Joanne Mitchell


Joanne Mitchell is an English film, stage and TV actress. In 2011 she co-founded Mitchell Brunt Films with husband and Emmerdale colleague Dominic Brunt and has worked as producer/writer on several of the company's films.

Career

Mitchell trained at The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, where she met future husband Dominic Brunt. After graduating she embarked on a varied career in theatre and TV, including four roles in TV soap Emmerdale. Mitchell's theatrical roles have included Macbeth's Lady McDuff, Hermia in A Midsummer Night's Dream and Rosaline in Love's Labours Lost. She has also played Valerie in Conor McPherson's The Weir and Jenny in Alan Ayckbourn's Family Circles.
Since forming Mitchell-Brunt Films, Mitchell has expressed a desire to push boundaries and to merge drama and horror in unique ways. She wrote and produced two short horror films The Mighty Witch Killers of Pendle Hill and Shell Shocked. She then co-starred in the claustrophobic chiller White Settlers and the Manchester-set Habit. She conceived, produced and starred in the zombie drama Before Dawn and 'female revenge' thriller Bait.

Emmerdale

Mitchell has had four roles in Emmerdale. Her first in the long-running rural soap was in 2003, when she played DS Karen Barnborough in two episodes. She had further roles as Midwife Yeo and Susan Davies and, in 2016, took over the role of Sandra Flaherty.

Personal life

In 2003 Mitchell married fellow Emmerdale actor Dominic Brunt, with whom she founded Mitchell-Brunt Films. After a white-collar female amateur boxing bout in New York's Gleason's Gym, Mitchell expressed hopes of developing a movie based on the experience. She is a practising Nichiren Buddhist and a supporter of the charity Hope For Justice.

Filmography

FilmRoleYearNotes
PorridgeProsecuting Counsel2016
HabitKaty2016
PandoraMartha2016
BaitDawn Greenwood2015
White SettlersFlo2014
Shortcuts to Hell Hannah2013
Before DawnMeg2013
The Way of the Monkey's ClawMatka Draak2011
Licence To Live Paula1994

ProductionRoleVenueYearNotes
Alma and Gustav MahlerAlma MahlerBridgewater Hall, Manchester
A Sense of JusticeMilliePerth Theatre2005
84 Charing Cross RoadMegan/MaxineNick Brooke No.1 Tour2004
The WeirValerieBolton Octagon2004
Fallen AngelsJaneSalisbury Playhouse
A Phoenix Too FrequentDynameneSalisbury Playhouse
BetrayalEmmaNick Brooke No.1 Tour
HamletOphelia
Hedda GablerHedda Gabler
The WeirValerieRoyal Court1997
MelonfarmerKathyPlymouth Theatre Royal2000
MacbethLady MacDuffOrange Tree, Richmond
Family CirclesJennyOrange Tree, Richmond1996
Romeo and JulietJulietOrange Tree, Richmond
All In the WrongBelindaOrange Tree, Richmond1991
Black SeaSarahPaines Plough
Jungle BookMother WolfThe Swan Stratford
Mansfield ParkJulia BertramThe Redgrave
Stags and HensMaureenEdinburgh Festival

ProductionRoleBroadcasterYearNotes
Writing the Century IIAda ReeseBBC Radio Four2016
Edward Elgar's The Crown of IndiaIndiaBBC Radio Three2015
The TreehouseClareBBC Radio Four2014
Writing the Century IMrs Trim / Tracy ClarkeBBC Radio Four2014
The Testament of Jessie LambMumBBC Radio Four2013
The JourneySophieBBC Radio Four2010
Caesar Price Our LordMumBBC Radio Four2008
The Paston LettersJoan / Alice / EmilyBBC Radio Four2006
On ItJoWoolly Back Productions