Cast & creator
Katy Manning
Best known for Doctor Who, The Sarah Jane Adventures, Doctor Who Confidential
Catherine Ann "Katy" Manning (born 14 October 1946) is a British actress. Although she has made many appearances on both screen and stage, Manning is best known for her part as the companion Jo Grant in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. Manning initially played the role regularly from 1971 to 1973 but also reprised the role in the Doctor Who spin-off The 'Sarah Jane Adventures' in 2010, and 'Power Of The Doctor' in 2022. She is also well known for voicing Iris Wildthyme in the audio series 'Iris Wildthyme' for Big Finish Productions since 2005.
61
film credits
9
television credits
70
1956–2025 · acting roles
6.9
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (70)
Showing 70 of 70 credits
Doctor Who
Jo Grant
1963
The Sarah Jane Adventures
Jo Jones
2007
Doctor Who Confidential
2005
Softly, Softly
1966
Target
Joanne
1977
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
Self
2018
Tales of the Tardis
Jo Jones
2023
Armchair Theatre
Anna
1956
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
Self
2013
Doctor Who: A New Dimension
Self
2005
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
Jo Grant (archive footage) (uncredited)
1984
Gloria's House
Gloria Nit
2000
Convention Culture
Self
2020
The Ties That Bind Us
Jo Grant (archive footage)
2008
Run For Your Wife
Exercising Woman
2012
Jeepers Creepers
Self - Fantasy Lover (voice)
2020
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
Jo Grant
1971
Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!
Damina
1973
My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen
Self
2011
Doctor Who: Planet of the Daleks
Jo Grant
1973
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
Jo Grant
1971
Tales of Television Centre
Self
2012
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
Jo Grant
1971
Doctor Who: The Mutants
Jo Grant
1972
Frog Dreaming
Mrs. Cannon
1986
Melvin, Son of Alvin
Estelle
1984
Doctor Who: The Green Death
Jo Grant
1973
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
Jo Grant
1972
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
Jo Grant
1972
Doctor Who: The Three Doctors
Jo Grant
1973
Doctor Who: The Sea Devils
Jo Grant
1972
ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis
2001
Doctor Who: Frontier in Space
Jo Grant
1973
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
Jo Grant
1971
Hello Sailor!
2008
Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2
Jo Grant (archive footage)
2010
Doctor Who: Colony in Space
Jo Grant
1971
Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster
2023
Doctor Who: The Curse of Peladon
Jo Grant
1972
Roger Delgado: The Master
2009
Doctor Who: Carnival of Monsters
Jo Grant
1973
Go Figure: More Than A Toy Story
Self
2025
The Doctor's Moriarty
Self
2011
Police 5: The Master
Jo Grant (archive footage)
1993
Doctor Who: Return of the Autons
Jo Jones
2020
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
1998
Doctor Who: Hello Boys!
Jo Jones
2019
Jungle Girl and the Lost Island of Dinosaurs
voice
2002
A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee
2013
The Doctor Who Escape Room: Team Third Doctor
Self
2025
Doctor Who and the Third Man
2019
Oakie's Outback Adventures
Oakie
2011
Eskimo Nell
Hermione Longhorn
1975
Doctor Who: Defenders of Earth!
Jo Jones
2023
The Perfect Scenario: Lost Frontiers
2009
The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years
2017
The Perfect Scenario: The End of Dreams
2009
Farewell, Sarah Jane
Jo Jones
2020
The Power of One Coin
Cassie
2018
D4 The Trojan Dog
Cosmo Mouse (voice)
1999
Katy Manning's World Down Under
2002
IMC Needs You!
2011
Easter in Bunnyland
Cosmo Mouse (voice)
2000
Life on Earth
Self
2011
Evil Never Dies
Susan Payne
2014
Axon Stations!
2012
Lust in Space
Self
1998The Golden Road
Anna
1973
The Doctors: Heroes!
2019
When Darkness Falls
Miss Harrington
2006