Joan Walker

Joan has 30 years of experience as an actor, enjoying all aspects of work including audiobooks, commercials, radio drama, TV, theatre and film. Following a degree in psychology and maths, she decided to go for the fun options in life. Recent theatre work includes a world tour of ‘Mamma Mia’ playing the man-eating Tanya, Lady Fancyfull the ditzy schemer in ‘The Provok’d Wife’ at Greenwich Theatre and Ingrid in ‘The Tide’ at The Soho Theatre. Favourite roles for BBC Radio Drama include Dorothy Parker in ‘Regret is No Part of My Plan’ for Radio 4, Madame Beck in ‘Villette’ for Radio 4 and the Voice of God in ‘The Piper Alpha Disaster’ for Radio 3. She has researched and presented a 6 part Pure Maths series for BBC Open University – still viewable if you’re an insomniac. She is currently narrating ‘Obla Air’ – a learn English series for the British Council. Born and raised on a dairy farm in Derbyshire Joan has a magnificent can-do approach to life. Genres: You name it, I’ll tackle it. Dialects: BBC trained so happy to research and provide.