Joanna Christie

Joanna Christie

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birthdate = 10 April 1982
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Joanna Christie (born 10 April 1982) [http://london.broadway.com/story/id/3006887 Fresh Face: Joanna Christie] , Mark Shenton, Broadway.com in London, 6 April, 2007] is an English actress. She was born and raised in Holmfirth, [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/bazbamigboye.html?in_article_id=421325&in_page_id=1794 "Role in the hay for sexy Joanna"] , Baz Bamigboye, "Daily Mail", 8 December 2006] south of Huddersfield in West Yorkshire until the age of thirteen, when she was sent away to school in Northamptonshire. Five years later, she moved to London to attend drama school at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.

She joined the National Youth Theatre aged seventeen, where she made her breakthrough stage role in "Immaculate Conceit", a play about a stripper who becomes the mother of the next messiah. [http://news.independent.co.uk/people/profiles/article2276192.ece "How we met: Rafe Spall and Joanna Christie"] , "The Independent", 19 January, 2008] She then found small roles in television, [http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/smalldarkplaces/the_production/cast/sdp_joanna_christie_person_page.shtml Cast: Joanna Christie] , "Small Dark Places", BBC (includes three video interviews)] before joining Kevin Spacey's "Old Vic, New Voices" collective for a year in 2005. [http://www.oldvictheatre.com/pdf/actors2005.pdf 2005 Actors] , New Voices Club, The Old Vic]

After a five month tour of India performing Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in Jaipur in 2006 she returned to Britain, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/style/story/0,,2037359,00.html "What are you wearing today?"] , Imogen Fox, "The Guardian", March 19 2007] but endured a lean year before making her West End debut in "Equus" at the Gielgud Theatre. [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=433552&in_page_id=1770 "Oh, Harry! The undressing of Daniel Radcliffe"] , Paul Scott, "Daily Mail", 22 February, 2007] She beat over 300 other actresses to the role of Jill Mason opposite "Harry Potter" star Daniel Radcliffe in Thea Sharrock's high-profile revival of Peter Schaffer's award-winning play. [http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/01/31/1169919374719.html "Harry Potter strips"] , Jano Gibson, "Sydney Morning Herald", 31 January, 2007]

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