ACTOR
Jo Joyner
- Known for
- Stay Close (2021), Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators (2018), North & South (2004), The Interceptor (2015)
23 archived facts 3 topics 1 source Last reviewed Oct 2026
Jo Joyner is an actor best known for Stay Close, Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators and North & South.
All facts (23)
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Jo Joyner attended Stratford-upon-Avon College.
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In 1999, Jo Joyner graduated from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama with a BA (Hons) in Acting.
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Jo Joyner ranked 26th in The 100 Greatest EastEnders (1985) Characters of All Time for her role as Tanya Cross (2015).
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On 7 December 2009, Jo Joyner gave birth to her first and second children, the twins Freddie McCormick and Edie Rose Madden, at the age of 32. The children's father is her husband, Neil Madden.
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Jo Joyner owns a labradoodle named Ripley.
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Although Jo Joyner played her sister on EastEnders (1985), in real life she is 10 years younger than Tanya Franks.
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Jo Joyner delivered her twins Freddie and Edie by emergency caesarean section after a 2-hour labour.
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Jo Joyner is only 15 years older than Jacqueline Jossa, who played her daughter on EastEnders (1985).
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Jo Joyner is one of five EastEnders (1985) actors to have won the Best Dramatic Performance award; the others are Lindsey Coulson, Lacey Turner, Kellie Bright and Gillian Wright.
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Jo Joyner ranked 45th among the 100 Greatest EastEnders (1985) Characters of All Time for her role as Tanya Branning (2010).
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Jo Joyner announced that she was pregnant with twins through IVF treatment (13 July 2009).
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Jo Joyner has an older brother, Daniel Charles Joyner (born 9 June 1974).
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Jo Joyner's parents are Peter (born 15 January 1947) and Anne Joyner (born 21 December 1947).
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Five months after giving birth to her twins Freddie and Edie, Jo Joyner returned to work for a guest stint on EastEnders (1985). Three months later she returned to work full-time.
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When Jo Joyner went on maternity leave from EastEnders (1985), she was 8 months pregnant with the twins Freddie and Edie.
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Matilda Anne Joyner (born 2006) is Jo Joyner's niece, the daughter of her brother Daniel and his wife Lorraine (née Barwick).
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Jo Joyner announced her engagement to her boyfriend Neil Madden (March 2007).
- #018
Jo Joyner attended the wedding of her EastEnders (1985) co-star Samantha Womack to Mark Womack (17 May 2009).
- #019
Jo Joyner's EastEnders (1985) character Tanya Branning became the 17th woman to give birth on the soap. Tanya had a son, Oscar (played by Charlee Hall and Neo Hall), born on 13 December 2007.
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Jo Joyner is a maternal grandchild of Charles McCormick (1916-1998) and Doris McCormick (née Moss, 1915-1995).
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Jo Joyner played Ann Mitchell's daughter twice, in EastEnders (1985) and in For Her Sins (2023).
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Jo Joyner is a paternal grandchild of Frederick Joyner (1914-1983) and Ethel Joyner (née Anglin, 1912-1992).
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Jo Joyner attended the wedding of her EastEnders (1985) on-screen daughter Jacqueline Jossa to Dan Osborne on 24 June 2017.
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