Joanna Page Age, Husband & Biography

Joanna Page is 49 years old and was born on March 23, 1977, in Treboeth, Swansea, Wales. The Welsh actress and presenter is married to actor James Thornton, and the couple have four children. Page is best known as Stacey Shipman in the BBC comedy Gavin & Stacey, as Just Judy in the film Love Actually, and as a regular panellist on Loose Women. On November 10, 2026, ITV confirmed Page as one of the 11 campmates for I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! series 26, which starts on November 16, 2026, on ITV1.

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Who Is Joanna Page?

Joanna Louise Page is a Welsh actress and presenter, best known for portraying Stacey Shipman in the BBC comedy Gavin & Stacey, Dora Spenlow in the 1999 adaptation of David Copperfield, and Just Judy in the 2003 romantic comedy Love Actually. She has worked in theatre, film, and television since 1999 and is now one of Britain’s most familiar television presenters.

In recent years Page has become a regular on daytime television. She has co-presented the BBC One consumer series Shop Well for Less since 2021, co-hosted The Pet Show on ITV with Dermot O’Leary, and been a regular panellist on Loose Women since 2023. In 2026 she won series 21 of the comedy panel show Taskmaster.

Early Life & Background

Page was born in Treboeth, Swansea, Wales. She attended Mynyddbach Comprehensive School, where she was head girl, and then studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London, graduating in 1998. At RADA she was repeatedly told that she could not act, and on her graduation a director’s assistant told her that he realised she was not a poor actress, but that the problem was that she was Welsh.

She later said the comments led her to walk out of the school and that she has never been back. Before her screen career took off, she spent ten years in stage-based roles for the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Career

Page’s stage work led to film appearances in From Hell, Mine All Mine, Love Actually, and Miss Julie, and a leading role in the 2001 BBC drama The Cazalets. In 2009 she provided voice-overs for a series of Kingsmill bread television and radio advertisements and the Christmas television advertising campaign for the Carphone Warehouse. In December 2009 she was the cover star of FHM.

Wider fame came with Gavin & Stacey, in which she played the main part of Stacey Shipman across three series between 2007 and 2010, returning for a Christmas special in 2019 and the final episode on Christmas Day 2024. She also played Leanne Powell in the BBC One drama series The Syndicate in 2012, Helen Pearson in the Sky Living comedy Gates in 2012, and Queen Elizabeth I in The Day of the Doctor, the 50th anniversary episode of Doctor Who, in 2013.

Page provided the voice of the lead character in the first series of the Nick Jr. pre-school animation Poppy Cat in 2011 and voiced Oopsy in Q Pootle 5. She hosted the Sky 1 show My Pet Shame in 2010 and became the new face of Superdrug the same year. She appeared on The Masked Dancer series 2 in 2022 as Pig, filmed the BBC television feature Men Up in 2023, presented Joanna Page’s Wild Life in 2025, and hosts the BBC series Shift the Thrift, which began in 2026.

Facts About Joanna Page

• She was head girl at Mynyddbach Comprehensive School in Swansea.
• She spent ten years on stage with the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company.
• She was nominated for Best Female Comedy Newcomer at the 2007 British Comedy Awards.
• She played Queen Elizabeth I in the Doctor Who 50th anniversary special, The Day of the Doctor.
• She won Taskmaster series 21 in 2026.

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