Joanne Froggatt

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Biography

K. drama series "Downton Abbey" (ITV/PBS, 2010- ). The role was the culmination of a series of critically regarded turns on British television that saw Froggatt tackle some exceptionally complex female characters, from a teenaged mother on "Coronation Street" (ITV, 1960- ) to child killer Myra Hindley in "See No Evil: The Moors Murders" (ITV, 2006). After proving her ability to carry a motion picture with the intense drama "In Our Name" …
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Job Title

Actor

Born

August 21, 1980

Career Milestones

2010

Landed role of Anna Smith, the head housemaid at "Downton Abbey" (ITV, PBS)

2010

Made feature film debut in "In Our Name" (2010) as a soldier who struggles with paranoia after returning from a tour of duty in Iraq

2007

Returned to the stage in a production of "All About My Mother" at the Old Vic Theatre

2006

Played convicted killer Myra Hindley in docudrama "See No Evil: The Moors Murders" (ITV)

1997

Landed recurring role as a teenaged mother on "Coronation Street" (ITV)

1996

Postponed attending the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts to make her television debut on "The Bill" (ITV)

Began acting as a child with a theater troupe in Scarborough

Awards

2012

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in Downton Abbey