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Joann Condon

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Joann Condon
Born1970 (age 53–54)
OccupationActress
Years active1996–present

Joann Condon (born April 1970) is a British actress who has worked in film, television, and the theatre.

Career

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Condon is best known for her role as Pat, a member of the Fat Fighters group in the BBC television comedy Little Britain, written by and starring David Walliams and Matt Lucas.[1] The character left the group in the very last episode of the series. Her other television roles include the recurring characters of Sue Fingers in Edge of Heaven (2014) and Ada in The Halcyon (2017).[1] She portrayed two characters in the long-running hospital drama Casualty, Stella Baker and Fiona Porie.[1] Condon also made appearances on The Office and Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes.[2]

Condon starred as the female sumo wrestler Giant Butterfly in the 2000 film Secret Society.[3]

Condon's stage work includes the role of Gemma Sweeney in Jonathan Harvey's play Babies (Royal National Theatre / Royal Court Theatre), a work which won the George Devine Award in 1993 and the Evening Standard's Most Promising Playwright Award in 1994.[4] In 2021 she starred in the one woman show Little Boxes, a work she also authored, at the Ludlow Fringe Festival.[2]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2000 Secret Society Giant Butterfly
2009 The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Shopper
2021 The Last Letter from Your Lover Post Office Cashier

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1995 Shine on Harvey Moon Mavis Episode #5.7
1996 The Bill Ms. Rush Episode: "Bits and Pieces"
1998 Trial & Retribution College students Episode: "Part One"
2003 The Office Monkey's date Episode: "Christmas Special: Part 2"
2003–2006 Little Britain Fat Pat 21 episodes
2004, 2016 Casualty Stella Baker / Fiona Porier 2 episodes
2010 Rock & Chips Woman in Cafe Episode: "Five Gold Rings"
2011 Skins Ginny Episode: "Mini"
2014 Edge of Heaven Sue Fingers 3 episodes
2015 Cradle to Grave Mary 2 episodes
2017 The Halcyon Ada 4 episodes
2019 Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes The Woman Opposite Episode: "Under Fire"
TBA Mrs Sidhu Investigates Claudia Episode #1.1

References

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  1. ^ a b c Demi Roberts (13 February 2022). "BBC Little Britain: Where the cast are now from best-selling books to Great British Bake Off". Media Wales.
  2. ^ a b "Ludlow Fringe Festival to welcome Joann Condon". Shropshire Live. 18 June 2021.
  3. ^ McGowan, Catriona (10 August 1999). "Big in Japan: And now Sumo wrestling is coming to Britain. With a twist: the people throwing their weight around are women". The Guardian. p. A6.
  4. ^ Wolf, Matt (3 October 1994). "Legit: BABIES". Variety. 356 (10): 165.
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