She may be an actress, author and comedy icon, but Joanna Page has her sights set on Downing Street. “I tell you, if I were Prime Minister the first thing I would do would be to make schools start at 9am instead of 8am,” she says. “I can’t get up at seven o’clock in the morning any more. I’m so bloody tired!” Of course, she’s joking about stepping into Sir Keir’s shoes – but not about being knackered. Busy mum-of-four Joanna has spent 13 years juggling showbiz and motherhood and it’s no walk in the park. Not that you’d know that from talking to her. When we catch up with the lovely Gavin & Stacey star, who also starred in romcom Love Actually and Taskmaster, she’s as bright as a button, chatting at 100mph and giggling like a school girl. “I wasn’t so giggly last night,” she says as we catch up over a Zoom call to celebrate the paperback release of her bestselling autobiography Lush! “I was trying to get everyone sorted for bedtime and my youngest ended up fully clothed, falling asleep on the bed.
Actress Joanna Page stars in Gavin and Stacey and Love Actually
She has been married to actor James Thornton for 23 years
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