Joanna Lumley
Known for Acting · 185 credits
- Born
- 1946-05-01 (age 80)
- Place of birth
- Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, British India
- Also known as
- Joanna Lamond Lumley, OBE, FRGS · 조안나 럼리 · Dame Joanna Lamond Lumley · Dame Joanna Lumley · جوانا لاملی · Dame Joanna Lamond Lumley DBE FRGS
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.
Known For
TV Shows (90)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Wednesday
2022
as Grandmama Hester Frump
Top Gear
2002
as Self
The Avengers
1961
as Purdey
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee
The One Show
2006
as Self
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Dolly Bantry
Wogan
1982
as Self / Self - Presenter
Summer Camp Island
2018
as Adult Susie (voice)
Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self
The Last Leg
2013
as Self
Absolutely Fabulous
1992
as Patsy Stone
Lewis
2007
as Esme Ford
Eurovision Song Contest
1956
as Self - UK’s Spokesperson
An Audience with...
1978
as Self
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
2002
as Self - Guest Announcer
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022
as Self
Lovejoy
1986
as Victoria Cavero
Parkinson
1998
as Self
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
2019
as Self - Guest Judge
Are You Being Served?
1972
as Miss French
The New Avengers
1976
as Purdey
Going Live!
1987
as Self
Fool Me Once
2024
as Judith Burkett
The BAFTA Awards
1949
as Host
Car S.O.S.
2013
as Herself
The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse
2020
as Narrator (voice)
Motherland
2017
as Felicity
Celebrity Gogglebox
2019
as Self
Roseanne
1988
as Patsy Stone
The Kenny Everett Television Show
1982
as Various
A Ghost Story for Christmas
1971
Blankety Blank
2021
Sapphire & Steel
1979
as Sapphire
Mistresses
2008
as Vivienne Roden
Amandaland
2025
as Felicity
Cluedo
1990
as Mrs. Peacock
Children In Need
1980
as Self
Jam and Jerusalem
2006
as Delilah Stagg
Steptoe and Son
1962
as Bunty
Mistral's Daughter
1984
as Lally Longbridge
Comic Relief
1988
The Foxbusters
1999
as Sims / Evita / Voracity (voice)
Britain's Busiest Airport: Heathrow
2015
as Narrator (voice)
Joanna Lumley's Spice Trail Adventure
2023
as Self - Presenter
Coming Home
1998
as Diana Carey-Lewis
Plunder
1990
Posh Nosh
2003
as Narrator (voice)
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
2013
as Self - Contestant
Class Act
1994
as Kate Swift
Oxbridge Blues
1984
as Gigi
Finding Alice
2021
as Sarah
The Mrs Merton Show
1995
as Self
Justin Lee Collins: Good Times
2010
as Self
Sensitive Skin
2005
as Davina Jackson
The Forgotten Toys
1997
as Annie (voice)
Rosie Jones' Trip Hazard
2021
as Narrator
David Frost Vs
2025
as self
Movies (95)
The Wolf of Wall Street
2013
as Aunt Emma
Corpse Bride
2005
as Maudeline Everglot (voice)
Me Before You
2016
as Mary Rawlinson
EuroTrip
2004
as Hostel Clerk
Paddington 2
2017
as Felicity Fanshaw
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1969
as The English Girl
Ella Enchanted
2004
as Dame Olga
Absolutely Anything
2015
as Fenella
James and the Giant Peach
1996
as Aunt Spiker
Boogie Woogie
2010
as Mrs. Alfreda Rhinegold
She's Funny That Way
2015
as Vivian Claremont
Alice in Wonderland
1999
as Tiger Lily (voice)
Finding Your Feet
2017
as Jackie
The Magic Roundabout
2005
as Ermintrude (voice)
Curse of the Pink Panther
1983
as Countess Chandra
Trail of the Pink Panther
1982
as Marie Jouvet
Parting Shots
1999
as Freda
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016
as Patsy Stone
Some Girls Do
1969
as Robot Saboteur (uncredited)
Prince Valiant
1997
as Morgan Le Fey
Cold Comfort Farm
1995
as Mary Smiling
Netflix Tudum 2025
2025
as Self
Coming Home
1998
as Diana Carey-Lewis
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
1973
as Jessica Van Helsing
The Cat's Meow
2001
as Elinor Glyn
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
as Miss French (archive footage) (uncredited)
The House That Dripped Blood
1971
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016
as Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
Maybe Baby
2000
as Shiela
Shirley Valentine
1989
as Marjorie Majors
Twiggy
2025
as Self
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
2000
as Half Tusk (voice)
And the Winner Isn't
2017
as Self
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
1999
as The Female Doctor
Mad Cows
1999
as Gillian
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
1996
as Patsy Stone
Innocent Lies
1995
as Lady Helena Graves
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
2014
as Narrator (voice)
Falling for Figaro
2021
as Meghan Geoffrey-Bishop
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
2017
as Herself (voice)
Stories of Lost Souls
2004
as Last in Line
The Ballad of Tam Lin
1970
as Georgia
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
2021
as Self
7 Up & Me
2019
as Narrator (voice)
The Plank
1979
as Hitcher
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
1990
as Lady Drayton
Nancherrow
1999
as Diana Carey-Lewis
A Rather English Marriage
1998
as Liz Franks
Late Bloomers
2011
as Charlotte
Attenborough at 90
2016
as Self
Electric Blue - The Movie
1982
as (archive footage)
Mirrorball
2000
as Jackie Riviera
Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers
2017
as Self - Presenter
The Tale of Sweeney Todd
1998
as Mrs. Lovett
In Search of Dracula
2020
as Herself
An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
1980
Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!
1973
as Miss Parkyn
The Making of a Lady
2012
as Lady Maria Byrne
Amandaland - Christmas special
2025
as Felicity
In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett
1995
as Sketch Performer (Archive Footage)
Standing Room Only
2004
as Last in line
The Picture of Dorian Gray
2021
as Lady Narborough
Frank and Percy
Gangsta Granny
2013
as The Queen
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
1995
as Patsy Stone (archive footage)
Girl Friday
1994
as Presenter
Joanna Lumley: The Search for Noah's Ark
2012
as Herself - Presenter
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
1998
as Patsy Stone (archive footage)
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
2023
as Self
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower
2025
as Mrs Stone
The Breaking of Bumbo
1970
as Susie
My Week with Maisy
2024
as Mrs. Foster
The Forgotten Toys
1995
as Annie (voice)
The Weather in the Streets
1983
as Kate
Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights
2008
as Herself
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
2024
as Self / Patricia "Patsy" Stone
Games That Lovers Play
1971
as Fanny Hill
Joanna Lumley Meets Will.I.Am
2014
as Presenter
20 Years of the Black Eyed Peas
2018
as Herself - Host
Coronation Street: 60 Unforgettable Years
2020
as Narrator
My Favourite Attenborough Moment
2006
as Self
Counting Tigers
2019
as Narrator (voice)
Bette Midler: One Night Only
2014
as Self - Host
Saturday Knight Takeaway
2018
as Self
Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life
2021
as Self
Joanna Lumley and the Human Swan
2021
as Presenter
The Genius of Roald Dahl
2012
as Herself
The Snowman Live Stage Show
2010
as Narrator
Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began
2008
as Herself
Wogan on Wodehouse
2011
as Self
Joanna Lumley: Elvis and Me
2015
as Self
The Missing Crown Jewels
2017
as Self
Joanna Lumley: My Best Bits - In My Own Words
2023
as Self
The Man You're Not
2017
as Joanna Lumley
Electric Blue 002
1980
as (archive footage)
About Joanna Lumley
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 credi… With 185 credits spanning from 1949 to 2025, Joanna Lumley has appeared in 95 films and 90 TV shows.
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Most Popular Joanna Lumley Movies
- The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) — as Aunt Emma
- Corpse Bride (2005) — as Maudeline Everglot (voice)
- Me Before You (2016) — as Mary Rawlinson
- EuroTrip (2004) — as Hostel Clerk
- Paddington 2 (2017) — as Felicity Fanshaw
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