Joan Valley is a famous English actress who began with teenage roles in the mid-1970s. Over the next decades, she played a large number of heroines in Hollywood, as well as in nearly 40 theater and television films in both America and the UK.
Biography of Joanne Valley. early life
Wally was born in England at Salford on August 25, 1964, but grew up in Stockport. Parents from childhood supported her desire to be an actress. At an early age she already played in school plays, and at 10 years old she got a permanent job in the popular British TV series “Coronation Street”.
Her early film roles were the heroines without words in the films The Wall (Pink Floyd) and The Beatles Birth (young fan). In the eighties, she tried herself as a singer, being the soloist of two groups The Slowguns and Cindy & The Saffrons, but her vocal experience was short-lived and not too successful.
Career
In 1982, Joanne Wally played Ingrid Rothwell in the movie “The View of Love”. Later there were shootings in "Do Not Give Up", filmed by Alan Blisdale. The picture was released in 1985, but, alas, failed.
Wally gained fame on British television by playing Emma Craven in Troy Kennedy Martin's “Edge of Darkness” (1985). This was immediately followed by the role of Nurse Mills in the television series “The Singing Detective” (1986) created by Dennis Potter for BBC television. In 1987, the actress played Jackie in the television film “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” and starred in “Good Father” (1985) - he went on Channel 4.
Personal life
During the filming of the fantastic adventure "Willow," Joanne met with American actor Val Killmer. Great love, wedding and moving to Los Angeles - a series of significant events in 1988.
Further, she already used the professional name Joanne Valley-Kilmer. At that time, the actress continued to act more in Hollywood than in the UK. Among the most famous, perhaps, you can name the role in the mysterious "Noir Shutter" and the memorable charming Christina Keeler in the "Scandal". In the last film, Wally starred with stars John Hurt and Ian McKellen.
During this period, she twice took a break in the filming: in 1991, the daughter of Mercedes was born, and in 1995 - the son of Jack. Following the last pleasant event, the marriage of the star couple broke up. The initiator of the divorce was Wally, who referred to disagreements with her husband.
World famous
1994 was particularly successful for Wally. She was lucky to become an actress who played the heroine of Gone With the Wind, Scarlett O'Hara. Show today a photo of Joanne Valley in this role, and everyone will recognize her. Scarlett is perhaps the first heroine who comes to mind at the mention of the name of the actress.
In 1997, the shooting of "The Man Who Knew Too Little" took place.
After the divorce, Wally returned to the filming of television films. So, in 2000, she played the main character in Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis.
Interesting was the collaboration of the actress with the pop punk band Blink-182, where she reads a letter at the beginning of the song Stockholm Syndrome.
2005 was marked by her appearance in the role of Mary I in England in the BBC series about the life of Queen Elizabeth I along with Anna-Marie Duff and Tara Fitzgerald. In the same year, Joanne also starred in the movie “Played”, in which her ex-husband, Val Kilmer, also participated. But together they did not appear in any scene.
In 2006, Wally starred in Life Line, a two-part drama on BBC1, starring Ray Stevenson.
In 2008 - in the mini-series ITV "Flood" with Robert Carlisle. In February of the same year, viewers saw her on stage in the production of Billy Roche's “Poor Beast in the Rain,” presented by the Salem K. theater company at the Los Angeles Matrix Theater. Wally plays here Vannozzi dei Cattanei, the former mistress of Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia. These were shots of the historical drama "Borgia" about the future pope Alexander VI.
Joanne Valley also starred as Princess Sophie in the fourth season of Gossip Girl. It was noted in the filming of the series "Think like a criminal." She is known for her participation in the voice acting of the character of the emerald Empress Saria in the cartoon "Justice League."
In recent years, her roles in the historical series “The Wolf Hall” and “The White Princess” have been known. In 2016, Beofulf and the melodrama Gardel came out with her participation (Joanne plays the main role). 2017 was marked by the movie “The Muse of Death”. In total, she starred in more than 70 films and series and is still a very popular American and English actress.
These are the filmography and biography of Joanne Valley. In the photo, she always looks like a smiling beautiful brunette, who does not change at all over the years.