

Cast & creator
Best known for Vera, Father Brown, Spooks
Joanna Horton is an English actress, notable for her stage and television work, including an episode of Robin Hood (series 1 episode 4), Father Brown, Spooks and Foyle's War. In 2009, Horton played Hannah in Days of Significance, written by Roy Williams, as part of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and played Barbara in The Gods Weep, written by Dennis Kelly, in 2010. In the same year, Horton also played Dunyasha in The Cherry Orchard, written by Anton Chekhov, at the Birmingham Rep, and Anna in Town, written by D.C. Moore, at the Royal & Derngate in Northampton. She appeared as Deb in an adaptation of Morgan Lloyd Malcolm's Belongings at Hampstead Theatre and Trafalgar Studios in 2011. During summer 2013 she appeared again with the Royal Shakespeare Company as Celia in As You Like It and Helena in All's Well That Ends Well. In 2017, she played Cassio in Othello at Shakespeare's Globe.
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film credits
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television credits
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2002–2026 · acting roles
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Signature credits
Across film & television
Showing 18 of 18 credits

Kate Burns
2011
Joyce Evans
2013
Leigh Bennett
2002
Selina Berger
2013
Gwen Rivers
2002
Lucy Turner
2021
Clare Braxton
2025
Lucy
2026
Rebecca Rossano
2022
Barbara Kemp
2015
Kelly
2009
Lucy
2008
Ruth Hallows
2014
Nast Woman in Car
2022

WPC 'Tazer' Horton
2008
Professor Helen Downing
2020Lucy
2010