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Joanna McClinton
Joanna McClinton is an American Democratic politician serving as Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives since 2023, the first woman to hold the post.
Joanna Moore
Joanna Moore (Dorothy Joan Cook, 1934–1997), American film and TV actress, Andy Griffith Show's Peggy McMillan, Touch of Evil, first wife of Ryan O'Neal, mother of Tatum O'Neal.
Joanna Newsom
Joanna Newsom is an American harpist and singer-songwriter who studied composition at Mills College and is known for her ethereal voice and complex, long-form compositions.
Joanna of Castile
Joanna of Castile (Juana I, Juana la Loca, 1479–1555), queen of Castile from 1504 and of Aragon from 1516, last Trastámara monarch; heiress of the Catholic Monarchs, wife of Philip the Fair, mother of Charles V, confined at Tordesillas from 1509.
Joanna Pacuła
Joanna Pacuła, Polish film, TV, and stage actress and model based in the US since the 1980s; Golden Globe-nominated for Gorky Park (1983), also known for Escape from Sobibor, Tombstone, and Virus.
Joanna Page
Joanna Page (Joanna Louise Page) is a Welsh actress born in Swansea, best known as Stacey Shipman in Gavin & Stacey (2007-2024) and Judy in Love Actually; also a presenter, Doctor Who's Queen Elizabeth I, and memoirist.
Joanna Pettet
Joanna Pettet (Joanna Jane Salmon, 1942–2026), British-born Canadian-raised actress; Broadway's Poor Richard, Kay in The Group, Mata Bond in Casino Royale 1967; TV guest roles; ex-wife of Alex Cord.
Joanna Rowsell
Joanna Rowsell Shand (born 1988, Carshalton) is a retired British track cyclist, double Olympic team pursuit gold medallist at London 2012 and Rio 2016, five-time world champion, 2014 Commonwealth individual pursuit champion, and BOA Athletes' Commission chair.
Joanna Russ
Joanna Russ (1937–2011), American feminist science fiction writer, critic, and University of Washington professor; author of The Female Man (1975), Picnic on Paradise, and How to Suppress Women's Writing; Hugo and Nebula winner.
Joanna Scanlan
Joanna Scanlan (Joanna Marion Scanlan) is a British actress and writer, BAFTA-winning lead actress for After Love, known for The Thick of It, Getting On, No Offence, and Slow Horses.
Joanna Seybert
Joanna Seybert, born 1946, is an American jurist serving as a senior judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York since 2014.
Joanna Shimkus
Joanna Shimkus, born 1943 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, is a Canadian actress, model, and producer known for Les Aventuriers (1967), Tante Zita (1968), and The Virgin and the Gypsy (1970), and as Sidney Poitier's widow, married 1976.
Joanna Skrzydlewska
Joanna Skrzydlewska is a Polish politician who serves as Marshal of the Łódź Voivodeship, heading its regional government and representing it in the national Convention of Marshals.
Joanna Southcott
Joanna Southcott (1750–1814) was an English self-proclaimed prophetess from Devon who published dozens of prophetic works and sealed thousands of followers before claiming a messianic pregnancy.
Joanna Trollope
Joanna Trollope (1943–2025), British novelist of the "Aga saga" school, also wrote as Caroline Harvey; The Rector's Wife (1991) made her a No. 1 bestselling chronicler of modern domestic life.
Joanna Vanderham
Joanna Vanderham (born 1991, Perth, Scotland) is a Scottish actress: Denise Lovett in The Paradise, Penelope Blake in Warrior, DS Amanda Drummond in Crime, Sam in The Control Room, and Diana Mitford in Outrageous, plus RSC stage work.
Joanna Wołosz
Joanna Wołosz (born 1990) is a Polish volleyball setter who has captained Imoco Volley Conegliano in the Italian Serie A since 2017, winning 28 trophies.
Joanna Woodward (actress)
Joanna Woodward is an English musical theatre actress from Glastonbury who trained at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama; known for Clare in The Time Traveller's Wife and Ulla in The Producers, distinct from Joanne Woodward and animator JoWonder.
Joanna Wysocka
Joanna Wysocka is a Polish-born American developmental biologist and HHMI investigator at Stanford who studies how chromatin regulates gene expression during development, evolution, and disease.
Joanne (album)
Joanne is Lady Gaga's fifth studio album, released October 21, 2016 on Streamline/Interscope. Named for her late aunt, it pivots from Artpop's dance-pop to country, folk, and soft rock with Mark Ronson and BloodPop, debuting at number one on the Billboard 200.
JoAnne Astrow
JoAnne Astrow, born June 24, 1938, is an American comedian, producer, and actress from Brooklyn who co-owns the World Famous Improvisation and produced HBO's Lewis Black specials.
Joanne Benson
Joanne Benson is an American Democratic politician who has represented District 24 in the Maryland State Senate since 2011, after serving in the House of Delegates from 1991 to 2011.
Joanne Carson (model)
Joanne Carson, born Joanne Copeland (1931-2015), American model, Pan Am flight attendant, and TV host of Video Village and Joanne Carson's V.I.P.'s; second wife of Johnny Carson and close friend of Truman Capote.
Joanne Catherall
Joanne Catherall (born 1962, Sheffield) is an English vocalist, one of the two female singers of synth-pop band The Human League since 1980, recruited by Philip Oakey at the Crazy Daisy nightclub; sang on Dare and Don't You Want Me.
Joanne Chen
Joanne Chen is a General Partner at Foundation Capital, investing in AI-first business-to-business applications and data platforms, and is known for her board role at streaming service Tubi.
Joanne Chory
Joanne Chory (1955–2024) was an American plant biologist and geneticist at the Salk Institute who pioneered molecular genetics of light and hormone signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Joanne Clifton
Joanne Kirsty Clifton, English ballroom dancer, sister of Kevin Clifton; 2013 World Showdance Champion; Strictly pro 2014-2016, winning series 14 with Ore Oduba; now musical theatre actress and It Takes Two presenter.
Joanne Crawford
Joanne Crawford (born 1973) is an Irish actress known as Helen McNally in Blue Lights, Norma Sinnott in Small Things Like These, and for Chosen, Line of Duty, The Fall, and Rose Plays Julie.
Joanne Dru
Joanne Dru (Joanne Letitia LaCock, 1922-1996) was an American actress known for Red River, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, All the King's Men, and Wagon Master; typecast in Westerns despite hating horses, sister of Peter Marshall.
Joanne Eccles
Joanne (Joey) Eccles is a Scottish vaulter who won three individual female world titles in 2010, 2012, and 2014 on WH Bentley, lunged by her father John Eccles.