Jo Hartley
Jo Hartley | |
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 Hartley at BIFA in 2021 | |
| Born | 12 March 1972 Oldham, Lancashire, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2004–present |
Joanne Victoria Hartley (born 12 March 1972) is an English actress who has appeared in the films This Is England, The Young Victoria, Eddie the Eagle, Slaughterhouse Rulez and Torvill & Dean and in British television series This Is England '86, Not Safe For Work, After Life, Bliss, In My Skin, Sweetheart (2021) and Bank of Dave (2023).
Early life
[edit]Hartley was born in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, and brought up in a working-class family, attending North Chadderton School in Chadderton,[1] in Oldham. She started acting at the age of 11 in her school production of The Sound of Music as Gretel Von Trappe.[1] She then joined Oldham Theatre Workshop, developing her acting skills until the age of 17, when she stopped acting to work at British Aerospace (BAe) on a Youth Training Scheme where she worked as a secretary in the office for two years until leaving BAe to join Japan Airlines as a flight attendant.[2]
In her mid-twenties, Hartley left the aviation industry to pursue a career as an actor.[3][4] Hartley returned to England, in London studying at the Questors Theatre in Ealing, where she studied method acting and Stanislavski's system until landing her first film role in 2004.[3]
Career
[edit]Hartley had her debut film role in the 2004 Shane Meadows directed Crime Drama Thriller film Dead Man's Shoes as 'Marie'.[3][5] She went on to appear in many British productions, including films such as Northern Soul and Me and Her both in 2004; Terra Firma and Flushed in 2008; and The Crossing, Janet and Bernard and I Don't Care in 2014. Hartley has been a character actor in many TV films and TV series since 2004, with her most notable roles in This Is England '86, This Is England '88 and This Is England '90, the follow-on TV mini-series to the film. In movies Hartley has appeared in This Is England (2006) as Cynthia,[2][3] and the feature film The Young Victoria in 2009, with Emily Blunt and Rupert Friend.[2][3]
In 2016 Hartley appeared as Janette, Eddie's mother in the film Eddie the Eagle appearing alongside Taron Egerton and Hugh Jackman.[6] She co-starred in the David Cross series Bliss opposite Heather Graham as one of two partners of a fraudulent travel writer.[7][8] Hartley also appeared in the comedy horror film Slaughterhouse Rulez, alongside Asa Butterfield and Simon Pegg.[9]
After a successful pilot episode, Hartley played the role of Bethan's mum, Katrina, who suffers from bipolar disorder in the BBC series In My Skin which aired on BBC1 in 2020.[10] In April 2020, Hartley returned as June in the second series of Ricky Gervais's After Life.[11]
In January 2021, Hartley joined the Rising Star Award jury of the EE British Academy Film Awards to select the shortlist for the 2021 award, alongside Alicia Vikander, Naomi Ackie and several other prominent figures of the industry.[12] In November 2021, Hartley was nominated for the BIFA for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Tina in the Marley Morrison directed British drama film Sweetheart.[13][14]
In December 2021, Hartley had a guest-role appearance in the BBC's Mandy Christmas special—We Wish You A Mandy Christmas alongside Diane Morgan and Johnny Vegas.[15] In 2022, Hartley landed a recurring role in four episodes of series 3, of the Sky One German U-boat series Das Boot, alongside Tom Wlaschiha.[16]
In 2023, Hartley starred as 'Nicola', wife of Burnley banker Dave Fishwick (played by Rory Kinnear) in the film Bank of Dave, released on Netflix in January 2023.[17]
In April 2024, Hartley played the lead character in the British comedy film Swede Caroline.[18]
Filmography
[edit]| † | Denotes works that have not yet been released |
Film
[edit]
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Dead Man's Shoes[5] | Marie |
| Northern Soul (short film)[1] | Jo Sherbert | |
| Me and Her (short film) | Coleen | |
| 2006 | This Is England | Cynthia |
| 2007 | Bigboy_74(short film) | Woman |
| 2008 | Terra Firma (short film) | Debbie[19] |
| Flushed (short film) | Mrs Mop | |
| 2009 | The Young Victoria | Landlady |
| 2010 | Soulboy | Monica |
| 2011 | Inbred[1] | Kate |
| At Dusk (short film) | Woman | |
| 2012 | Up There | Margaret |
| When the Lights Went Out | Jeanette | |
| Ill Manors | Carol | |
| 2014 | The Crossing (short film) | Juliet |
| Janet and Bernard (short film) | Janet | |
| I Don't Care (short film) | Mandy | |
| 2015 | Sea Change (short film) | See awards[20] |
| 2016 | Eddie the Eagle | Janette Edwards[2] |
| David Brent: Life on the Road | Pauline Gray | |
| Prevenge | Midwife | |
| Gibberish (short film) | Mother | |
| Access All Areas | Libby | |
| 2018 | Slaughterhouse Rulez | Babs Wallace |
