Born and raised in Naarm/Melbourne Joanna was exposed to theatre from a young age. She trained in Music Theatre at Showfit and completed her Bachelor in Acting at The Victorian College of the Arts. Upon graduating in 2018 Joanna made her theatre debut as Juliet in Melbourne Shakespeare Company’s Romeo and Juliet (dir. Jennifer Sarah Dean) and her Feature Film debut as Young Burnadette in Ride Like a Girl, starring Sam Neill and Theresa Palmer (dir. Rachel Griffiths). Throughout 2020 to 2022 she toured around Australia and the USA as Bluey and Bingo in Bluey’s Big Play (dir. Rosemary Myers). Joanna is excited to join the Teddy Bear's Picnic direction team, assisting Carl Whiteside, who most recently directed her as Smee in Adventures in Neverland (Melbourne Shakespeare Company).