Jo-Anne Knowles (born in Oldham, Lancashire) is an English actress.
Having started acting at the age of 11, she has appeared in many major soaps, including ITV's Emmerdale and Coronation Street, BBC One's EastEnders and Doctors, and Channel 4's Brookside and Hollyoaks. She is best known for playing Janis Steel in Sky1's Mile High and Fanny Tickler in Channel 4's Phoenix Nights. She has played recurring roles in The Bill, and Waterloo Road, has had many guest roles in Holby City and Casualty and was in two episodes of the BBC mini-series Moving On. She has also played Mina Van Helsing in the popular CBBC series Young Dracula.
She is married and lives in London. She gave birth to a daughter in 2010.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Type | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Juliet Bravo | TV | Judith Trevor | 1 Episode |
| 1984–1985 | Brookside | TV | Jessica Haynes | 4 episodes |
| 1988 | How To Be Cool | TV | Secretary | 1 Episode |
| 1991, 2006–2007 | The Bill | TV | Nurse / Mia Perry | 23 episodes |
| 1994, 2002 | Emmerdale | TV | Kaye Mannerson / Sally | 3 episodes |
| 1995 | Hollyoaks | TV | Lorraine Wilson | |
| 1995, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2017 | Coronation Street | TV | Nursing Sister / Gilly Saunders / Mrs Hardy / DC Ann Short / Chloe Tipton | |
| 1999 | City Central | TV | Ms. Jenkins | 1 Episode |
| 1999 | Cold Feet | TV | Amanda | 1 Episode |
| 1999 | Extremely Dangerous | TV | Nurse | 1 Episode |
| 2001 | The Parole Officer | Movie | TV Interviewer | |
| 2002 | Barbara | TV | Wendy | 1 Episode |
| 2002 | Phoenix Nights | TV | Fanny | 2 episodes |
| 2002 | Fat Friends | TV | Suzanne Ellis | 1 Episode |
| 2003 | Dream Team | TV | Lia Smith | 1 Episode |
| 2003 | EastEnders | TV | Paula | 1 Episode |
| 2003 | Sweet Medicine | TV | Sheena Mason | 1 Episode |
| 2003–2005 | Mile High | TV | Janis Steel | 37 episodes |
| 2004 | The Last Detective | TV | Pippa Sterling | 1 Episode |
| 2004 | Murder in Suburbia | TV | Lisa West | 1 Episode |
| 2004 | Can't Buy Me Love | TV movie | Gilly Thwaite | |
| 2005, 2011, 2015 | Holby City | TV | Geraldine Flowers / Kate Devis / Lindsay Carroll | 3 episodes |
| 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2014 | Doctors | TV | DCI Claire Dawson / Phillipa Grove / Jean Steel / Annie Harris | 8 episodes |
| 2007 | Casualty | TV | Fay Balch | 1 Episode |
| 2007–2012 | Young Dracula | TV | Mina van Helsing | 14 episodes |
| 2009 | W.M.D | Karen Morgan | ||
| 2009, 2013 | Moving On | TV | Lisa / Maria | 2 episodes |
| 2011–2012 | Waterloo Road | TV | Rosie Matthews | 5 episodes |
| 2013 | The Mimic | TV | Naomi | 1 Episode |
| 2015 | Hetty Feather | TV | Annie Bottomly | 1 Episode |
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