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Comedian, writer, actor and storyteller.
Friendly, sincere, smooth, versatile, distinctive, very funny & charming.
Jo has a very subtle Cornish accent from where she was brought up. She can completely get rid of it or enhance it.
Winner of The Golden Waffle in Brighton Fringe Festival in 2018.
Her debut solo comedy show, Joanna Neary is Not Feeling Herself was nominated for the Best Newcomer Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2004 and FaceFul of Issues was nominated for Best Show at Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival in 2016. She specializes in her own highly original character comedy shows, which always include interpretive dance. Her latest live comedy show (2019) is Wife on Earth (3000 Light Years From Doing The Ironing).
“A Joyce Grenfell of our age” Guardian
Her film roles include The Darkest Hour, Suffragette & Keeping Rosy.
28/07/2021
Celia Jesson, a repressed housewife from Upper Lowing, has been encouraged to do a book-based podcast to promote the local library in nearby Lower Upping, because no one else wants to do it. It’s too much of a time commitment. Created and performed by Joanna Neary. Part of the Cosmic Shambles Network.
08/07/2021
Radio 4 has ordered a comedy series from Room Next Door comedian, Michael Spicer, following the success of a pilot episode. The semi-autobiographical sitcom, Before Next Year, is about what happens when a part-time comedian suddenly becomes a global internet hit. Listen on BBC Radio 4 now!
18/05/2020
Jo Neary is back with some words of wisdom from the diary of 'Celia Jesson, Repressed Housewife'.
27/03/2020
Joanna Neary is back with ‘Celia Jesson, Repressed Housewife’, based on Celia Johnson’s character in Brief Encounter. Listen at 10pm on Friday 27th March on Radio 3.