete filmography (35)

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

- *Rewarding* (2025), as Nicola
- *Outlander: Blood of My Blood* (2025), series, as Lady Margaret Nairne — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/outlander-blood-of-my-blood.md)
- *Small Things Like These* (2024), as Norma Sinnott — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/small-things-like-these.md)
- *Dead and Buried* (2024), series, as Dr. Kennedy
- *The Wise Guy* (2024), Actor
- *Ballywalter* (2023), as Donna
- *The House of Paisley* (2023), series, as Narrator
- *The House of Paisley* (2023), as Narrator
- *Blue Lights* (2023), series, as Helen McNally — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/blue-lights.md)
- *Aisha* (2022), as Ms Nolan
- *Wildfire* (2021), as Bridget
- *As Luck Would Have It* (2021), as Maebh
- *Rose Plays Julie* (2021), as Valerie
- *To All My Darlings* (2021), as Dr. Kelly
- *Liverpool Ferry* (2020), as Mum
- *Kathleen Was Here* (2020), as Chrissy
- *We Have Always Lived in the Castle* (2019), as Stella
- *Counsel* (2019), as Kaye Reynolds
- *The Delinquent Season* (2018), as Joan
- *Dave Allen at Peace* (2018), as Jean O'Mahony
- *Come Home* (2018), series, as Nancy
- *Beside Himself* (2016), as Beattie
- *The Party* (2016), as Mother
- *Sacrifice* (2016), as Sgt. Dana Tulloch
- *Mammal* (2016), as Jean Cunningham
- *The Truth Commissioner* (2016), as Anna Connolly
- *The Climb* (2016), as Julia
- *Debris* (2013), as Aisling
- *The Fall* (2013), series, as Joan Jennings — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fall-2013.md)
- *Line of Duty* (2012), series, as Fairbank's Solicitor — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/line-of-duty.md)
- *Satellites & Meteorites* (2008), Actor
- *Maybe If You...* (2005), as Julie
- *Jane by the Sea* (2004), Actor
- *Wired 03:36* (2001), as Eve
- *Murphy's Law* (2001), series, as Nursing Matron — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/murphys-law.md)

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