Happy Valley has returned for its last ever series and viewers may well recognise Mollie Winnard, who has joined the cast as Joanna Hepworth.
Joanna is a pivotal character in the cast of the new series – she’s addicted to illegal drugs and married to a total git.
But who is the young actress, and what else has she been in?
Here’s everything we know about Joanna Hepworth actress Mollie Winnard.
Who plays Joanna Hepworth in Happy Valley?
Mollie Winnard plays Joanna Hepworth in the BBC crime drama Happy Valley.
Joanna Hepworth is the wife of Ryan’s football coach, Rob, and mother of their two daughters.
She’s a troubled character who struggles with a diazepam addiction.
Joanna gets her illegal drugs from her neighbour Faisal, played by Amit Shah, who is a dodgy pharmacist and could be struck off for what he’s doing (especially as he’s been having sex with her, too).
In episode one, a school mum called Joanna’s husband Rob when Joanna failed to pick up her daughters from school.
Her controlling husband Rob – played by Mark Stanley – accuses her of relapsing.
This leads to a horrific scene as her husband becomes violent and attempts to sexually assault her.
Rob then called the police on his own wife for having illegal drugs on her and, of course, Catherine [Sarah Lancashire] was the officer to show up.
She immediately spotted signs of abuse on Joanna – bruised arms, a padlocked fridge, financial dependence –
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