Joanne Mitchell

Joanne Mitchell is an English actress, director and producer who trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and worked widely in theater and television. Her stage credits include Lady McDuff in Macbeth, Hermia in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Rosaline in Love's Labours Lost, Valerie in Conor McPherson's The Weir and Jenny in Alan Ayckbourn's Family Circles. On television she played four roles in Emmerdale, among them DS Karen Barnborough in 2003 and Sandra Flaherty in 2016. In 2011 she co-founded Mitchell Brunt Films with Dominic Brunt and has since worked as producer, writer or director on its films. She wrote and produced short films including The Mighty Witch Killers of Pendle Hill, Shell Shocked, Sybil and The Outing, directing the latter two. She appeared in White Settlers (2014) and Habit (2017), produced Evie (2023), and made her feature directing debut with Broken Bird in 2024.