This is his first Grand Prix in almost thirty years of career.
Joanna Scanlan, who celebrated her 60th birthday in October, was crowned best actress at the Bafta ceremony, chaired by Rebel Wilson, on Sunday March 13 at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
She was rewarded for her interpretation of a wife who, after the sudden death of her husband, discovers his secrets, in the film
After Love
by Aleem Khan.
Until now Joanna Scanlan had chained the supporting roles, alternating productions both in cinema and on television.
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After receiving her award, the West Kirby-born British actress thanked the director, producer, her family, friends and especially her husband, "living proof that there is nothing stronger than love”.
Since 2009, the actress has been married to Neil Bicknell, an accountant with whom she lives in the south of the English capital.
The two met at a yoga festival in Devon, England, when she was 46.
Already nominated for the Bafta a few years ago
Between 2011 and 2013, Joanna Scanlan had already been nominated for the Bafta in the category best female performance in a comedy and the Bafta Television Craft for her role as screenwriter, in the sitcom
Getting On
.
For three seasons, the show told the daily life of nurses and doctors in an NHS hospital, the British public health system.
In 2021, Joanna Scanlan starred in the short film
Don vs Lightning
, the latest work to her credit.
Sunday, at the Royal Albert Hall in London, she savored the prestigious prize that came to crown her career, which began at 34 years old.
