Joyce Falconer
{{Short description|Scottish actress}}
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| birth_date = {{bya|1970}}
| birth_place = Torry, Aberdeen, Scotland
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| occupation = actress
| years_active = 2002–present
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Joyce Falconer (born 1970) is a Scottish actress.{{Cite web |last=English |first=Paul |date=2007-09-14 |title=THE BIG INTERVIEW: JOYCE FALCONER |url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/tv-radio/the-big-interview-joyce-falconer-955831 |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=Daily Record |language=en}} Falconer is best known for her portrayal of Roisin McIntyre in the BBC Scotland soap opera River City. An original cast member from 2002 to 2008, she reprised the role from 2021 onwards, as the shows longest serving female cast member.{{Cite web |date=2021-08-30 |title=River City's Joyce Falconer says playing Roisin again was like 'putting on an old pair of slippers' |url=https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/19541816.interview-bbc-river-city-actress-joyce-falconer-return-roisin-mcintyre/ |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=Glasgow Times |language=en}}
Early life and education
Falconer was born and raised in Torry, Aberdeen.{{Cite web |last=Drysdale |first=Neil |date=2023-03-17 |title=Big Interview: You can take the quine out of Aberdeen, but Joyce Falconer's heart will always be in river city |url=https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/lifestyle/5472562/big-interview-aberdeen-joyce-falconers-heart-river-city/ |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=Press and Journal |language=en-GB}} She attended Tullos Primary School{{Cite web |date=2020-01-03 |title=Joyce Falconer's schoolday memories: 'During PE, I'd nip home for Ma's baking...' |url=https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/18133536.joyce-falconers-schoolday-memories-during-pe-nip-home-mas-baking-/ |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=Glasgow Times |language=en}} and Torry Academy.{{Cite web |title=Joyce Falconer Actress - About Aberdeen |url=https://aboutaberdeen.com/Joyce-Falconer |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=aboutaberdeen.com}}
Career
Falconer trained as an actress at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow.{{Cite web |last=Begbie |first=Scott |date=2021-05-12 |title=Aberdeen's Joyce Falconer makes a dramatic return to River City as much-loved Roisin |url=https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/entertainment/3131728/aberdeens-joyce-falconer-makes-a-dramatic-return-to-river-city-as-much-loved-roisin/ |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=Press and Journal |language=en-GB}}
Falconer joined the BBC soap opera River City in 2002 playing the character of Roisin McIntyre, becoming one of the show's most iconic characters until her departure in 2008.{{Cite web |title=Roisin returns to River City |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2021/roisin-returns-to-river-city/ |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en}} Her character was compared to Bet Lynch from Coronation Street.{{Cite web |last=Greenaway |first=Heather |date=2021-08-29 |title=River City Queen Roisin McIntyre makes her TV return and she means business |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/river-city-queen-roisin-mcintyre-24860341 |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=Daily Record |language=en}} She re-joined the cast in 2021,{{Cite web |date=2021-08-29 |title=TV: River City returns with a blast from the past set to cause ructions in Shieldinch |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19537320.river-city-returns-joyce-falconer-reprises-role-bold-brassy-roisin/ |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=The Herald |language=en}} reprising her role.{{Cite web |date=2021-08-28 |title=River City star Joyce Falconer on a wild beauty spot right on Aberdeen's doorstep |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/bestofscotland/19530917.greyhope-bay-river-city-star-joyce-falconer-lifelong-love-aberdeen-beauty-spot/ |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=The Herald |language=en}}
In 2009, she went on tour with the National Theatre of Scotland.{{Cite web |last=English |first=Paul |date=2009-05-08 |title=River City star Joyce Falconer gets serious for her new play |url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/river-city-star-joyce-falconer-1022056 |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=Daily Record |language=en}} She has played Elvis in the Edinburgh festival.{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Kenny |date=2019-04-12 |title=Joyce has gone from River City to playing the King |url=https://www.scottishfield.co.uk/culture/joyce-has-gone-from-river-city-to-playing-the-king/ |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=Scottish Field |language=en-GB}}
Her other television roles include Taggart, Crimefile, Cardiac Arrest and Finney.{{Cite web |title=Joyce Falconer |url=https://speakout.uk/speaker/joyce-falconer/ |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=SpeakOut |language=en-GB}} In 2021, she joined the cast of Beauty and the Beast at Aberdeen Performing Arts.{{Cite web |title=News - Joyce Falconer to join the cast of Beauty and the Beast |url=https://www.aberdeenperformingarts.com/news/news-joyce-falconer-to-join-the-cast-of-beauty-and-the-beast/ |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=Aberdeen Performing Arts |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |last=Begbie |first=Scott |date=2021-09-30 |title=River City star Joyce Falconer steps in to His Majesty's panto after Janey Godley row |url=https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/entertainment/whats-on/3504969/river-city-star-joyce-falconer-steps-in-to-his-majestys-panto-after-janey-godley-row/ |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=Press and Journal |language=en-GB}}
Personal life
Falconer speaks Doric and Scots.{{Cite web |last=Scougall |first=Murray |date=2023-03-14 |title='Our oral storytelling tradition is being eroded': Life according to River City star, Joyce Falconer |url=https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/joyce-falconer/ |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=The Sunday Post |language=en-US}} She is married to fellow River City cast member David McGowan.{{Cite web |last=Cameron |first=Ewan |date=2016-06-24 |title=Joyce stars in her own Aberdeen love story |url=https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen-aberdeenshire/3608784/joyce-stars-in-her-own-love-story/ |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=Press and Journal |language=en-GB}}
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