Joanna Lumley
Acting
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
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tvJoanna Lumley's Danube
2025
Self - Host
movieTwiggy
2025
Self
tvAmandaland
2025
Felicity
tvJewel of the Med: Majorca and Menorca
2025
Self - Narrator (voice)
tvJewels of the Med
2025
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieAbsolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
2024
Self / Patricia "Patsy" Stone
movieMy Week with Maisy
2024
Mrs. Foster
tvFool Me Once
2024
Judith Burkett
tvJoanna Lumley's Spice Trail Adventure
2023
Self - Presenter
tvLate Night Lycett
2023
Self - Guest
movieSpike Milligan: The Unseen Archive
2022
Self - Friend
tvWednesday
2022
Grandmama Hester Frump
tvJoanna Lumley's Great Cities of the World
2022
Self - Presenter
movieFalling for Figaro
2021
Meghan Geoffrey-Bishop
tvRosie Jones' Trip Hazard
2021
Narrator
movieThe Picture of Dorian Gray
2021
Lady Narborough
tvJoanna Lumley's Britain
2021
Self - Host
tvFinding Alice
2021
Sarah
tvThe Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse
2020
Narrator (voice)
tvJoanna Lumley's Hidden Caribbean: Havana to Haiti
2020
Herself - Presenter
tvRuPaul's Drag Race UK
2019
Self - Guest Judge
movieCounting Tigers
2019
Narrator (voice)
movie7 Up & Me
2019
Narrator (voice)
movie20 Years of the Black Eyed Peas
2018
Herself - Host
tvJoanna Lumley's Silk Road Adventure
2018
Self - Presenter
tvSummer Camp Island
2018
Adult Susie (voice)
movieJoanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers
2017
Self - Presenter
moviePaddington 2
2017
Felicity Fanshaw
tvMotherland
2017
Felicity
tvJoanna Lumley's India
2017
Herself
movieThe Man You're Not
2017
Joanna Lumley
movieCarnage: Swallowing the Past
2017
Herself (voice)
movieBritish Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016
Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
tvJoanna Lumley's Japan
2016
Herself
movieAbsolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016
Patsy Stone
movieMe Before You
2016
Mary Rawlinson
tvJoanna Lumley's Trans-Siberian Adventure
2015
Self - Presenter
tvBritain's Busiest Airport: Heathrow
2015
Narrator (voice)
movieShe's Funny That Way
2015
Vivian Claremont
movieAbsolutely Anything
2015
Fenella
movie50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
2014
Narrator (voice)
tvThe Michael McIntyre Chat Show
2014
Self - Guest
movieGangsta Granny
2013
The Queen
movieThe Wolf of Wall Street
2013
Aunt Emma
tvCar S.O.S.
2013
Herself
tvThe Great Comic Relief Bake Off
2013
Self - Contestant
movieJoanna Lumley: The Search for Noah's Ark
2012
Herself - Presenter
movieThe Making of a Lady
2012
Lady Maria Byrne
movieLate Bloomers
2011
Charlotte
movieBoogie Woogie
2010
Mrs. Alfreda Rhinegold
tvWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Self - Guest
tvMistresses
2008
Vivienne Roden
tvLewis
2007
Esme Ford
movieCounting Out Time
2007
Herself
tvJam and Jerusalem
2006
Delilah Stagg
tvSensitive Skin
2005
Davina Jackson
movieCorpse Bride
2005
Maudeline Everglot (voice)
tvFinal Chance to Save
2005
Herself
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
Miss French (archive footage) (uncredited)
tvThe Friday Night Project
2005
Self - Host
movieThe Magic Roundabout
2005
Ermintrude (voice)
tvAgatha Christie's Marple
2004
Dolly Bantry
movieStories of Lost Souls
2004
Last in Line
movieElla Enchanted
2004
Dame Olga
movieEuroTrip
2004
Hostel Clerk
movieStanding Room Only
2004
Last in line
tvPosh Nosh
2003
Narrator (voice)
tvTop Gear
2002
Self
tvAnt & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
2002
Self - Guest Announcer
tvUp in Town
2002
Madison Blakelock
movieThe Cat's Meow
2001
Elinor Glyn
movieMirrorball
2000
Jackie Riviera
movieWhispers: An Elephant's Tale
2000
Half Tusk (voice)
movieMaybe Baby
2000
Shiela
tvDr Willoughby
1999
Donna Sinclair
movieMad Cows
1999
Gillian
tvThe Foxbusters
1999
Sims / Evita / Voracity (voice)
movieDoctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
1999
The Female Doctor
movieAlice in Wonderland
1999
Tiger Lily (voice)
movieNancherrow
1999
Diana Carey-Lewis
movieA Rather English Marriage
1998
Liz Franks
movieAbsolutely Fabulous: A Life
1998
Patsy Stone (archive footage)
movieThe Tale of Sweeney Todd
1998
Mrs. Lovett
tvComing Home
1998
Diana Carey-Lewis
movieComing Home
1998
Diana Carey-Lewis
tvParkinson
1998
Self
moviePrince Valiant
1997
Morgan Le Fey
tvThe Forgotten Toys
1997
Annie (voice)
movieAbsolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
1996
Patsy Stone
movieJames and the Giant Peach
1996
Aunt Spiker
movieInnocent Lies
1995
Lady Helena Graves
movieIn the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett
1995
Sketch Performer (Archive Footage)
movieHow to Be Absolutely Fabulous
1995
Patsy Stone (archive footage)
movieCold Comfort Farm
1995
Mary Smiling
movieThe Forgotten Toys
1995
Annie (voice)
movieGirl Friday
1994
Presenter
tvClass Act
1994
Kate Swift
tvAbsolutely Fabulous
1992
Patsy Stone
tvCluedo
1990
Mrs. Peacock
movieA Ghost in Monte Carlo
1990
Lady Drayton
movieShirley Valentine
1989
Marjorie Majors
tvRoseanne
1988
Patsy Stone
tvLovejoy
1986
Victoria Cavero
tvThe Glory Boys
1984
Helen
tvMistral's Daughter
1984
Lally Longbridge
movieCurse of the Pink Panther
1983
Countess Chandra
movieTrail of the Pink Panther
1982
Marie Jouvet
tvWogan
1982
Self / Self - Presenter
movieElectric Blue - The Movie
1982
(archive footage)
movieElectric Blue 002
1980
(archive footage)
movieThe Plank
1979
Hitcher
tvSapphire & Steel
1979
Sapphire
tvThe New Avengers
1976
Purdey
movieThe Satanic Rites of Dracula
1973
Jessica Van Helsing
tvAre You Being Served?
1972
Miss French
movieGames That Lovers Play
1971
Fanny Hill
movieOn Her Majesty's Secret Service
1969
The English Girl
movieSome Girls Do
1969
Robot Saboteur (uncredited)
tvThe Avengers
1961
Purdey
tvEurovision Song Contest
1956
Self - UK’s Spokesperson
tvTony Awards
1956
Self - Nominee
Production4
tvJoanna Lumley's Great Cities of the World
2022
Executive Producer
tvJoanna Lumley's Unseen Adventures
2020
Executive Producer
tvJoanna Lumley's Silk Road Adventure
2018
Executive Producer
tvThe Cazalets
2001
Producer