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{{Short description|British actress}}
'''Emily Joyce''' is a [[television]] actress in [[Britain]]. She co-starred in the [[British comedy]] series ''[[My Hero]]'', playing the character of Janet Dawkins, the wife of the superhero [[My Hero#George Sunday/Thermoman|Thermoman]] (played by [[Ardal O'Hanlon]]), whose assigned earth name is George Sunday, (at least they married in a late second-season episode).
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'''Emily Sian Joyce''' (born 12 April 1969){{cn|date=June 2020}} is an English actress best known for playing the role of Janet Dawkins in the [[BBC]] comedy series ''[[My Hero (British TV series)|My Hero]]'', between 2000 and 2006.


==Early life==
Having a long-lived childhood love of acting (due to her mother taking her to theatres regularly), Joyce decided to join the [[National Youth Theatre]] at the age of fifteen. She worked for ''[[Vogue magazine]]'' for sustenance during this period of learning the skills of her future [[career]], preparing for [[drama school]]. She formed the musical band "In Spite of All That" at the age of seventeen, playing the part of its lead singer. Including the time in drama school, Joyce spent three years as a part of this band. After drama school, she joined the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]]. Her first television role being in the [[ITV]] drama ''[[Cracker (British television)|Cracker]]'', she played the murderess in the final episode of the series. She starred in another ITV drama series, ''[[Grafters]]'', in 1999.
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Joyce is the youngest of three sisters, all of whom are in the entertainment business in the UK. Their mother loved the theatre and took the three girls to shows constantly. Joyce decided to join the [[National Youth Theatre]] at the age of fifteen and worked for ''[[Vogue magazine]]'' for sustenance during this time before going to train at the [[Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art]]. At the age of seventeen she formed, and was the lead singer, in the band In Spite of All That. Including the time in drama school, Joyce spent three years as a part of this band.


==Career highlights==
More recent television appearances include featuring in the last episode of the fourth season of the [[BBC]] mysterious crime series ''[[The Inspector Lynley Mysteries]]'', playing the part of DC Havers' new (and presentably crazy) boss.
After drama school, Joyce joined the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]]. Her first television role was in the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] drama ''[[Cracker (British TV series)|Cracker]]'', where she played the murderer in a 1995 episode. She also starred in another [[ITV1]] drama series, ''[[Grafters]]'', in 1999 and in 2003 played the part of DC Havers's new boss in ''[[The Inspector Lynley Mysteries]]''.


Joyce appeared in the [[British comedy]] series ''[[My Hero (British TV series)|My Hero]].'' She played the character of Janet Dawkins, opposite superhero [[My Hero (UK TV series)#George Sunday/George Monday/Thermoman|Thermoman]], originally played by [[Ardal O'Hanlon]] and followed by [[James Dreyfus]].

In 2003 she appeared in series 2 episode 6 of ''Ultimate Force'', playing the part of Nicky Strong.

Also in 2003 Joyce played vengeful serial killer Anna Marchant/Sarah Herd in the two part BBC crime Drama ''[[Messiah (BBC series)|Messiah 2: Vengeance is Mine]] starring ''[[Ken Stott]]

In 2007, she appeared in the light-hearted drama ''[[Hotel Babylon (BBC series)|Hotel Babylon]]'', playing the part of Estelle. She also played Kate in the comedy drama ''Little Devil''.

In the first half of 2008, she appeared in ''[[Happy Now? (play)|Happy Now?]]'', a new play by [[Lucinda Coxon]] at the [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]], London. Also in 2008, she appeared in the six-part [[BBC]] comedy drama series ''[[Mutual Friends (TV series)|Mutual Friends]]'' as Martin's ([[Marc Warren]]) boss Sarah Fletcher.

