After years of great roles in comedies such as The Thick of It and Moving On, the actor is now being feted for her devastating dramatic performance in After Love.
She talks about ‘serious’ acting, a breakdown in her 20s and learning to fight for herselfWhen Joanna Scanlan arrives, she is hidden beneath a yellow raincoat, glasses steamed up, blown through the door as if the gathering storm outside has washed her ashore.
“I am so sorry for dragging you out here,” she says, laughing slightly hysterically, as she sheds the layers.
Scanlan is filming in rural Wales – she, her husband and their dog are renting a cottage nearby – and this cafe, also in the middle of nowhere, was her suggestion.
Even the women who work in the cafe were surprised to be called in.
We are the only customers, but there are pots of tea and welsh cakes,
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