Acting
Joanna Lumley
1946-05-01 · Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, British India
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
The Wolf of Wall Street
Me Before You
Wednesday
Corpse Bride
EuroTrip
Paddington 2
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Ella Enchanted
Absolutely Anything
James and the Giant Peach
Top Gear
She's Funny That Way
Fool Me Once
Roseanne
Alice in Wonderland
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Movie credits · 96
Frank and Percy
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower
Netflix Tudum 2025
Twiggy
The House of Clemens
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
My Week with Maisy
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
Joanna Lumley: My Best Bits - In My Own Words
Spike Milligan: The Unseen Archive
Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life
Joanna Lumley and the Human Swan
Falling for Figaro
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
Coronation Street: 60 Unforgettable Years
In Search of Dracula
Counting Tigers
7 Up & Me
20 Years of the Black Eyed Peas
Saturday Knight Takeaway
Finding Your Feet
The Missing Crown Jewels
Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers
And the Winner Isn't
Paddington 2
The Man You're Not
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Me Before You
Attenborough at 90
Joanna Lumley: Elvis and Me
She's Funny That Way
Absolutely Anything
Bette Midler: One Night Only
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
Joanna Lumley Meets Will.I.Am
Gangsta Granny
The Wolf of Wall Street
TV credits · 95
Joanna Lumley's Danube
David Frost Vs
Amandaland
Jewel of the Med: Majorca and Menorca
Jewels of the Med
Fool Me Once
Joanna Lumley's Spice Trail Adventure
Late Night Lycett
Wednesday
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Joanna Lumley's Great Cities of the World
Blankety Blank
Rosie Jones' Trip Hazard
Joanna Lumley’s Home Sweet Home – Travels in My Own Land
Joanna Lumley's Britain
Finding Alice
The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse
Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime
Joanna Lumley's Unseen Adventures
Joanna Lumley's Hidden Caribbean: Havana to Haiti
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
Celebrity Gogglebox
Joanna Lumley's Silk Road Adventure
Summer Camp Island
Motherland
Joanna Lumley's India
Joanna Lumley's Postcards
Joanna Lumley's Japan
Joanna Lumley's Trans-Siberian Adventure
Britain's Busiest Airport: Heathrow
The Michael McIntyre Chat Show
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Car S.O.S.
The Last Leg
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
Joanna Lumley's Greek Odyssey
Little Crackers
Justin Lee Collins: Good Times
The National Television Awards Backstage Live
Live from Studio Five
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