Joanne Whalley
| Joanne Whalley | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | Aug 25, 1961 Salford, Lancashire, England |
| Spouse(s): | Val Kilmer (1988 - 1996) divorced |
| Children: | 2, including Jack Kilmer |
| Occupation: | Actress |
Joanne Whalley (born 25 August 1961) is an English film and television actress. She was credited as Joanne Whalley-Kilmer from 1988 to 1996 during her marriage to Val Kilmer.
Whalley came to fame through television with appearances in drama serials Edge of Darkness (1985), for which she was nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress, and The Singing Detective (1986). She has also appeared in both British and American feature films, including Willow (1988), where she met Kilmer, and Scandal (1989). On the stage, her performance in Saved earned her a nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in 1985.
Her subsequent career has seen her cast as a number of iconic historical and fictional figures, including Scarlett O'Hara in Scarlett (1994), Jackie Kennedy in Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (2000), Queen Mary I in The Virgin Queen (2005), and Catherine of Aragon in Wolf Hall (2015).
Early life and education
Joanne Whalley was born on 25 August 1961 in Salford, Lancashire. She later moved to Levenshulme and then to Stockport, Greater Manchester.
She attended Bredbury Comprehensive School in Stockport, before leaving to study at Harrytown Convent Girls' School in Romiley and the Braeside School of Speech and Drama in Marple.
Personal life
Whalley met American actor Val Kilmer while filming the movie Willow. The couple married in 1988. Whalley took a break from acting to bring up two children with Kilmer: a daughter Mercedes born on 29 October 1991 and a son, Jack, born on 6 June 1995. Shortly after that, the pair separated. Whalley filed for divorce on 21 July 1995, citing irreconcilable differences.
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External links
- More information is available at [ Wikipedia:Joanne_Whalley ]
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