Joanne Froggatt
Joanne Froggatt
Joanne Froggattis an English actress of stage, television, and film. Since 2010, she has appeared as lady's maid Anna Bates in the period drama Downton Abbey. For this role, she has received three Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television in 2014...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionActress
Date of Birth21 August 1980
sleep mirrors feelings
As I get older, my skin shows more of how I am feeling, like a mirror. If I am stressed, or not getting enough sleep, I see it in my face right away.
shoes pairs
The most I've spent on shoes were a pair from Kurt Geiger for £250.
beach holiday people
People recognise me when I'm holiday on the beach.
fun fighting play
My agent asked if I fancied Robin Hood and I thought: 'Yeah, why not?' I hadn't watched it, to be honest, but I'd seen bits and knew it was really popular Saturday family viewing with heaps of action. I thought it would be great fun. I was up for a good old play-fighting and the scripts were terrifically exciting.
thinking zeta dresses
I think I can be relatively attractive when I dress up, but I'm not Julia Roberts or Catherine Zeta Jones.
home house tree
I grew up on a farm - it was a lovely life; we'd make tree houses all day - and my parents worked from home.
drama adventure character
In true-life dramas, you have to do so much research. It's a big responsibility to make sure things are as correct as possible. In 'Robin Hood', you have more artistic license - it's all action, adventure and reaction. This gives everyone a chance to make their characters their own and to make them believable.
two ballet half
My mum said she remembers me asking her if she'd take me to ballet lessons when I was about two and a half. She said I could barely speak, and yet was asking for ballet lessons.
girl play
I always play girls who are quite traumatised, or a plain girl, but I'm happy with that.
reality next rubbish
I like 'X Factor' as much as the next person, but I do get overwhelmed with the amount of reality TV. It's such cheap programming and such a load of rubbish, most of it.
challenges actors persons
As an actor, or as a person, I like to do things that are challenging.
shy ifs asks
If you're wearing something I like, I will come over and ask where you got it from. I'm not shy!
people buttons belly
I guess the one thing that people don't know about me is, I had my belly button pierced but not anymore.
character play want
I want the chance to play very different characters, and I've always wanted to do more films.