Joanna was born in Winchester, Hampshire, England. At age five she joined the Hutchinson School of Dance in Winchester and by the age of seven was performing solo dance routines at the John Stripe Theatre in Winchester. Joanna was the youngest member to be allowed to join the Winchester Amateur Operatic Society Juniors at the age of nine, where she performed in numerous productions at the Theatre Royal, Winchester until she was sixteen. Joanna also joined the touring cast Of Joesph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat as one of the children during its run at the Theatre Royal in Winchester, England. Joanna had her first London acting agent at fourteen, Movie Mites, and whilst with them auditioned for a role in Stanley Kubrick's 'Eyes Wide Shut'. By the age of sixteen Joanna had played a variety of minor TV roles, including being the invited guest on the Cable TV Series 'Cash In Hand'. Joanna then went on to play Ellen Malpass alongside Janet Suzman, Joyce Redman, Edward Hardwicke and Richard Johnson in The Ruth Rendell Mystery 'Front Seat', directed by Sandy Johnson for Meridan and ITV Productions. Joanna has recently worked on the feature films 'Sparks and Embers', 'StreetDance 2, 'Cuban Fury' and the new James Bond film 'Skyfall'. Joanna can also be seen in the E4 TV series 'Misfits' (Ep. 4.6) and as the Private Secretary in a two part episode of 'Holby City' on the BBC. Joanna received distinction in her Lamda Acting Medals and certificates and went on to train at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts in London, England.
Had relationship with the American Broadway and Film Actor, Keith Randolph Smith.Joanna is a published poet, her poem 'The Break Up has been published in a book of love poetry and a book of rhyming poetry.Joanna has backpacked around the world, visiting and living in - Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Indonesia, Fiji, Los Angeles, San Diego, New York, Paris, Rome, Prague, Budapest, Greece, Amsterdam and many other places.Joanna is the Great X31 Granddaughter (Direct Blood Line) of King Henry I of England.Joanna is a keen photographer and has sold her work as cards, prints, postcards and T-Shirts. One of Joanna's photographs has been used as a company website design in Australia.
Beaten by his rival Invincible's hip-hop crew and ridiculed as 'Popcorn boy', Ash seeks revenge at the annual international street dance championship in Paris. He travels trough Europe to gather an exceptionally talented crew. In Paris, he meets in her overprotective uncle-guardian Manu's bar and wants Latin dancer Eva. They agree to attempt a fusion with hip-hop, introducing Latin pair dancing, and become lovers. A week before the tournament, Ash gets cold feet, all seems lost.