Joanne Whalley

Joanne Whalley Headshot

Actress

Birth Date: August 25, 1961

Age: 62 years old

Birth Place: Salford, Manchester, England, UK

Spouses: Val Kilmer

Petite, attractive, dark-haired performer who first gained attention on the London stage and in the British TV miniseries, "Edge of Darkness" (1985). Whalley earned her first international recognition as the beatific Nurse Mills in Dennis Potter's award-winning "The Singing Detective" (1987) and brought a winning candor to her starring role as Christine Keeler in "Scandal" (1989). Popular success in mainstream Hollywood releases, though, has been elusive; her American films, including "Navy Seals" (1990) and "Trial by Jury" (1994), received a very modest reception from the public.

Whalley received considerably greater exposure when she landed one of the most coveted TV roles of the 1990s, that of Scarlett O'Hara in the television sequel to the much acclaimed feature "Gone With The Wind" (1939). Despite inevitable comparisons to Vivien Leigh, Whalley made the spunky character her own, winning over critics and viewers in the miniseries, "Scarlett" (CBS, 1994). Having been married to actor Val Kilmer for seven years, with whom she co-starred in the films "Willow" (1988) and "Kill Me Again" (1989), the couple announced their separation shortly after the birth of their second child, Jack Kilmer. Whalley then filed for divorce on July 21, 1995 citing irreconcilable differences.

Credits

Willow: Behind the Magic

Self
Show
2023

Sweeney Todd and the String of Pearls

Actor
Mrs Lovett
Show
2021

Love Is Love Is Love

Actor
Joanne
Movie
2020

Paul, Apostle of Christ

Actor
Priscilla
Movie
2018

The White PrincessStream

Actor
Duchess of Burgundy
Series
2017
76%

Musa

Actor
Jacqueline
Movie
2017

Beowulf: Return to the ShieldlandsStream

Actor
Rheda
Series
2016

Marvel's DaredevilStream

Actor
Sister Maggie
Series
2015

A.D. The Bible ContinuesStream

Actor
Claudia
Movie
2015
58%

The Ark

Actor
Emmie
Show
2015

Wolf HallStream

Actor
Katherine of Aragon
Miniseries
2015
98%

Noah's Ark

Actor
Emmie
Movie
2015

Jamaica InnStream

Actor
Aunt Patience
Miniseries
2014

The Travel Show

Host
Show
2014

Feynman and the Challenger

Actor
Gweneth Feynman
Movie
2013

Afternoon Drama

Voice
Show
2012

The Borgias

Actor
Vanozza
Show
2011

Flood

Actor
Commissioner Patricia Nash
Show
2011

Twixt

Actor
Denise
Movie
2011

Golf in the Kingdom

Actor
Agatha McNaughton
Movie
2010

Diverted

Actor
Marion Price
Movie
2009

44 Inch Chest

Actor
Liz Diamond
Movie
2009

Flood

Actor
Show
2007

Flood

Actor
Patricia Nash
Movie
2007

Life Line

Actor
Katy Adair
Movie
2007

Played

Actor
Movie
2006

The Virgin QueenStream

Actor
Queen Mary I
Miniseries
2005

Criminal MindsStream

Guest Star
Series
2005

Child of Mine

Actor
Movie
2005

The Californians

Actor
Luna
Movie
2005

Virginia's Run

Actor
Jessie Eastwood
Movie
2003

Before You Go

Actor
Mary
Movie
2002

Run the Wild Fields

Actor
Ruby Miller
Movie
2000

A Texas Funeral

Actor
Miranda
Movie
2000

The Guilty

Actor
Natalie Crane
Movie
2000

Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis

Actor
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
Movie
2000

Breathtaking

Actor
Caroline Henshow
Movie
2000

The Man Who Knew Too Little

Actor
Lorelei 'Lori'
Movie
1997

ScarlettStream

Actor
Scarlett O'Hara
Miniseries
1994

Scarlett

Actor
Show
1994

Obsession

Actor
Movie
1994

Éxtasis Prohibido

Actor
Movie
1994

Un Regreso Inesperado

Actor
Movie
1994

Mother's Boys

Actor
Colleen "Callie" Harland
Movie
1994

Trial by Jury

Actor
Valerie Alston
Movie
1994

A Good Man in Africa

Actor
Celia Adekunle
Movie
1994

The Secret Rapture

Actor
Katherine Coleridge
Movie
1993

Storyville

Actor
Natalie Tate
Movie
1992

Destrozado

Actor
Movie
1991

Shattered

Actor
Jenny Scott
Movie
1991

Navy SealsStream

Actor
Claire Varrens
Movie
1990
18%

The Big Man

Actor
Beth Scoular
Movie
1990

Scandal

Actor
Christine Keeler
Movie
1989
88%

Kill Me AgainStream

Actor
Fay Forrester
Movie
1989

TV Dante

Actor
Movie
1989

Mort apparante

Actor
Movie
1989

WillowStream

Actor
Sorsha
Movie
1988
53%

To Kill a Priest

Actor
Anna
Movie
1988

Will You Love Me Tomorrow?

Actor
Jackie
Movie
1987

The Singing Detective

Actor
Nurse Mills
Miniseries
1986

Edge of Darkness

Actor
Emma Craven
Show
1985

No Surrender

Actor
Cheryl
Movie
1985

Dance With a Stranger

Actor
Christine
Movie
1985

The Good Father

Actor
Mary Hall
Movie
1985

The Gentle Touch

Actor
Dany
Show
1980