Joanne is perhaps best known for her time on the BBC’s “Strictly Come Dancing.” After winning the World Professional Showdance Champion and the European Professional Ballroom Championship, she joined the show as a professional dancer. During her time on the show she performed in the “Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour,” won the Christmas Special with McFly’s Harry Judd, and went on to win the glitterball trophy as the 2016 champion with her partner Ore Oduba.
Joanne Clifton was most recently seen playing the role of Velma Von Tussle in the UK Tour of “Hairspray.” Prior to this, she has played Princess Fiona in the UK Tour and London transfer of “Shrek,” Jacqueline in “Windfall,” at the Southwark Playhouse, Morticia Addams in “The Addams Family,” UK Tour, Berthe and Fastrada in “Pippin,” at The Garden Theatre, Janet in the No. 1 UK Tour of “The Rocky Horror Show,” Alex Owens in the No. 1 UK Tour of “Flashdance,” and Dale Tremont in “Top Hat,” where she received her second Offie nomination. Her first was for her acting debut as the Streetwalker in Irving Berlin’s “Face the Music.”
Joanne’s further credits include the UK Tour of “Burn The Floor – Reunion Tour,” the Fairy Godmother in “Cinderella,” at the Sheffield Lyceum, The Grove Theatre in Dunstable and the Royal & Derngate in Northampton, the Fairy in “Jack and the Beanstalk,” at the Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury and “Friday Night is Music Night,” on BBC Radio 2.