Joanna Benecke is a British-Swedish screenwriter and actress. She is best known for co-writing the 2014 British comedy-drama film Bonobo. [1]
She was born in the United Kingdom and grew up in Sweden [2] where she acted in the Swedish television series Olivia Twist and 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]
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]