Joanna Benecke is a British-Swedish screenwriter and actress. She is best known for co-writing the 2014 British comedy-drama film Bonobo (film)[1]

She was born in the United Kingdom and grew up in Sweden[2] where she acted in the Swedish television series sv:Olivia Twist and sv:En klass för sig,[3] and was the voice of Jerry's Mom in the animated series The Three Friends and Jerry.[4]

After achieving a BA in English at St Catharine's College, Cambridge,[5][6] Benecke continued to work as an actress, appearing in Joe Swanberg’s 2008 short film, Swedish Blueballs.[4]

She received an MA in creative writing from Royal Holloway, University of London, in 2012. In 2015 Benecke was an Outfest Screenwriting Fellow,[2] and in 2016 she was a semi-finalist in the academy's Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting with her screenplay Be Normal.[7]

Work

Jacquotte Delahaye's story is the lead subject of Back from The Dead Red, an small independently produced animated film written by Joanna Benecke.[8]

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