
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 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
Credits
- 2025 · Twiggy as Self
- 2025 · Amandaland as Felicity
- 2023 · imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter as Self
- 2021 · Falling for Figaro as Meghan Geoffrey-Bishop
- 2021 · The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out as Self
- 2021 · Joanna Lumley's Britain as Self - Host
- 2020 · Joanna Lumley's Hidden Caribbean: Havana to Haiti as Herself - Presenter
- 2017 · And the Winner Isn't as Self
- 2017 · Joanna Lumley's Postcards From My Travels as
- 2017 · Carnage: Swallowing the Past as Herself (voice)
- 2016 · Joanna Lumley's Japan as Herself
- 2016 · Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie as Patsy Stone
- 2016 · Attenborough at 90 as Self
- 2014 · 50 Years of BBC Two Comedy as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 · Gangsta Granny as The Queen
- 2012 · The Making of a Lady as Lady Maria Byrne
- 2011 · Late Bloomers as Charlotte
- 2009 · Boogie Woogie as Mrs. Alfreda Rhinegold
- 2006 · Philip and Elizabeth as
- 2005 · Final Chance to Save as Herself
- 2005 · The Friday Night Project as Self - Host
- 2004 · Stories of Lost Souls as Last in Line
- 2004 · The Magic Roundabout as Ermintrude (voice)
- 2001 · The Cat's Meow as Elinor Glyn
- 2000 · Whispers: An Elephant's Tale as Half Tusk (voice)
- 2000 · Maybe Baby as Shiela
- 1999 · Parting Shots as Freda
- 1999 · Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death as The Female Doctor
- 1999 · Nancherrow as Diana Carey-Lewis
- 1998 · A Rather English Marriage as Liz Franks
- 1998 · Coming Home as Diana Carey-Lewis
- 1998 · Coming Home as Diana Carey-Lewis
- 1997 · Prince Valiant as Morgan Le Fey
- 1995 · Innocent Lies as Lady Helena Graves
- 1995 · How to Be Absolutely Fabulous as Patsy Stone (archive footage)
- 1995 · Cold Comfort Farm as Mary Smiling
- 1990 · A Ghost in Monte Carlo as Lady Drayton
- 1989 · Shirley Valentine as Marjorie Majors
- 1984 · The Glory Boys as Helen
- 1982 · Electric Blue - The Movie as (archive footage)
- 1975 · The Cuckoo Waltz as Harriet Paulden
- 1971 · The House That Dripped Blood as
- Future · Starting Out as Mrs Robertson
- 2025 · Joanna Lumley's Danube as Self - Host
- 2025 · Jewel of the Med: Majorca and Menorca as Narrator
- 2025 · Jewels of the Med as Narrator
- 2024 · Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out as Self
- 2024 · My Week with Maisy as Mrs. Foster
- 2024 · Fool Me Once as Judith Burkett
- 2023 · Joanna Lumley's Spice Trail Adventure as Self - Presenter
- 2023 · Joanna Lumley: My Best Bits - In My Own Words as Self
- 2023 · Late Night Lycett as Self - Guest
- 2022 · Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg as Self
- 2022 · Joanna Lumley's Great Cities of the World as Self - Presenter
- 2021 · Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life as Self
- 2021 · Joanna Lumley and the Human Swan as Presenter
- 2021 · Blankety Blank as
- 2021 · Rosie Jones' Trip Hazard as Narrator
- 2021 · The Picture of Dorian Gray as Lady Narborough
- 2021 · Joanna Lumley’s Home Sweet Home – Travels in My Own Land as
- 2021 · Finding Alice as Sarah
- 2020 · Coronation Street: 60 Unforgettable Years as Narrator
- 2020 · The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse as Narrator (voice)
- 2020 · Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime as Self
- 2020 · Joanna Lumley's Unseen Adventures as Cast
- 2020 · In Search of Dracula as Herself
- 2019 · RuPaul's Drag Race UK as Self - Guest Judge
- 2019 · Counting Tigers as Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · Celebrity Gogglebox as Self
- 2019 · 7 Up & Me as Narrator (voice)
- 2018 · 20 Years of the Black Eyed Peas as Herself - Host
- 2018 · Joanna Lumley's Silk Road Adventure as Self - Presenter
- 2018 · Summer Camp Island as Adult Susie (voice)
- 2017 · Finding Your Feet as Jackie
- 2017 · Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers as Self - Presenter
- 2017 · Paddington 2 as Felicity Fanshaw
- 2017 · Joanna Lumley's India as Herself
- 2017 · The Man You're Not as Joanna Lumley
- 2016 · British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves as Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2016 · Me Before You as Mary Rawlinson
- 2015 · Joanna Lumley: Elvis and Me as Self
- 2015 · Joanna Lumley's Trans-Siberian Adventure as Self - Presenter
