Joanna David was born in 1947, and has since forged a successful career in acting and broadcasting. She is a well-known and much loved figure for television, theatre and radio audiences throughout the UK and is well-respected by her peers and fellow members of her industry. Through a career of over 35 years, Joanna has featured in an extensive list of popular costume dramas, detective stories and contemporary series across the stage and small screen as well as starring in a number of high budget films and radio productions.

Although Joanna is a very successful actress in her own right, she is also part of one of the UK’s most well known families in showbusiness, having meet Edward Fox in 1971 and lived together ever since. Her daughter Emilia, also a successful actress, is also on this year’s Whitbread Book Awards final judging panel.

Joanna’s screen highlights include starring alongside John Thaw in Inspector Morse and more recently played Mrs Badger in the BBC’s 2005 production, Bleak House.