Jo Hartley

Jo Hartley is an English actress She is known for her roles in the films Dead Mans Shoes 2004 This Is England 2006 The Young Victoria 2009 Torvill Dean 2018 Slaughterhouse Rulez 2018 Eddie the Eagle 2016 Sweetheart 2021 and Bank of Dave 2023 Television credits include This Is England 86 2010 Not Safe For Work 2015 In My Skin 2018 After Life 20192022 Mandy 2021 Das Boot 2022 Death In Paradise 2023 Passenger 2024 and Adolescence 2025 Hartley was born in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham Greater Manchester England and brought up in a workingclass family attending North Chadderton School in Chadderton in Oldham She started acting at the age of 11 in her school production of The Sound of Music as Gretel Von Trappe She joined Oldham Theatre Workshop developing her acting skills until the age of 17 when she stopped acting to work at British Aerospace on a Youth Training Scheme She worked as a secretary there for two years before leaving to join Japan Airlines as a flight attendant Hartley had her debut film role in the 2004 Shane Meadows directed Crime Drama Thriller film Dead Mans Shoes as Marie She went on to appear in many British productions including films such as Northern Soul and Me and Her both in 2004 Terra Firma and Flushed in 2008 and The Crossing Janet and Bernard and I Dont Care in 2014 Hartley has been a character actor in many TV films and TV series since 2004 with her most notable roles in This Is England 86 This Is England 88 and This Is England 90 the followon TV miniseries to the film In movies Hartley has appeared in This Is England 2006 as Cynthia and the feature film The Young Victoria in 2009 with Emily Blunt and Rupert Friend In 2016 Hartley appeared as Janette Eddies mother in the film Eddie the Eagle appearing alongside Taron Egerton and Hugh Jackman She costarred in the David Cross series Bliss opposite Heather Graham as one of two partners of a fraudulent travel writer Hartley also appeared in the comedy horror film Slaughterhouse Rulez alongside Asa Butterfield and Simon Pegg After a successful pilot episode Hartley played the role of Bethans mum Katrina who suffers from bipolar disorder in the BBC series In My Skin which aired on BBC1 in 2020 In April 2020 Hartley returned as June in the second series of Ricky Gervaiss After Life In January 2021 Hartley joined the Rising Star Award jury of the EE British Academy Film Awards to select the shortlist for the 2021 award alongside Alicia Vikander Naomi Ackie and several other prominent figures of the industry In November 2021 Hartley was nominated for the BIFA for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Tina in the Marley Morrison directed British drama film Sweetheart In December 2021 Hartley had a guestrole appearance in the BBCs Mandy Christmas specialWe Wish You A Mandy Christmas alongside Diane Morgan and Johnny Vegas In 2022 Hartley landed a recurring role in four episodes of series 3 of the Sky One German Uboat series Das Boot alongside Tom Wlaschiha In 2023 Hartley starred as Nicola wife of Burnley banker Dave Fishwick played by Rory Kinnear in the film Bank of Dave released on Netflix in January 2023 In April 2024 Hartley played the lead character in the British comedy film Swede Caroline