- 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.
- Named her son Freddie after her maternal grandfather, Charles Frederick McCormick, and her daughter Edie after singer Édith Piaf, having watched the film La Vie En Rose (2007).
- Ranked #26 in The 100 Greatest EastEnders (1985) Characters of All Time for her performance as Tanya Cross (2015).
- Owns a labradoodle named Ripley.
- Delivered her twins Freddie and Edie via emergency Caesarean section after a 2-hour labour.
- 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).
- 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.
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