In 2010, Joyce played the part of Dr Sandra Fleming in ''[[Universal Soldier: Regeneration]]''. In the same year she appeared as the Prime Minister's special policy advisor, [[Yes Minister#Stage play|Claire Sutton]], in [[Antony Jay]]'s and [[Jonathan Lynn]]'s stage version of ''[[Yes, Prime Minister]]'', which premiered at the [[Chichester]] Festival in May 2010 and moved to the [[Gielgud Theatre]] in London's [[West End of London|West End]] in September 2010. In 2011, Joyce appeared in Series 7, Episode 19 of the [[BBC]] school-based drama [[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]] as local superstar DJ Viv O'Donnell. In 2013, Joyce appeared in an episode Down Among the Fearful of the ITV drama [[Lewis (TV series)|Lewis]] as Jane Grace. In 2011, Joyce starred in the one-off [[BBC]] Christmas show, ''[[Being Eileen|Lapland]]''.<ref name="comedyguide">{{cite web| url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/being_eileen/episodes/2011/1/| title=Lapland – Christmas Special|work=The British Comedy Guide|accessdate=21 December 2012}}</ref>

==Personal life==
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Joyce married Adam Astle in 2002. They have two sons, Bailey and Gabriel. She is the sister of the author [[Rachel Joyce (writer)|Rachel Joyce]].

