Joyce Falconer was raised in Torry, a distinct area of Aberdeen famous for fish, flinty tongues and formidable characters.

She entertained from a young age earning her pocket money selling pies at Pittodrie in the Dons glory years.

She then went on to study drama at R.S.A.M.D in Glasgow where she won the 'Duncan Macrae Memorial Prize for Scots Verse' and subsidised her way through college as a singing telegram girl.

From Highland tours to Shakespeare at the Citizens Joyce has enjoyed a variety of theatre roles including Titania, Mary Magdelene, Jean Armour, Josie the Junkie and she made her maiden flight as Fairy Godmother in H.M.T Aberdeen's Centenary Panto in 2005.

T.V credits include Taggart, Crimefile, Cardiac Arrest 1&2 and Finney but it is her role of 'Roisin' in the BBC Scotland soap 'River City' for which she is most renowned.

Her facial expressions and unmistakable broad Scots tongue made her one of the soaps best loved and best kent characters guesting on 'Offside', 'The Craig Hill Show' and 'Fred MacAulay'.

In 1995 Joyce was awarded 'Bighearted Entertainer of the Year' for her contribution to various charities and work in post-tsunami Sri Lanka.

Joyce has been chairwoman, MC, After-dinner speaker and entertainer at numerous corporate, Burns Nights and charity events performing stories, poems and songs in her warm inimitable style.