Trivia

Attended Stratford-upon-Avon college.

Graduated from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama with a BA (Hons) Acting in 1999.

Gave birth to her 1st and 2nd children at age 32, twins Freddie McCormick and Edie Rose Madden on December 7, 2009. Children's father is her husband, Neil Madden.

Ranked #26 in The 100 Greatest EastEnders (1985) Characters of All Time for her performance as Tanya Cross (2015).

Named her son Freddie after her maternal grandfather, Charles Frederick McCormick, and her daughter Edie after singer Édith Piaf, having watched the film La Môme (2007).

Is one of 5 EastEnders (1985) actresses to have won a Best Dramatic Performance Award; the others are Lindsey Coulson, Lacey Turner, Kellie Bright and Gillian Wright.

Ranked #45 in the 100 Greatest EastEnders (1985) Characters of All Time for her performance as Tanya Branning (2010).

Owns a labradoodle named Ripley.

Delivered her twins Freddie and Edie via emergency Caesarean section after a 2-hour labour.

Despite playing her older sister on EastEnders (1985), Joyner is 10 years younger than Tanya Franks in real life.

Her parents are Peter (b. 15 January 1947) and Anne Joyner (b. 21 December 1947).

Announced that she is pregnant with twins through IVF treatment (July 13, 2009).

Was 8 months pregnant with twins Freddie and Edie when she went on maternity leave from EastEnders (1985).

Returned to work 5 months after giving birth to her twins Freddie and Edie to film a guest reappearance on EastEnders (1985). She returned to work full-time 3 months later.

Is just 15 years older than Jacqueline Jossa, who played her daughter on EastEnders (1985).

Performed in the stage production of "The One With The Oven" at the Royal Court Theatre in 2002.

Has an older brother, Daniel Charles Joyner (b. 9 June 1974).

Aunt of Matilda Anne Joyner (b. 2006), daughter of her brother Daniel and his wife Lorraine (née Barwick) Joyner.

Announced her engagement to boyfriend Neil Madden (March 2007).

Was in attendance at the wedding of her EastEnders (1985) co-star Samantha Womack to Mark Womack (17 May 2009).

Her EastEnders (1985) character Tanya Branning became the 17th woman on the soap opera to give birth. Tanya had a son Oscar (played by Charlee Hall and Neo Hall), born on December 13, 2007.

Maternal granddaughter of Charles (1916-1998) and Doris (née Moss) McCormick (1915-1995).

Paternal granddaughter of Frederick (1914-1983) and Ethel (née Anglin) Joyner (1912-1992).

Was in attendance at the wedding of her EastEnders (1985) on-screen daughter Jacqueline Jossa to Dan Osborne on June 24, 2017.

Has played Ann Mitchell's daughter twice; on EastEnders (1985) and For Her Sins (2023).