
Julia Sawalha
Known for Acting · 54 credits
- Born
- 1968-09-09 (age 57)
- Place of birth
- Wandsworth, London, England
- Also known as
- 茱莉亚·莎华拉
Biography
Julia Sawalha (born September 9, 1968) is an English actress, who is best known for her role as Saffron "Saffy" Monsoon in the BBC sitcom Absolutely Fabulous. She is also known for portraying Lynda Day, editor of the Junior Gazette, in Press Gang, Lydia Bennet in the 1995 television miniseries of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, and voicing Ginger in Chicken Run. Additionally, she played Dorcas Lane in the BBC's costume drama Lark Rise to Candleford, Carla Borrego in Jonathan Creek, and Jan Ward in the 2014 BBC One mystery Remember Me.
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Known For
TV Shows (32)

Midsomer Murders
1997
as Penny Henderson

The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self

Casualty
1986
as Nikki Watson

Father Brown
2013
as Mrs Cynthia Wendle

Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Mrs. Cresswell

Loose Women
1999
as Self

Omnibus
1967
as Self

Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Teresa

Inspector Morse
1987
as Rachel

Absolutely Fabulous
1992
as Saffron 'Saffy' Monsoon

Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
as Self
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007
as Self

Lovejoy
1986
as Joanna

Pride and Prejudice
1995
as Lydia Bennet

Jonathan Creek
1997
as Carla Borrego

Lark Rise to Candleford
2008
as Dorcas Lane

Hornblower
1998
as Maria Mason

Press Gang
1989
as Lynda Day

French & Saunders
1987
as Herself

Cranford
2007
as Jessie Brown

Bottom
1991
as Veronica Head

Faith in the Future
1995
as Hannah Grayshot

Time Gentlemen Please
2000
as Janet Wilson

Kipper
1997
as Mouse (voice)

Martin Chuzzlewit
1994
as Mercy Pecksniff
El C.I.D.
1990
as Trudy

Comedy Connections
2003

Remember Me
2014
as Jan Ward
The Underdog Show
2008

Spatz
1990
as Chloe Fairbanks

Second Thoughts
1991
as Hannah Grayshot

Ain't Misbehavin'
1997
as Dolly Nightingale
Movies (22)

Chicken Run
2000
as Ginger (voice)

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016
as Saffron Monsoon

In the Bleak Midwinter
1995
as Nina

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016
as Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
1999
as Emma

The Wind in the Willows
1996
as The Jailer's Daughter

Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
1996
as Saffron Monsoon

Hornblower: Duty
2003
as Maria Hornblower

Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
1998
as Saffron "Saffy" Monsoon (archive footage)

Mirrorball
2000
as Freda Keill

Venus and Mars
2001
as Marie

Hornblower: Loyalty
2003
as Maria Mason

How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
1995
as Saffron "Saffy" Monsoon (archive footage)

Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
2024
as Self / Saffron "Saffy" Monsoon

The Final Curtain
2002
as Karen Willet

Bottom Mindless Violence
2004
as Veronica Head (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Flint Street Nativity
1999
as Dawn/Wise Man 1

Buddy's Song
1991
as Kelly

Wallace & Gromit x Google Hangout | A Video Call with Aardman Friends!
2012
as Ginger

Kipper: Puppy Love
1997
as Mouse
We Love Sitcom
2016

Kipper: Fun In The Sun
2003
About Julia Sawalha
Julia Sawalha (born September 9, 1968) is an English actress, who is best known for her role as Saffron "Saffy" Monsoon in the BBC sitcom Absolutely Fabulous. She is also known for portraying Lynda Day, editor of the Junior Gazette, in Press Gang, Lydia Bennet in the 1995 television miniseries of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, and voicing Ginger in Chicken Run. Additionally, she played Dorcas Lane in the BBC's costume drama Lark Rise to Candleford, Carla Borrego in Jonathan Creek, and Jan Ward in the 2014 BBC One mystery Remember Me. Descr… With 54 credits spanning from 1967 to 2024, Julia Sawalha has appeared in 22 films and 32 TV shows.
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Most Popular Julia Sawalha Movies
- Chicken Run (2000) — as Ginger (voice)
- Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016) — as Saffron Monsoon
- In the Bleak Midwinter (1995) — as Nina
- British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves (2016) — as Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death (1999) — as Emma
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