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Joanna David

Joanna David

Actor · Born January 17, 1947 (79) · Lancaster, Lancashire, England, UK

Joanna David was born on 17 January 1947 in Lancaster, England, UK. She is an actress and producer, known for Pride and Prejudice (1995), You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010) and Rogue Trader (1999). She has been married to Edward Fox since 2004. They have two children.

Biography from IMDb.

Born
January 17, 1947 (79)
From
Lancaster, Lancashire, England, UK
Works as
Actor
Titles
48 on MovieCove · 95 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 63 days to Oct 26Down 6% in 30 days

What are Joanna David's films like?

Across their 12 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Genres

Drama5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 47th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 77th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
23%
Morality
23%
Power
18%
Self
15%
Society
10%
Ideas
6%
Survival
5%
Deception4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this themeClass2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth2 titles, browse their movies with this themeIsolation3 titles, browse their movies with this themeTruth2 titles, browse their movies with this themeLegacy2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 11 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 3 · Serious 3 · Dark 5

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 7 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 1 · Charged 4 · Intense 6

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 3 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 2

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 1 · Engaged 9 · Full focus 1

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 8

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 8 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

2 analyzed roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
7
Tense
5
Dread
4
Warm
2
Contemplative
2
Other
9

How their films linger

Thought-provoking5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteDevastating2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet3
  • Tragic4
  • Ambiguous3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Joanna David's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 41 of their 48 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (18).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Joanna David's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

95 credits, 48 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Arthur's Whisky(2024)

    as Rachel

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • House of the Dragon(2022)

    Show 1 episode · as Joselyn Redwyne

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • The Debutante (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as The Debutante - Older (voice) / Mother (voice)

  • Kat and the Band(2019)

    as Gran

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • The Cleansing Hour(2019)

    as Schoolmarm

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Thanks for the Memories (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 2 episodes · as Dawn

  • Deep Murder(2019)

    Costume Design

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Monster Party(2018)

    Costume Design

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • The Boy with the Topknot(2017)

    as Laura's Mother

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Man in an Orange Shirt(2017)

    Show 1 episode · as Jennifer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Letters from Baghdad(2016)

    as Janet Courtney

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Another Mother's Son(2017)

    as Maude Vibert

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Delicious(2016)

    Show 1 episode · as Gertrude

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows

  • The Living and the Dead(2016)

    Show 6 episodes · as Victoria Appleby

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows

  • Agatha Raisin(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as Lady Derrington

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows

  • Death in Paradise(2011)

    Show 1 episode · as Judith Musgrove

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows

  • Downton Abbey(2010)

    Show 2 episodes · as Duchess of Yeovil

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger(2010)

    as Alan's Mother

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Mutual Friends (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 1 episode · as Sylvia

  • Never Better (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

  • One of Those Days (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Jean

  • These Foolish Things(2006)

    as Mrs. Bannock

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Bleak House(2005)

    Show 2 episodes · as Mrs. Badger

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • Falling(2005)

    as Lady Carteret

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Agatha Christie's Marple(2004)

    Show 1 episode · as Grace Ritchie

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • Belonging (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Averil

  • He Knew He Was Right (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 3 episodes · as Mrs Stanbury

  • The Brides in the Bath(2003)

    as Elizabeth Burnbam

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story(2003)

    as May Jacoby

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • The Soul Keeper(2002)

    as Sabina's mother

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Foyle's War(2002)

    Show Actor

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • The Forsyte Saga(2002)

    Show 1 episode · as Mrs Heron · as Mrs. Heron

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • The Glass (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 4 episodes · as Mary Duggan

  • Monarch of the Glen(2000)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows

  • Cotton Mary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Mrs Smythe

  • Rogue Trader(1999)

    as Mrs. Peter Baring

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • The Dark Room (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Caroline Harris

  • The Mill on the Floss(1997)

    as Sophy Deane

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • A Dance to the Music of Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 4 episodes · as Isobel (older)

  • Midsomer Murders(1997)

    Show 1 episode · as Amy Lyddiard · as Mother Julian

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Dalziel and Pascoe(1996)

    Show 1 episode · as Chloe Wulfstan

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • Pride and Prejudice(1995)

    Show 3 episodes · as Mrs. Gardiner

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Bramwell(1995)

    Show 1 episode · as Mrs. Elizabeth Quail

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all shows

  • The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Show 1 episode · as Susan Cushing

  • A Touch of Frost(1992)

