Joanna Lumley
Known for Acting · 187 credits
- Born
- 1946-05-01 (age 80)
- Place of birth
- Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, British India
- Also known as
- Dame Joanna Lamond Lumley · Dame Joanna Lumley
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 (91)
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
Wogan
1982
as Self / Self - Presenter
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee
The Avengers
1961
as Purdey
The Last Leg
2013
as Self
The One Show
2006
as Self
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Dolly Bantry
Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022
as Self
Summer Camp Island
2018
as Adult Susie (voice)
Eurovision Song Contest
1956
as Self - UK’s Spokesperson
Lewis
2007
as Esme Ford
Parkinson
1998
as Self
Absolutely Fabulous
1992
as Patsy Stone
An Audience with...
1978
as Self
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
2002
as Self - Guest Announcer
Going Live!
1987
as Self
Fool Me Once
2024
as Judith Burkett
The BAFTA Awards
1949
as Host
Celebrity Gogglebox
2019
as Self
Are You Being Served?
1972
as Miss French
Lovejoy
1986
as Victoria Cavero
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
2019
as Self - Guest Judge
The New Avengers
1976
as Purdey
Car S.O.S.
2013
as Herself
The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse
2020
as Narrator (voice)
Jam and Jerusalem
2006
as Delilah Stagg
Motherland
2017
as Felicity
Blankety Blank
2021
Amandaland
2025
as Felicity
A Ghost Story for Christmas
1971
Children In Need
1980
as Self
Roseanne
1988
as Patsy Stone
The Kenny Everett Television Show
1982
as Various
Mistral's Daughter
1984
as Lally Longbridge
Cluedo
1990
as Mrs. Peacock
Plunder
1990
Sapphire & Steel
1979
as Sapphire
Mistresses
2008
as Vivienne Roden
The Foxbusters
1999
as Sims / Evita / Voracity (voice)
Jewels of the Med
2025
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Oxbridge Blues
1984
as Gigi
Challenge Anneka
1989
as Self
Justin Lee Collins: Good Times
2010
as Self
The Mrs Merton Show
1995
as Self
Comic Relief
1988
Steptoe and Son
1962
as Bunty
David Frost Vs
2025
as self
My Dad's the Prime Minister
2003
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
2013
as Self - Contestant
Britain's Busiest Airport: Heathrow
2015
as Narrator (voice)
Coming Home
1998
as Diana Carey-Lewis
Sensitive Skin
2005
as Davina Jackson
The Forgotten Toys
1997
as Annie (voice)
Class Act
1994
as Kate Swift
Nancherrow
1999
Movies (96)
The Wolf of Wall Street
2013
as Aunt Emma
Me Before You
2016
as Mary Rawlinson
Corpse Bride
2005
as Maudeline Everglot (voice)
Some Girls Do
1969
as Robot Saboteur (uncredited)
Paddington 2
2017
as Felicity Fanshaw
EuroTrip
2004
as Hostel Clerk
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1969
as The English Girl
Absolutely Anything
2015
as Fenella
Ella Enchanted
2004
as Dame Olga
James and the Giant Peach
1996
as Aunt Spiker
She's Funny That Way
2015
as Vivian Claremont
Coming Home
1998
as Diana Carey-Lewis
Alice in Wonderland
1999
as Tiger Lily (voice)
Netflix Tudum 2025
2025
as Self
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016
as Patsy Stone
Innocent Lies
1995
as Lady Helena Graves
The Magic Roundabout
2005
as Ermintrude (voice)
Girl Friday
1994
as Presenter
Curse of the Pink Panther
1983
as Countess Chandra
Finding Your Feet
2017
as Jackie
And the Winner Isn't
2017
as Self
Trail of the Pink Panther
1982
as Marie Jouvet
Prince Valiant
1997
as Morgan Le Fey
Stories of Lost Souls
2004
as Last in Line
Electric Blue - The Movie
1982
as (archive footage)
Late Bloomers
2011
as Charlotte
Gangsta Granny
2013
as The Queen
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
as Miss French (archive footage) (uncredited)
Standing Room Only
2004
as Last in line
Boogie Woogie
2010
as Mrs. Alfreda Rhinegold
Parting Shots
1999
as Freda
Attenborough at 90
2016
as Self
Cold Comfort Farm
1995
as Mary Smiling
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
1990
as Lady Drayton
The Making of a Lady
2012
as Lady Maria Byrne
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
2000
as Half Tusk (voice)
The Cat's Meow
2001
as Elinor Glyn
Frank and Percy
Shirley Valentine
1989
as Marjorie Majors
The House That Dripped Blood
1971
The Ballad of Tam Lin
1970
as Georgia
The Tale of Sweeney Todd
1998
as Mrs. Lovett
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
1973
as Jessica Van Helsing
Spike Milligan: The Unseen Archive
2022
as Self - Friend
Falling for Figaro
2021
as Meghan Geoffrey-Bishop
7 Up & Me
2019
as Narrator (voice)
The Missing Crown Jewels
2017
as Self
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
2017
as Herself (voice)
Twiggy
2025
as Self
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
1999
as The Female Doctor
Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers
2017
as Self - Presenter
In Search of Dracula
2020
as Herself
The Breaking of Bumbo
1970
as Susie
Maybe Baby
2000
as Shiela
The Plank
1979
as Hitcher
A Rather English Marriage
1998
as Liz Franks
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
1996
as Patsy Stone
The Picture of Dorian Gray
2021
as Lady Narborough
My Favourite Attenborough Moment
2006
as Self
The Forgotten Toys
1995
as Annie (voice)
Joanna Lumley: Elvis and Me
2015
as Self
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
2014
as Narrator (voice)
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
2024
as Self / Patricia "Patsy" Stone
Nancherrow
1999
as Diana Carey-Lewis
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
2021
as Self
Saturday Knight Takeaway
2018
as Self
The Man You're Not
2017
as Joanna Lumley
My Week with Maisy
2024
as Mrs. Foster
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016
as Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
1995
as Patsy Stone (archive footage)
Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began
2008
as Herself
Joanna Lumley Meets Will.I.Am
2014
as Presenter
An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
1980
Games That Lovers Play
1971
as Fanny Hill
Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!
1973
as Miss Parkyn
Wogan on Wodehouse
2011
as Self
Mad Cows
1999
as Gillian
20 Years of the Black Eyed Peas
2018
as Herself - Host
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower
2025
as Mrs Stone
Counting Tigers
2019
as Narrator (voice)
Joanna Lumley: The Search for Noah's Ark
2012
as Herself - Presenter
In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett
1995
as Sketch Performer (Archive Footage)
Bette Midler: One Night Only
2014
as Self - Host
Mirrorball
2000
as Jackie Riviera
The Genius of Roald Dahl
2012
as Herself
The Weather in the Streets
1983
as Kate
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
1998
as Patsy Stone (archive footage)
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
2023
as Self
The Snowman Live Stage Show
2010
as Narrator
Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights
2008
as Herself
Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life
2021
as Self
Counting Out Time
2007
as Herself
Coronation Street: 60 Unforgettable Years
2020
as Narrator
Joanna Lumley and the Human Swan
2021
as Presenter
Joanna Lumley: My Best Bits - In My Own Words
2023
as Self
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 187 credits spanning from 1949 to 2025, Joanna Lumley has appeared in 96 films and 91 TV shows.
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- The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) — as Aunt Emma
- Me Before You (2016) — as Mary Rawlinson
- Corpse Bride (2005) — as Maudeline Everglot (voice)
- Some Girls Do (1969) — as Robot Saboteur (uncredited)
- Paddington 2 (2017) — as Felicity Fanshaw
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