User:Joaniyiola

Joan Iyiola is a British actress of Nigerian descent. She is best known for her roles as Karen Andrews in BBC One's New Blood by Anthony Horowitz, Bessie in Eclipsed by Danai Gurira at The Gate Theatre and Pauline Lumumba in A Season in the Congo at the Young Vic directed by Joe Wright. She was also a member of The National Youth Theatre, and studied Law at Cambridge University Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

Joan's theatre work includes productions at the Royal Shakespeare Company, Young Vic, Shakespeare's Globe, Almeida Theatre, The Royal National Theatre.

Joan co-founded The Mono Box in 2013

She is also an Ambassador for Theatre for a Change