Joanne Heywood

Joanne Heywood is an English television actress, probably best known for her role as Jessica Lovelock in Grace & Favour, a spin-off series of Are You Being Served?.

Early life and career

Born in York, Heywood was educated in York, Guildford and in Sydney, Australia. She studied Musical Theatre at the Guildford School of Acting and, after graduating, made her professional stage debut in 1985 production of the pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk at York's Theatre Royal. For the next decade, she regularly appeared in pantomime at the same venue, often in the coveted role of Principal Boy. During this period, she also performed in stage musicals, including regional productions of Annie, Gypsy and Camelot, as well as the world premieres of Scrooge: The Musical and the stage adaptation of High Society.

Heywood's television debut was in the role of Dilys on the short-lived BBC series First of the Summer Wine. In 1991, she made guest appearances on the television shows The New Statesman and The Brittas Empire. In addition to her role as Jessica Lovelock, Heywood played Sally Bennett in the Gerry Poulson film Stanley's Dragon. She has also guest-starred in Knightmare, Next of Kin, two episodes of Coronation Street and A Prince Among Men.

In recent years, her television appearances have become less regular. She has appeared in Heartbeat, Emmerdale Farm and My Hero. Since then, Heywood has continued to perform frequently in regional and West End theatre productions, including plays, musicals and pantomimes.

Television roles

Year	Title	Role
1988-89	First of the Summer Wine	Dilys
1992-93	Grace & Favour	Jessica Lovelock
1994	Knightmare	Stiletta

Stage roles

Year	Title	Venue	Role
1985	Jack and the Beanstalk	Theatre Royal, York	-
1987	High Society (musical)	Victoria Palace, London	-
1988-89	Camelot (musical)	Liverpool Playhouse, Liverpool	-
1992	Scrooge: The Musical	Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham	Isabel
1998	Out of Order (play)	Mill at Sonning, Sonning Eye	Jane Worthington
1999	The Strange & Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe	Palace Theatre, Watford	Dolly
2000	Behind the Scenes at the Museum (play)	Theatre Royal, York	Patricia
2000-01	Dick Whittington (pantomime)	Theatre Royal, York	-
2001	All for Mary (play)	Mill at Sonning, Sonning Eye	Mary Millar
2002-03	Babbies in the Wood (pantomime)	Theatre Royal, York	Principal Boy
2003-04	Mother Goose's Silver Jubilee (pantomime)	Theatre Royal, York	Principal Boy
2005	Sleeping Beauty (pantomime)	City Varieties Music Hall, Leeds	Vulgaria
2007	Waiting for Gateaux (play)	Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne	-
2007-08	Sleeping Beauty (pantomime)	Gala Theatre, Durham City	Carabosse
2008	Birthday Suite (play)	Mill at Sonning, Sonning Eye	Kate
2008-09	Sleeping Beauty (pantomime)	Octagon Theatre, Yeovil	Carabosse
2010	Nightfright: The Nightmare of Your Life (play)	Connaught Theatre, Worthing	Jacqui
2010	Legacy Falls (musical)	New Players Theatre, London	Taylor Taylor

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References

External links

Joanne Heywood on IMDb

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