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Joanna Foster (born 1964) is a British actress. She is the daughter of the actor Barry Foster and the sister of the actress Miranda Foster.
Joanna Foster | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1964 (age 59–60) |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1979–present |
| Father | Barry Foster |
| Relatives | Miranda Foster (sister) |
Career
Foster was trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.[1] While a student she performed the role of Celia in the Central School's January 1978 production of Christopher Hampton's The Philanthropist.[1] She made her professional stage debut at the Mercury Theatre, Colchester in September 1978 as Valeria in Aphra Behn's 1677 play The Rover; the first un-censored staging of the play since the 1750s which restored much of the original bawdy language.[2] In 1979 she starred in the world premiere of Andrew Davies's Diary of A Desperate Woman at the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry, England.[3]
She is the fourth actress to portray the role of Susan Barlow in Coronation Street, after Katie Heannau, Wendy Jane Walker and Suzy Paterson. She played the character for one month from January 2001 until the character's death in a car crash in February 2001. She also starred in the Five soap Family Affairs between 2002 and 2003, where she played Ginny Davenport. She also played the role of Miriam, the sister of Moses, in the History Channel's The Bible.
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