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
! colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" | Film
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1997 || ''[[The Woodlanders]]'' || Libby ||
|-
| 2007 || ''[[National Treasure: Book of Secrets]]'' || Palace Guide ||
|-
| 2009 || ''[[Universal Soldier: Regeneration]]'' || Dr. Sandra Flemming ||
|-
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="centre"
! colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" | Television
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="centre"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1995 || ''[[Cracker (British TV series)|Cracker]]'' || Janice || 2 episodes: "[[List of Cracker episodes#ep22|True Romance: Parts 1]] & [[List of Cracker episodes#ep23|2]]"
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1997 || ''[[Jane Eyre (1997 film)|Jane Eyre]]'' || Miss Temple || Television film
|-
| ''[[Wycliffe (TV series)|Wycliffe]]'' || Morna Petheric || 1 episode: "[[Wycliffe (TV series)#Seen a Ghost|Seen a Ghost]]"
|-
| ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'' || Lorraine Parker || 1 episode: "[[Casualty (series 12)#ep204|What Friends Are For]]"
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1998 || ''[[In_Exile_(TV_series)|In Exile]]'' || Ellen || 7 episodes
|-
| ''[[Grafters]]'' || Laura || 8 episodes
|-
| 1999 || ''Trial by Fire'' || WDC. Scott || Television film
|-
| 2000 || ''Hero of the Hour'' || Sylvie || Television film
|-
| | 2000–2006 || ''[[My Hero (British TV series)|My Hero]]'' || Janet Dawkins || [[List of My Hero episodes|51 episodes]]; main role
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2001 || ''Comic Relief: Say Pants to Poverty'' || Janet Dawkins ||
|-
| ''The Glass'' || Emma Rice || 6 episodes; mini-series
|-
| ''[[Midsomer Murders]]'' || Bernadette Sullivan || 1 episode: "[[List of Midsomer Murders episodes#ep21|A Worm in the Bud]]"
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2003 || ''[[Messiah (BBC series)|Messiah 2: Vengeance is Mine]]'' || Anna Marchent || 2 episodes; mini-series
|-
| ''[[The Inspector Lynley Mysteries]]'' || Emily Barlow || 1 episode: "[[The Inspector Lynley Mysteries#Deception on His Mind|Deception on His Mind]]"
|-
| ''[[Ultimate Force]]'' || Nicky Strong || 1 episode: "[[Ultimate Force#ep12|Dead Is Forever]]"
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2006 || ''[[Doctor Who]]'' || Alien (voice) || 1 episode: "[[The Girl in the Fireplace]]"
|-
| ''[[Dalziel and Pascoe (TV series)|Dalziel and Pascoe]]'' || Natalie Lawson || 2 episodes: "[[List of Dalziel and Pascoe episodes#ep43|Fallen Angel: Parts 1 & 2]]"
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2007 || ''[[Hotel Babylon (BBC series)|Hotel Babylon]]'' || Estelle || 1 episode: [[Hotel Babylon (BBC series)#ep12|#2.4]]
|-
| ''Little Devil'' || Katie Bishop || 3 episodes: #1.1, #1.2 & 1.3
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2008 || ''[[Fairy Tales (TV series)|Fairy Tales]]'' || Joyce Fletcher || 1 episode: "[[Fairy Tales (TV series)#Rapunzel|Rapunzel]]"
|-
| ''[[Mutual Friends (TV series)|Mutual Friends]]'' || Sarah || 6 episodes
|-
| 2009 || ''[[My Almost Famous Family]]'' || Jill || 9 episodes
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2010 || ''[[Silent Witness]]'' || Muriel || 2 episodes: "[[List of Silent Witness episodes#ep103|Voids: Parts 1 & 2]]"
|-
| ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]'' || Diana Hardcastle || 1 episode: "Mother's Help"
|-
| ''[[The Bill]]'' || Jane Wallace || 1 episode: "[[The Bill (series 26)#ep19|Deadly Consequences]]"
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2011 || ''[[Holby City]]'' || Kate Cahill || 3 episodes: "[[Holby City (series 13)#ep571|One of Those Days]]", "[[Holby City (series 13)#ep576|Broken]]" & "[[Holby City (series 13)#ep579|PS Elliot]]"
|-
| ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]'' || Viv O'Donnell || 1 episode: [[Waterloo Road (series 7)#ep119|Series 7 Episode 19]]
|-
| ''[[Being Eileen|Lapland]]'' || Miranda || "[[Being Eileen#Special (2011)|Lapland]]"
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2013 || ''[[Lewis (TV series)|Lewis]]'' || Jane Grace || 1 episode: "[[List of Lewis episodes#ep25|Down Among the Fearful]]"
|-
| ''[[New Tricks]]'' || Daniella Yates || 1 episode: "[[List of New Tricks episodes#ep87|Wild Justice]]"
|-
| ''[[Midsomer Murders]]'' || Valerie Fergus-Johnson || 1 episode: "[[List of Midsomer Murders episodes#ep96|The Christmas Haunting]]"
|-
| ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'' || Karen Rednall || 1 episode: "[[Casualty (series 27)#ep862|Garage Flowers]]"
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2016 || ''[[EastEnders]]'' || Dr Janice May || 2 episodes
|-
| ''[[Agatha Raisin (TV series)|Agatha Raisin]]'' || Juliet || 1 episode: "[[Agatha Raisin (TV series)#ep8|Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage]]"
|-
| ''[[Friday Night Dinner]]'' || Melissa || 1 episode: Series 4 Episode 6 "[[List of Friday Night Dinner episodes#ep25|For Sale]]"
|-
| ''Filcher & Crook'' || Evangeline De'Salle || TV Mini Series
|-
|2016-2017
|''[[Jack and Dean of All Trades]]''
|Jack's Mum
|2 episodes: "Dad Men", "Karaoke"
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2017
|''[[Vera (TV series)|Vera]]''
|Caroline Andersen
|1 episode: Series 7 Episode 1 "[[Vera (TV series)#ep25|Natural Selection]]"
|-
|''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]''
|Sophia Frost
|1 episode: [[Casualty (series 32)#ep1058|Series 32 Episode 9]]<ref>{{Cite episode|title=Episode 9|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09c1d58|series=Casualty|series-link=Casualty (TV series)|credits=Writer: Matthew Barry; Director: John Greening; Producer: Gwenllian Gravelle|network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|airdate=21 October 2017}}</ref>
|-
|''Sunset Dreams''
|Anne Tiller
|
|-
|Judge Rinder's Crown Court
|Abby Fry - Defence Counsel
|TV Mini Series
|-
|2020
| ''[[Father Brown (2013 TV series)|Father Brown]]''
|Edith Dobson
|1 episode: "[[List of Father Brown episodes#ep84|The Wisdom of the Fool]]"
|-
|2021
| ''[[McDonald & Dodds]]''
|Diane
|1 episode: "[[McDonald & Dodds#ep5|The War of Rose]]"
|-
|2022
| ''[[Call the Midwife]]''
|Norma Johnson
|1 episode: [[List of Call the Midwife episodes#ep94|Series 11 Episode 7]]
|-
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="centre"
! colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" | Radio
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
|2005-2008
|''The Spaceship''
|Melissa Paterson
|
|-
|2009
|''Accomplices''
|Hattie
|Afternoon Play
|-
|2013
|''Shooting Animals''
|Fran
|Pilot
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}


