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Joanna Lumley
Joanna Lumley

Joanna Lumley

ActingBorn May 1, 1946 (age 80)Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, British India

Biography

Dame Joanna Lamond Lumley DBE FRGS (born 1 May 1946) is a British actress, presenter, former model, author, television producer, and activist. She has won two BAFTA TV Awards for her role as Patsy Stone in the BBC sitcom Absolutely Fabulous (1992–2012), and was nominated for the 2011 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for the Broadway revival of La Bête. In 2013, she received the Special Recognition Award at the National Television Awards, and in 2017 she was honoured with the BAFTA Fellowship award. Lumley's other television credits include The New Avengers (1976–1977), Sapphire & Steel (1979–1982), Sensitive Skin (2005–2007), Jam & Jerusalem (2006–2008) and Finding Alice (2021–present) as well as playing Elaine Perkins in Coronation Street in 1973. Her film appearances include On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), Trail of the Pink Panther (1982), Shirley Valentine (1989), James and the Giant Peach (1996), Ella Enchanted (2004), Corpse Bride (2005), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), and Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016). She had roles in two episodes of Are You Being Served? (1973–1975) written by Jeremy Lloyd, whom she had married and divorced three years prior to her first appearance on the show. Lumley is an advocate and human rights activist for Survival International and the Gurkha Justice Campaign. She supports charities and animal welfare groups, such as Compassion in World Farming and Vegetarians' International Voice for Animals. Lumley was made a Dame (DBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to drama, entertainment and charity.

Filmography

2025Movie
2025TV
2025
Twiggy

as Self

Movie
2025TV
2025
Amandaland

as Felicity

TV
2025
Jewel of the Med: Majorca and Menorca

as Self - Narrator (voice)

TV
2025
Jewels of the Med

as Self - Narrator (voice)

TV
2024
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out

as Self / Patricia "Patsy" Stone

Movie
2024
My Week with Maisy

as Mrs. Foster

Movie
2024
Fool Me Once

as Judith Burkett

TV
2023TV
2023
Late Night Lycett

as Self - Guest

TV
2022
Wednesday

as Grandmama Hester Frump

TV
2021
Falling for Figaro

as Meghan Geoffrey-Bishop

Movie
2021TV
2021
The Picture of Dorian Gray

as Lady Narborough

Movie
2021TV
2021TV
2020TV
2020Movie
2019
RuPaul's Drag Race UK

as Self - Guest Judge

TV
2019
Counting Tigers

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2019TV
2019
7 Up & Me

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2018Movie
2018TV
2018
Summer Camp Island

as Adult Susie (voice)

TV
2018Movie
2017Movie
2017Movie
2017Movie
2017Movie
2017
Paddington 2

as Felicity Fanshaw

Movie
2017
Motherland

as Felicity

TV
2017TV
2017
The Man You're Not

as Joanna Lumley

Movie
2017Movie
2016
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

as Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
2016TV
2016Movie
2016
Me Before You

as Mary Rawlinson

Movie
2016Movie
2015TV
2015
She's Funny That Way

as Vivian Claremont

Movie
2015Movie
2014Movie
2014
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2014Movie
2014TV
2013
Gangsta Granny

as The Queen

Movie
2013Movie
2013
Car S.O.S.

as Herself

TV
2013TV
2013TV
2012Movie
2012
The Making of a Lady

as Lady Maria Byrne

Movie
2012Movie
2011Movie
2011
Late Bloomers

as Charlotte

Movie
2010Movie
2010
Boogie Woogie

as Mrs. Alfreda Rhinegold

Movie
2008
Mistresses

as Vivienne Roden

TV
2007
Lewis

as Esme Ford

TV
2007Movie
2006
Jam and Jerusalem

as Delilah Stagg

TV
2006TV
2005
Sensitive Skin

as Davina Jackson

TV
2005
Corpse Bride

as Maudeline Everglot (voice)

Movie
2005TV
2005
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

as Miss French (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
2005TV
2005
The Magic Roundabout

as Ermintrude (voice)

Movie
2004TV
2004
Stories of Lost Souls

as Last in Line

Movie
2004
Ella Enchanted

as Dame Olga

Movie
2004
EuroTrip

as Hostel Clerk

Movie
2004
Standing Room Only

as Last in line

Movie
2003
Posh Nosh

as Narrator (voice)

TV
2002
Top Gear

as Self

TV
2002
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

as Self - Guest Announcer

TV
2002
Up in Town

as Madison Blakelock

TV
2001
The Cat's Meow

as Elinor Glyn

Movie
2000
Mirrorball

as Jackie Riviera

Movie
2000
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale

as Half Tusk (voice)

Movie
2000
Maybe Baby

as Shiela

Movie
1999
Dr Willoughby

as Donna Sinclair

TV
1999
Mad Cows

as Gillian

Movie
1999
The Foxbusters

as Sims / Evita / Voracity (voice)

TV
1999Movie
1999Movie
1999
Alice in Wonderland

as Tiger Lily (voice)

Movie
1999
Nancherrow

as Diana Carey-Lewis

Movie
1998Movie
1998
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life

as Patsy Stone (archive footage)

Movie
1998Movie
1998
Coming Home

as Diana Carey-Lewis

TV
1998
Coming Home

as Diana Carey-Lewis

Movie
1998
Parkinson

as Self

TV
1997
Prince Valiant

as Morgan Le Fey

Movie
1997
The Forgotten Toys

as Annie (voice)

TV
1996Movie
1995
Innocent Lies

as Lady Helena Graves

Movie
1995
In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett

as Sketch Performer (Archive Footage)

Movie
1995TV
1995
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous

as Patsy Stone (archive footage)

Movie
1995
Cold Comfort Farm

as Mary Smiling

Movie
1995
The Forgotten Toys

as Annie (voice)

Movie
1994
Girl Friday

as Presenter

Movie
1994
Class Act

as Kate Swift

TV
1992
Absolutely Fabulous

as Patsy Stone

TV
1990
Cluedo

as Mrs. Peacock

TV
1990
A Ghost in Monte Carlo

as Lady Drayton

Movie
1990TV
1989
Shirley Valentine

as Marjorie Majors

Movie
1988
Roseanne

as Patsy Stone

TV
1987TV
1986
Lovejoy

as Victoria Cavero

TV
1984TV
1984TV
1984
Mistral's Daughter

as Lally Longbridge

TV
1983
Curse of the Pink Panther

as Countess Chandra

Movie
1982Movie
1982
Wogan

as Self

TV
1982
Wogan

as Self - Presenter

TV
1982
Electric Blue - The Movie

as (archive footage)

Movie
1982TV
1980TV
1980
Electric Blue 002

as (archive footage)

Movie
1979
The Plank

as Hitcher

Movie
1979
Sapphire & Steel

as Sapphire

TV
1978TV
1976TV
1973
The Satanic Rites of Dracula

as Jessica Van Helsing

Movie
1972
Are You Being Served?

as Miss French

TV
1971Movie
1970Movie
1970Movie
1969Movie
1969
Some Girls Do

as Robot Saboteur (uncredited)

Movie
1962TV
1961
The Avengers

as Purdey

TV
1956
Eurovision Song Contest

as Self - UK’s Spokesperson

TV
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

TV
1949TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayMay 1, 1946
Place of BirthSrinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, British India
Popularity1.9