    Show 1 episode · as Prue Hastings

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • Heartbeat(1992)

    Show 1 episode · as Caroline · as Diana Firth

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows

  • Maigret(1992)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • Children of the North (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Nancy Mailer

  • Secret Friends (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Kate

  • The Darling Buds of May(1991)

    Show 2 episodes · as Miss Jimson

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Trufflehunter (voice)

  • Unexplained Laughter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Elizabeth

  • The Chronicles of Narnia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Show 2 episodes · as Trufflehunter (voice)

  • Thompson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

  • The Play on One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Show 1 episode · as Elizabeth

  • Hannay (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: 4:50 from Paddington(1987)

    as Emma Crackenthorpe

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Comrades(1986)

    as Mrs. Frampton

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Inspector Morse(1987)

    Show 1 episode · as Susan Fallon

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • Paying Guests (Part 2) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as Florence Kemp

  • Paying Guests (Part 1) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as Florence Kemp

  • First Among Equals (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 10 episodes · as Elizabeth Kerslake

  • ScreenPlay (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 2 episodes · as Florence Kemp

  • Time for Murder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 1 episode · as Hester Peters

  • Tender Is the Night(1985)

    Show 2 episodes · as Hannah

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • Anna Karenina(1985)

    as Dolly

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Sleepwalker(1984)

    as Angela Paradise

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Sherlock Holmes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Show 1 episode · as Susan Cushing

  • Shades of Darkness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Show 1 episode · as Miss Hartley

  • The Lady's Maid's Bell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Miss Hartley

  • Brass (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Show 3 episodes · as Prudence Makepeace

  • Timewatch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Agatha Christie Hour(1982)

    Show 1 episode · as Claire Trent

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all shows

  • Alexa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 4 episodes · as Christine

  • Fame Is the Spur (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 7 episodes · as Ann Artingstall

  • Dear Brutus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Mabel Purdie

  • Lady Killers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Show 1 episode · as Mary Eleanor Pearcey

  • Rebecca (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 4 episodes · as The Girl / Mrs de Winter

  • Working Surface: A Short Study (with Actors) in the 'Ways' of a Bourgeois Writer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Actor

  • Affront (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Susan

  • The Duchess of Duke Street(1976)

    Show 3 episodes · as Margaret Haslemere

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • Rumpole of the Bailey(1978)

    Show 1 episode · as Jennifer Postern · as Mirabelle Jones

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • Ballet Shoes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Show 6 episodes · as Theo Danes

  • Two's Company(1975)

    Show 1 episode · as Jane

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows

  • Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Princess Alexandra

  • Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Show 2 episodes · as Princess Alexandra

  • Zodiac (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Show 1 episode · as Deborah Meade

  • The Edwardians (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Show 1 episode · as Mair Lloyd George

  • Colditz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Show 2 episodes · as Cathy Carter

  • War & Peace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Show 13 episodes · as Sofya 'Sonya' Alexandrovna

  • The Last of the Mohicans (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Show 8 episodes · as Alice Munro

  • Sense and Sensibility (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Show 4 episodes · as Elinor Dashwood

  • Play for Today (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Show 1 episode · as Mabel Purdie

  • School for Unclaimed Girls(1969)

    as Schoolgirl

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • One + One(1968)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

Career shape

Star power in the 83rd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 95 titles from 1968 to 2024; peak year 2018.

Biggest box office

The Soul Keeper (2002)

$3.5M worldwide

Highest rated

Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: 4:50 from Paddington (1987)

Midcredits 93rd

Most popular right now

Tender Is the Night (1985)

Film career

19682024

Peak 2018 · at the high point of their film career. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting93 of 95: 93 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score72ndOther crew2 of 95: 2 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

1960s2 · acting1970s16 · acting1980s27 · acting1990s16 · acting2000s16 · acting2010s14 · 12 acting · 2 crew2020s4 · acting

Billing

usually 12th · top billed in 0% of 7 roles

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

How do Joanna David's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 51st percentile, the median of all 22; across their 11 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 56th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

56thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Approval · how many liked their films

62ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Reach · how many have seen their films

39thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Midcredits score across 48 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up22
  • 50th to 74th14
  • 25th to 49th9
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

23 of their 48 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved11
  • Crowd Pleaser23
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed13

Most divisive · actor

The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story (2003)

69th percentile spread · 17% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Pride and Prejudice (1995)

Midcredits 98th · 93% liked

Reviewers score the acting 71/100 in their films, across 11 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 41. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.