About Joanna Pickering
Joanna Pickering is an award nominated British actress, writer, playwright and activist with 3 Arts Entertainment. She was born in England, where she was awarded an academic scholarship and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics. However, following her passion and love for the dramatic arts, she moved to New York City, worked as a model, and trained at The Lee Strasberg Institute. She works in television, film, stage and radio.Her full play was awarded a scholarship to adapt to a series with Vice President of HBO's talent acquisition and programming, Kelly Edwards via Rocaberti Writer's Trust. Pickering published her Trilogy of Plays: Truth, Lies and Deception with next Stage Press, joining a Tony award winning roster of writers. Her plays showcased in US sponsored by The League of Professional Theater Women with TV and Broadway stars, Caroline Aaron (The Marvelous Mrs Maisel) and (The Wonder Years, Lombardi's) Dan Lauria. Then, in Paris, in 2021, at The American Church with Pickering also performing.As an actress, Joanna has worked worldwide on over 30 films, from commercial feature films to independent film, in lead roles and for TV, radio and stage. She has training to a high standard in Method Acting at The Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute (home to James Dean, Marlon Brando, Meryl Streep, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman). As of 2020, she has an upcoming role in Danny Boyle's Creation Stories movie written by Irvine Welsh, is shooting a pilot in principle role for award-nominated Street Smart Series with Goodfellas and Sopranos cast as principal. Other credits include The Other F Word amazon prime hit series, Pelleas co-leading with Alice Eve (Star Trek), as well as principal cast in Alice Fades Away with Emmy award and A list cast set for theatrical release in 2020. She has performed in two political films screening at The Whitney Museum, as the Dada artist Baroness Elsa Von Freytag Lorinhoven in 2012, and in The Incomplete History of Protest exhibition.On stage, Pickering is a member of NY and LA times critically acclaimed Theater 68. She has played Lady Macbeth on stage in Pittsburgh summer 2018 and TV series Actors ON, (support from PSTV, Shakespeare in The Park). She performed in Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues in New York, as well as King Herod in David Heron's and Eston Lee Jamaican classic as featured on Broadway World. Joanna was selected from her performance work by co-founders, directors and actors Paul Calderon (Bosch, Pulp Fiction) and David Zayas (Oz, Gotham, Blue Bloods) (founding members of The LAByrinth theater and mentors to Philip Seymour Hoffman), and is a member of The Primitive Grace Theater Ensemble, with the shared mission to bring the spirit of "duende" to stage in new, contemporary or classic works. Joanna gained an acting scholarship with Russian award winning coach, Aleksey Burago at The Russian Art Theater, in New York, as well as acclaimed directors Paul and Cathy Calderon. Her first role was playing the lead role in the London produced play "The Thief" which aired on UK radio in 2008 for fringe writer Johny Brown. Her acting and writing work has received the testimony of Pacific Rim, Jurassic Park writer and director Emily Carmichael, and Downton, Marvel director Philip John and has been described as "formidable force" on stage by director and coach Paul Calderon as well as compared in style and poise to Vanessa Redgrave by playwright Bina Shariff.Joanna's debut play Beac...