Joanna Lockwood

Joanna Lockwood is a British Australian actress who has played regular roles in various television series.

Early life Lockwood was born 'Joanna Walker' on 4 June 1950, in Hammersmith in London. She is the daughter of British-born Australian actor and comedian Johnny Lockwood.

Career Lockwood had roles in Crawford Productions series Homicide, Matlock Police and Division 4. She completed a brief stint in the closing episodes of soap opera Number 96 in 1977 (which had previously starred her father until 1975). She then played the ongoing lead role of police officer's wife and former stripper Valerie Johnson in police drama series Cop Shop, which began on-air in late 1977. She left the show after three-and-a-half years because the commute between Sydney and Melbourne took its toll.

After leaving Cop Shop, Lockwood played Diane Kennedy in the 1988 film To Make a Killing, and had short-term ongoing roles in soap opera Sons and Daughters in the mid-1980s, E Street in 1989, A Country Practice in 1993 and Home and Away in 1996.

Personal life Lockwood had a daughter Hayley with her first husband Phillip Addison, in Manly, Sydney.

In 2001 she married her second husband, businessman Terry Walker, and moved to the Coffs Harbour region. She is retired from acting and is a grandmother of three.

Filmography

Film YearTitleRoleType 1988 Vicious (aka To Make a Killing) Diane Kennedy Feature film

Television YearTitleRoleType 1969; 1970 Homicide Wendy Kaufman / Christine Fisher TV series, 2 episodes 1972 When We Were Married TV series 1972 Matlock Police Susie TV series, 1 episode 1973 Division 4 TV series, 1 episode 1976 Bellbird TV series 1977 Number 96 Ros Halliday TV series, 20 episodes 1977 Number 96: The Final Episode Ros Halliday/Herself TV special 1977–81 Cop Shop Valerie Johnson/Close TV series, 298 episodes 1978 Chopper Squad Jan Cummings TV series, 1 episode 1981 Bellamy Toni Payne TV series, episode 26: "Bet Your Life" 1982 Holiday Island TV series, 1 episode 1982 MPSIB TV series, 1 episode 1983 Five Mile Creek Madelaine TV series, 1 episode 1985; 1990 A Country Practice TV series, 2 episodes 1985 Sons and Daughters Jenny Turner TV series, 35 episodes 1987 Butterfly Island TV series, 1 episode 1988 Outback Bound Fiona TV movie 1988 Rafferty's Rules TV series, 1 episode 1989 Mission: Impossible Rita TV series, 1 episode 1989 The Flying Doctors TV series, 1 episode 1990 A Country Practice Sarah TV series, 1 episode 1992–93 E Street Sally McKinnon TV series, 40 episodes 1996 Heartbreak High TV series 1996 Home and Away Yvonne TV series, 1 episode 2007 THS Investigates Herself - Morgan's Grandmother TV series US, 1 episode

Television (as self) YearTitleRoleType 1967 Bassey at Chequers Guest (with Johnny Lockwood) TV concert special 1970 In Adelaide Tonight Guest (with Johnny Lockwood) TV series 1971 Bandstand Guest performer (singing "We Can Work It Out") TV series, 1 episode 1972 In Melbourne Tonight Herself (with Johnny Lockwood) TV series 1974–77 You Say the Word Regular Presenter TV series 1978 Graham Kennedy's Blankety Blanks Panelist TV series, 2 episodes 1980 Celebrity Tattletales Herself (with Phillip Addison) TV series, 3 episodes 1981; 1982; 1984 The Mike Walsh Show Guest TV series, 4 episodes 1982 The Australian Way: A Salute to Aussie Sex Appeal Co-host (with Gordon Elliott) TV special 1985 Daryl Somers' Blankety Blanks Panelist TV series, 2 episodes 1986 Hello Australia Herself TV pilot 1989 The Bert Newton Show Guest (with Peter O’Brien) TV series, 1 episode 1990 In Melbourne Today Guest TV series, 1 episode 1990 TV Celebrity Dance Party Guest performer (singing "Fever") TV special 1991 In Sydney Today Guest TV series, 1 episode 1991 Celebrity Family Feud Celebrity contestant (with Paula Duncan) TV series, 1 episode 1993 The Big Breakfast Guest (with 'E Street' cast: Diane Craig & Andrew Williams) TV series, 1 episode 1993 Ernie and Denise Guest TV series, 1 episode 1994 At Home Guest TV series, 1 episode 1994–99 Good Morning Australia Regular guest TV series, 16 episodes 1996 This Is Your Life: Paula Duncan Guest TV series, 1 episode 1996 Sale of the Century Celebrity contestant TV series, 1 episode 1996 40 Years of TV Stars... Then and Now Herself TV special 1997 Monday to Friday Guest TV series, 1 episode 1997 Where Are They Now? Guest TV series, 1 episode 1998 Midday with Kerri-Anne Guest TV series, 1 episode 1998 What's Cooking Guest TV series, 1 episode 2002 The Best of Aussie Cop Shows Herself TV special 2002 New Idea: 100 Fabulous Years Herself TV special 2007 Where Are They Now Guest (with 'Cop Shop' cast: Paula Duncan, John Orcsik, Lynda Stoner, Terence Donovan & Gil Tucker) TV series, 1 episode

Theatre Year Title Role Notes 1970 When We Are Married Phillip Theatre, Sydney 1970 Alice in Wonderland Phillip Theatre, Sydney 1981 The Shifting Heart Maria Fowler Marian Street Theatre, Sydney 1991 Run for Your Wife Glen Street Theatre, Sydney with Theatre of Comedy 1993 Hot Taps Riverside Theatres Parramatta with Parramatta Theatre Company 1994 Caravan Sydney Opera House