- 2015 · Britain's Busiest Airport: Heathrow as Narrator (voice)
- 2015 · She's Funny That Way as Vivian Claremont
- 2015 · Absolutely Anything as Fenella
- 2014 · Bette Midler: One Night Only as Self - Host
- 2014 · Joanna Lumley Meets Will.I.Am as Presenter
- 2014 · The Michael McIntyre Chat Show as Self - Guest
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2013 · The Wolf of Wall Street as Aunt Emma
- 2013 · The Last Leg as Self
- 2013 · The Great Comic Relief Bake Off as Self - Contestant
- 2012 · Joanna Lumley: The Search for Noah's Ark as Herself - Presenter
- 2012 · The Genius of Roald Dahl as Herself
- 2011 · Joanna Lumley's Greek Odyssey as Herself
- 2011 · Wogan on Wodehouse as Self
- 2010 · The Snowman Live Stage Show as Narrator
- 2010 · Justin Lee Collins: Good Times as Self
- 2010 · The National Television Awards Backstage Live as
- 2009 · Live from Studio Five as Self
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2008 · Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began as Herself
- 2008 · Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights as Herself
- 2008 · Mistresses as Vivienne Roden
- 2007 · A Bucket O' French and Saunders as
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2007 · Lewis as Esme Ford
- 2006 · Jam and Jerusalem as Delilah Stagg
- 2006 · Jam and Jerusalem as Delilah
- 2006 · The One Show as Self
- 2006 · Betjeman and Me as
- 2005 · Sensitive Skin as Davina Jackson
- 2005 · Corpse Bride as Maudeline Everglot (voice)
- 2004 · Agatha Christie's Marple as Dolly Bantry
- 2004 · Ella Enchanted as Dame Olga
- 2004 · EuroTrip as Hostel Clerk
- 2004 · Standing Room Only as Last in line
- 2003 · My Dad's the Prime Minister as
- 2003 · Posh Nosh as Narrator (voice)
- 2002 · Top Gear as Self
- 2002 · Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway as Self - Guest Announcer
- 2002 · Up in Town as Madison Blakelock
- 2000 · Mirrorball as Jackie Riviera
- 1999 · Dr Willoughby as Donna Sinclair
- 1999 · Mad Cows as Gillian
- 1999 · The Foxbusters as Sims / Evita / Voracity (voice)
- 1999 · Nancherrow as
- 1999 · Alice in Wonderland as Tiger Lily (voice)
- 1998 · Absolutely Fabulous: A Life as Patsy Stone (archive footage)
- 1998 · The Tale of Sweeney Todd as Mrs. Lovett
- 1998 · Parkinson as Self
- 1997 · Joanna Lumley in the Kingdom of the Thunderdragon as Herself
- 1997 · Jonathan Creek as Rosalind Tartikoff
- 1997 · The Forgotten Toys as Annie (voice)
- 1996 · Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout as Patsy Stone
- 1996 · James and the Giant Peach as Aunt Spiker
- 1995 · In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett as Sketch Performer (Archive Footage)
- 1995 · The Mrs Merton Show as Self
- 1995 · The Forgotten Toys as Annie (voice)
- 1994 · Girl Friday as Presenter
- 1994 · Class Act as Kate Swift
- 1992 · Absolutely Fabulous as Patsy
- 1990 · Cluedo as Mrs. Peacock
- 1990 · Plunder as
- 1988 · Roseanne as
- 1988 · Comic Relief as
- 1987 · Going Live! as Self
- 1987 · French & Saunders as Self
- 1986 · Lovejoy as Victoria Cavero
- 1984 · Oxbridge Blues as Gigi
- 1984 · Mistral's Daughter as Lally Longbridge
- 1984 · Electric Blue Special: Nude Celebrity Special as
- 1983 · The Weather in the Streets as Kate
- 1983 · Curse of the Pink Panther as Countess Chandra
- 1982 · Trail of the Pink Panther as Marie Jouvet
- 1982 · Wogan as Self
- 1982 · Wogan as Self - Presenter
- 1982 · The Kenny Everett Television Show as Various
- 1982 · Champs-Elysées as Self
- 1980 · An Audience with Dame Edna Everage as
- 1980 · Electric Blue 002 as (archive footage)
- 1979 · The Plank as Hitcher
- 1979 · Sapphire & Steel as Sapphire
- 1978 · An Audience with... as Self
- 1976 · The New Avengers as Purdey
- 1973 · Don't Just Lie There, Say Something! as Miss Parkyn
- 1973 · The Satanic Rites of Dracula as Jessica Van Helsing
- 1972 · Are You Being Served? as Miss French
- 1971 · Games That Lovers Play as Fanny Hill
- 1970 · The Ballad of Tam Lin as Georgia
- 1970 · The Breaking of Bumbo as Susie
- 1969 · On Her Majesty's Secret Service as The English Girl
- 1969 · Some Girls Do as Robot Saboteur (uncredited)
- 1962 · Steptoe and Son as Bunty
- 1961 · The Avengers as Purdey
- 1956 · Eurovision Song Contest as Self - UK’s Spokesperson
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Nominee
- 1949 · The BAFTA Awards as Host