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| - Froggatt was born and brought up in the village of Littlebeck. Her parents, having run a corner shop, next started a rare breed sheep farm on a smallholding near Whitby. Froggatt initially joined a drama group in Scarborough and then left her family home at the age of 13 to attend the Redroofs Theatre School in Maidenhead, Berkshire. In 1996, Froggatt made her TV debut in the long-running ITV drama, The Bill, and shortly afterwards landed the role of teenage mother Zoe Tattersall in Coronation Street. She left the programme in 1998 when her character was written out.
- Joanne Froggatt appeared in Coronation Street from May 1997 to December 1998 as troubled teenager Zoe Tattersall. She was born in the hamlet of Littlebeck near Whitby, Yorkshire on 23rd August 1980 and left home at the age of thirteen to attend the Redroofs Theatre School in Maidenhead, Berkshire. At the age of sixteen she made her television debut in The Bill and the part of Zoe came soon afterwards. She has since gone on to have a distinguished career, earning herself a BAFTA nomination for her lead role in the 2003 drama Danielle Cable: Eyewitness and winning in the Most Promising Newcomer category at the British Independent Film Awards for her role in her 2010 movie debut In Our Name.
- Joanne Froggatt is a British actress who played the role of Ruth Tyler, Sam's mother, in Life on Mars. Ms. Froggatt was born in Scarborough, North Yorkshire and raised in the village of Littlebeck. At the age of 13 she left home to attend the Redroofs Theatre School in Maidenhead, Berkshire. In 1996, she made her TV debut in the long-running ITV drama, The Bill, and shortly afterwards landed the role of teenage mother Zoe Tattersall in Coronation Street. She left the programme in 1998, and has since appeared in many other television dramas, including Bad Girls, Dinnerladies, A Touch of Frost, The Street, and of course, Life on Mars.
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| - Joanne Froggatt is a British actress who played the role of Ruth Tyler, Sam's mother, in Life on Mars. Ms. Froggatt was born in Scarborough, North Yorkshire and raised in the village of Littlebeck. At the age of 13 she left home to attend the Redroofs Theatre School in Maidenhead, Berkshire. In 1996, she made her TV debut in the long-running ITV drama, The Bill, and shortly afterwards landed the role of teenage mother Zoe Tattersall in Coronation Street. She left the programme in 1998, and has since appeared in many other television dramas, including Bad Girls, Dinnerladies, A Touch of Frost, The Street, and of course, Life on Mars. In 2003, Ms. Froggatt played the leading role in the controversial one-off drama, Danielle Cable: Eyewitness, based on the true story of a teenage girl who witnessed the murder of her boyfriend in a road rage attack, for which Ms. Froggatt received a BAFTA nomination. She is now best known for the role of Anna Bates, née Smith, the lady's maid throughout the run of Downton Abbey. In 2016 she starred in the ITV miniseries Dark Angel.
- Froggatt was born and brought up in the village of Littlebeck. Her parents, having run a corner shop, next started a rare breed sheep farm on a smallholding near Whitby. Froggatt initially joined a drama group in Scarborough and then left her family home at the age of 13 to attend the Redroofs Theatre School in Maidenhead, Berkshire. In 1996, Froggatt made her TV debut in the long-running ITV drama, The Bill, and shortly afterwards landed the role of teenage mother Zoe Tattersall in Coronation Street. She left the programme in 1998 when her character was written out. In 2003, Froggatt played the leading role in the controversial one-off drama, Danielle Cable: Eyewitness, based on the true story of a teenage girl who witnessed the murder of her boyfriend in a reputed road rage attack. Whilst researching the role, she met Cable who later contacted her to commend her on her portrayal. The film earned a BAFTA TV Award nomination for Best Single Drama. Froggatt starred as a main character in the drama Missing, made by SMG Productions in 2006 alongside Gregor Fisher. However, the two-part thriller wasn't broadcast on STV until November 2008. Also in 2006, she played the sister of Myra Hindley in the ITV drama, See No Evil: The Moors Murders, and recently appeared in another controversial role as the title character in Joanne Lees: Murder in the Outback, which first aired onChannel Ten in Australia on 18 March 2007, and was screened in Britain on ITV on 8 April 2007. She also appeared on the London stage in the adaptation of All About My Mother in the part of Sister Rosa (played in the 1999 film byPenélope Cruz), which ran from July to November 2007 at the Old Vic Theatre. She portrayed Kate, a peasant, in the third season of the BBC TV series Robin Hood. She played Hannah, in Spooks: Code 9, and features in the BBC Radio adaptation of Solaris as Rheya. In May 2009, she played Kelly on BBCdrama Moving On. On 25 September 2009, Froggatt played the title role in the BBC Radio Four play I am Emma Humphreys. On 3 October of that year, Froggatt played Princess Yvonne in the BBC Radio Four Saturday play The Von Trapps and Me. On 15 April 2010, Joanne Froggatt appeared opposite Lee Ingleby in the BBC Radio Four play The Disappearance by Peter Whalley. In her film début, In Our Name, Froggatt played Suzy, a soldier suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. She garnered critical acclaim for her performance and won Best Newcomer at the British Independent Film Awards. From 2010, Froggatt has appeared in Downton Abbey as Anna, the head housemaid, for which she received an Emmy nomination in 2012. On 25 December 2010, she appeared in the Royle Family Christmas special 'Joe's Crackers' as Saskia, the girlfriend of Antony Royle. Despite having been mentioned by name in earlier episodes this was the first time that Saskia had appeared in person. Froggatt starred in John Donnelly's play The Knowledge at the Bush Theatre, West London from 12 January to 19 February 2011.
- Joanne Froggatt appeared in Coronation Street from May 1997 to December 1998 as troubled teenager Zoe Tattersall. She was born in the hamlet of Littlebeck near Whitby, Yorkshire on 23rd August 1980 and left home at the age of thirteen to attend the Redroofs Theatre School in Maidenhead, Berkshire. At the age of sixteen she made her television debut in The Bill and the part of Zoe came soon afterwards. She has since gone on to have a distinguished career, earning herself a BAFTA nomination for her lead role in the 2003 drama Danielle Cable: Eyewitness and winning in the Most Promising Newcomer category at the British Independent Film Awards for her role in her 2010 movie debut In Our Name. Her many other roles for television include Bad Girls, Paradise Heights, Spooks, Island At War, Moving On, The Street and Downton Abbey - in which she plays Anna, Lady Mary Crawley's private maid and for which she won a Golden Globe in 2015; while on stage she has appeared in All About Mother at the Old Vic and The Knowledge at the Bush Theatre. She has also gained acclaim for her radio work in productions such as I am Emma Humphreys, The Von Trapps and Me and The Disappearance by Peter Whalley.
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