| Torvill & Dean[21] | Betty Torvill | |
| 2021 | Sweetheart | Tina |
| 2023 | Bank of Dave[17] | as Nicola Fishwick |
| 2024 | Swede Caroline[18] |
Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Recovery | Vicky Nathan | Television film |
| 2009 | Crying with Laughter | Karen | |
| Casualty 1900s | Anna Baker | 2 episodes | |
| 2010 | Pulse | Loz Westmoor | Television film |
| This Is England '86 | Cynthia | 4 episodes | |
| Moving On | Natalie | 1 episode | |
| 2011 | Waterloo Road | Laura Taylor | 1 episode |
| Stolen[1] | April Harris | Television film | |
| The Jury | Ann Skailes | 5 episodes | |
| This Is England '88 | Cynthia Fields | 3 episodes | |
| 2012 | Coming Up | Mandy Slade | 1 episode: "Postcode Lottery" |
| 2013 | Law & Order: UK | Lindsey Donovan | 1 episode |
| Privado | Sally | 3 episodes | |
| 2013–2014 | The Mimic | Jean | 11 episodes[4] |
| 2015 | Not Safe for Work | Angela | 6 episodes[2][22] |
| This Is England '90 | Cynthia Fields | 4 episodes[3] | |
| 2016 | Vera | Grace | 1 episode: "Tuesday's Child" |
| 2018 | Bliss | Denise Larkspur | 6 episodes |
| 2018–2021 | In My Skin | Katrina Gwyndaf | Main role[23] |
| 2019 | Don't Forget the Driver | Mel | Episode 4 |
| Temple | Professor Kirby | Episode 5 | |
| 2020 | Sick of It | Lillie | 1 episode[24] |
| 2019–2022 | After Life | June | Recurring series 1; main role series 2–3; |
| 2021 | The Cleaner | Maggie | 1 episode 1.6 |
| 2021 | Mandy | Mrs Carter; Flower seller | Christmas Special We Wish You a Mandy Christmas |
| 2022 | Das Boot | Daisy Swinburne | Season 3 – 4 episodes[16] |
| 2023 | Death In Paradise | Raya West | Season 12 episode 2[25] |
| 2024 | Passenger | Linda Markel | 6 episodes |
| TBA | † Adolescence | Mrs. Fenumore | Post-production |
Awards
[edit]| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | International Christian Film & Music Festival | Best Actress – Short film | Sea Change | Won | [20][26] |
| 2017 | Underwire Film Festival | Best Actor | Gibberish | Nominated | [26] |
| 2021 | British Independent Film Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Sweetheart | Nominated | [13][14][26] |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "30 minutes with 'This is England' actress Jo Hartley". manchestersfinest.com. 2011.
- ^ a b c d e "Not Safe For Work – Jo Hartley Interview". comedy.co.uk. 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f "Interview: Jo Hartley, star of This Is England '90". themetropolist.com. 2015. Archived from the original on 18 October 2017.
- ^ a b "An interview with Jo Hartley – The Mimic S2". Channel 4. 2014.
- ^ a b "Dead Man's Shoes". BBFC. 2018.
- ^ "Jo Hartley interview". scotsman.com. 2018.
- ^ "Jo Hartley Is a Brilliantly British Actress – But Her Cultural Influences Span from Italy to Japan". phoenixmag.co.uk. 2018.
- ^ "Bliss Review". LA Times. 2018.
- ^ "Slaughterhouse Rulez review: A wildly scattergun British horror comedy". independent.co.uk. 2018. Archived from the original on 9 June 2022.
- ^ "BBC orders a dark comedy about a teen and her mentally ill mum". Chortle. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
- ^ "Exclusive: Tony Way and Jo Hartley on the genius of Ricky Gervais and After Life: Series 2". heyuguys.com. 2020.
- ^ "Alicia Vikander, Naomi Ackie & Jo Hartley join 2021 BAFTA EE Rising Star Award Panel". heyuguys.com. 20 January 2021.
- ^ a b "BIFA 2021 Winners and Nominations". bifa.film. 2021.
- ^ a b "British Independent Film Awards: 'Belfast,' 'Boiling Point' Lead Nominations". hollywoodreporter.com. 3 November 2021.
- ^ "We Wish You A Mandy Christmas". bbc.co.uk/mediacentre. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- ^ a b "Cast and First Look Images Revealed for Series Three of Sky Original Das Boot, as filming commences". skygroup.sky. 3 December 2020.
- ^ a b "'Bank of Dave' Netflix Movie: January 2023 Release Date". whats-on-netflix.com. 21 December 2022.
- ^ a b "Jo Hartley searching for her stolen marrows in Swede Caroline". avingagiraffe.com. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ Jo Hartley & Michael Smiley, The Independent, 19 September 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2017
- ^ a b "ICFF 2015 Winners". internationalcff.org. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
- ^ "Torvill and Dean ITV Drama Biopic cast confirmed". Radio times. 2018.
- ^ "Jo Hartley interview for Not Safe for Work". Channel 4. 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
- ^ "In my skin series". comedy.co.uk. 2018.
- ^ "Sick of It season 2 review: Karl Pilkington's superb series finds the profound in the mundane". radiotimes.com. 2020.
- ^ "Death in Paradise Season 12 Episode 2 Cast: Meet the Guest Stars". hitc.com. 2023.
- ^ a b c "Jo Hartley Awards". IMDB (index source only). Retrieved 15 March 2022.
External links
[edit]
- Jo Hartley at Contactmusic
- Jo Hartley at IMDb
