Joanne Whalley is the ex-wife of Val Kilmer. She is an English actress who began her career in 1974. She has appeared primarily on television, but also in nearly 30 feature films.

Whalley was born in Salford, Lancashire, and later moved to Levenshulme and then to Stockport, Cheshire. Her early film roles include a non-speaking part as a groupie in Park Floyd’s, The Wall, and a young Beatles fan in Birth of the Beatles.

Whalley met actor Val Kilmer while filming the movie, Willow. The couple married in 1988. Whalley took a break from acting to bring her children with Kilmer. Mercedes was born on October 29, 1991, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Jack was born on June 6, 1995.

Shortly after that, the pair separated. Whalley filed for divorce in July 1995, citing irreconcilable differences.