== External links ==
== External links ==
*{{IMDb name|0431521}}
*[http://www.bbcprograms.com/pbs/catalog/myhero/heroemily.htm Emily Joyce Bio]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20041023120221/http://www.bbcprograms.com/pbs/catalog/myhero/heroemily.htm Emily Joyce Bio]

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:English television actresses]]
[[Category:Royal Shakespeare Company members]]
[[Category:People educated at Sydenham High School]]
[[Category:English stage actresses]]
[[Category:National Youth Theatre members]]
[[Category:Actors from the Royal Borough of Greenwich]]
[[Category:Actresses from London]]
[[Category:People from Woolwich]]

Latest revision as of 12:33, 24 October 2024

Emily Joyce
Born (1969-04-12) 12 April 1969 (age 55)
Woolwich,[citation needed] London, England
OccupationActress
Years active1995–present
Spouse
Adam Astle
​
(m. 2002)​
Children2

Emily Sian Joyce (born 12 April 1969)[citation needed] is an English actress best known for playing the role of Janet Dawkins in the BBC comedy series My Hero, between 2000 and 2006.

Early life

[edit]

Joyce is the youngest of three sisters, all of whom are in the entertainment business in the UK. Their mother loved the theatre and took the three girls to shows constantly. Joyce decided to join the National Youth Theatre at the age of fifteen and worked for Vogue magazine for sustenance during this time before going to train at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. At the age of seventeen she formed, and was the lead singer, in the band In Spite of All That. Including the time in drama school, Joyce spent three years as a part of this band.

Career highlights

[edit]

After drama school, Joyce joined the Royal Shakespeare Company. Her first television role was in the ITV drama Cracker, where she played the murderer in a 1995 episode. She also starred in another ITV1 drama series, Grafters, in 1999 and in 2003 played the part of DC Havers's new boss in The Inspector Lynley Mysteries.

Joyce appeared in the British comedy series My Hero. She played the character of Janet Dawkins, opposite superhero Thermoman, originally played by Ardal O'Hanlon and followed by James Dreyfus.

In 2003 she appeared in series 2 episode 6 of Ultimate Force, playing the part of Nicky Strong.

Also in 2003 Joyce played vengeful serial killer Anna Marchant/Sarah Herd in the two part BBC crime Drama Messiah 2: Vengeance is Mine starring Ken Stott

In 2007, she appeared in the light-hearted drama Hotel Babylon, playing the part of Estelle. She also played Kate in the comedy drama Little Devil.

In the first half of 2008, she appeared in Happy Now?, a new play by Lucinda Coxon at the National Theatre, London. Also in 2008, she appeared in the six-part BBC comedy drama series Mutual Friends as Martin's (Marc Warren) boss Sarah Fletcher.

In 2010, Joyce played the part of Dr Sandra Fleming in Universal Soldier: Regeneration. In the same year she appeared as the Prime Minister's special policy advisor, Claire Sutton, in Antony Jay's and Jonathan Lynn's stage version of Yes, Prime Minister, which premiered at the Chichester Festival in May 2010 and moved to the Gielgud Theatre in London's West End in September 2010. In 2011, Joyce appeared in Series 7, Episode 19 of the BBC school-based drama Waterloo Road as local superstar DJ Viv O'Donnell. In 2013, Joyce appeared in an episode Down Among the Fearful of the ITV drama Lewis as Jane Grace. In 2011, Joyce starred in the one-off BBC Christmas show, Lapland.[1]

Personal life

[edit]

Joyce married Adam Astle in 2002. They have two sons, Bailey and Gabriel. She is the sister of the author Rachel Joyce.

