Where to watch Joanna Shimkus in the UK
Find every Joanna Shimkus film and TV show streaming, free, or available to rent in the UK. Updated daily — verified 6 August 2026.
Joanna Marie Shimkus (born 30 October 1943) is a Canadian film actress. She is the widow of actor Sidney Poitier and mother of actress Sydney Tamiia Poitier. Joanna Marie Shimkus was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Joseph Shimkus, a Jewish father of Lithuanian descent, and Marie Petrie, a Roman Catholic of Irish descent. Her father worked for the Royal Canadian Navy. She attended a convent school and was brought up in Montreal. She made her debut in 1964 in Jean Aurel's film De l'amour. (She was first featured in Jean-Luc Godard's short "Montparnasse-Levallois," his contribution to the anth…
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- Dim Dam Dom (1965) as Self
- Sidney (2022) as Self
- Ho ! (1968) as Bénédicte
- The Last Adventure (1967) as Laetitia
- Boom! (1968) as Miss Black
- Montparnasse et Levallois (1965) as Monica
- A Summer with Joe, Liz and Richard (2025) as Self
- The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker (1971) as Lisa Alren
- The Lost Man (1969) as Cathy Ellis
- All About Loving (1964) as Sophie
- A Time for Loving (1972) as Joan
- Woman in Chains (1968) as Une invitée au vernissage (uncredited)
- Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? (1966) Cast
- Six in Paris (1965) as Monica (segment "Montparnasse-Levallois")
- The Virgin and the Gypsy (1970) as Yvette
- The Uninvited (1969) as Anne
- Zita (1968) as Annie
- Sidney Poitier - The Man Who Changed Hollywood (2023) as Self (archive) - Sidney Poitier's second wife
- Idoli controluce (1965) as Alexandra
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Most-watched Joanna Shimkus films currently: Sidney (2022), Ho ! (1968), The Last Adventure (1967), Boom! (1968), Montparnasse et Levallois (1965).
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Selected TV credits: Dim Dam Dom (1965).
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