Joanna Monro

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Joanna Monro (born 1956) is a British actress and former television presenter who, in the 1980s, appeared on the BBC show That's Life! with Esther Rantzen.

In 1974 she appeared in the Doctor Who story Planet of the Spiders, followed by a lengthy spell as 'Anna Newcross' in the BBC soap opera Angels. For three years in the mid-1980s she was a regular in the BBC children's sketch show Fast Forward, and was a member of the BBC's Radio Drama Company.<ref name=yearbook>"Radio and audio book companies", in Lloyd Trott, ed., Actors and Performers Yearbook 2016, pp. 353-354</ref>

In the 1990s, she played the Mrs Lyons in the musical Blood Brothers in the West End, and was on the 1995 London cast recording as well as The International Cast Album. She also appeared in the episode 'The Photographer' (1999) in the first BBC series of People Like Us (which aired 1999–2001).

Monro appeared as "Rosie" in Mamma Mia!. She was in the International Tour for 2 years then joined the London cast for a period of 5 years at The Prince of Wales Theatre then at the Novello Theatre.<ref name="ett website">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She appeared in character on 31 December 2008 in a West End special edition episode of The Weakest Link on BBC One. She was the 'strongest link', winning over £14,000 which she donated to breast cancer research.

In 2017 she played the part of "June" in Sandi Toksvig's play "Silver Lining" which toured the UK.<ref name="ett website"/>

Radio

Date	Title	Role	Director	Station
Template:Dts	Stations of the Cross		Ned Chaillet	BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play
Template:Dts	The Case of the Perfect Carer		Jeremy Mortimer	BBC Radio 4
Template:Dts	The Believers<ref>BBC – Saturday Play – The Believers</ref>		Toby Swift	BBC Radio 4 Saturday Play
Template:Dts	The Weighing Room<ref>BBC – Afternoon Play – The Weighing Room</ref>	Steward	Toby Swift	BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play
Template:Dts	Small Acts of Kindness<ref>BBC – Afternoon Play – Small Acts of Kindness</ref>	Annie	Toby Swift	BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play
Template:Dts	Lost Property: The Wrong Label<ref>BBC – Afternoon Play – Lost Property: The Wrong Label</ref>	Mrs Jones	Jessica Dromgoole	BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play
Template:Dts	Lost Property: A Telegram from the Queen<ref>BBC – Afternoon Play – Lost Property: A Telegram from the Queen</ref>	Ella May	Jessica Dromgoole	BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play

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