Filmography

[edit]
Film
Year Title Role Notes
1997 The Woodlanders Libby
2007 National Treasure: Book of Secrets Palace Guide
2009 Universal Soldier: Regeneration Dr. Sandra Flemming
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1995 Cracker Janice 2 episodes: "True Romance: Parts 1 & 2"
1997 Jane Eyre Miss Temple Television film
Wycliffe Morna Petheric 1 episode: "Seen a Ghost"
Casualty Lorraine Parker 1 episode: "What Friends Are For"
1998 In Exile Ellen 7 episodes
Grafters Laura 8 episodes
1999 Trial by Fire WDC. Scott Television film
2000 Hero of the Hour Sylvie Television film
2000–2006 My Hero Janet Dawkins 51 episodes; main role
2001 Comic Relief: Say Pants to Poverty Janet Dawkins
The Glass Emma Rice 6 episodes; mini-series
Midsomer Murders Bernadette Sullivan 1 episode: "A Worm in the Bud"
2003 Messiah 2: Vengeance is Mine Anna Marchent 2 episodes; mini-series
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries Emily Barlow 1 episode: "Deception on His Mind"
Ultimate Force Nicky Strong 1 episode: "Dead Is Forever"
2006 Doctor Who Alien (voice) 1 episode: "The Girl in the Fireplace"
Dalziel and Pascoe Natalie Lawson 2 episodes: "Fallen Angel: Parts 1 & 2"
2007 Hotel Babylon Estelle 1 episode: #2.4
Little Devil Katie Bishop 3 episodes: #1.1, #1.2 & 1.3
2008 Fairy Tales Joyce Fletcher 1 episode: "Rapunzel"
Mutual Friends Sarah 6 episodes
2009 My Almost Famous Family Jill 9 episodes
2010 Silent Witness Muriel 2 episodes: "Voids: Parts 1 & 2"
Doctors Diana Hardcastle 1 episode: "Mother's Help"
The Bill Jane Wallace 1 episode: "Deadly Consequences"
2011 Holby City Kate Cahill 3 episodes: "One of Those Days", "Broken" & "PS Elliot"
Waterloo Road Viv O'Donnell 1 episode: Series 7 Episode 19
Lapland Miranda "Lapland"
2013 Lewis Jane Grace 1 episode: "Down Among the Fearful"
New Tricks Daniella Yates 1 episode: "Wild Justice"
Midsomer Murders Valerie Fergus-Johnson 1 episode: "The Christmas Haunting"
Casualty Karen Rednall 1 episode: "Garage Flowers"
2016 EastEnders Dr Janice May 2 episodes
Agatha Raisin Juliet 1 episode: "Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage"
Friday Night Dinner Melissa 1 episode: Series 4 Episode 6 "For Sale"
Filcher & Crook Evangeline De'Salle TV Mini Series
2016-2017 Jack and Dean of All Trades Jack's Mum 2 episodes: "Dad Men", "Karaoke"
2017 Vera Caroline Andersen 1 episode: Series 7 Episode 1 "Natural Selection"
Casualty Sophia Frost 1 episode: Series 32 Episode 9[2]
Sunset Dreams Anne Tiller
Judge Rinder's Crown Court Abby Fry - Defence Counsel TV Mini Series
2020 Father Brown Edith Dobson 1 episode: "The Wisdom of the Fool"
2021 McDonald & Dodds Diane 1 episode: "The War of Rose"
2022 Call the Midwife Norma Johnson 1 episode: Series 11 Episode 7
Radio
Year Title Role Notes
2005-2008 The Spaceship Melissa Paterson
2009 Accomplices Hattie Afternoon Play
2013 Shooting Animals Fran Pilot

References

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  1. ^ "Lapland – Christmas Special". The British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  2. ^ Writer: Matthew Barry; Director: John Greening; Producer: Gwenllian Gravelle (21 October 2017). "Episode 9". Casualty. BBC. BBC One.
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