Joanna Lumley
Acting
🎂 1946-05-01
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.
Cast credits(176)
Self
2014
Self - Guest
2009
Self
2007
Self
1982
Purdey
1961
Self
2013
Self - UK’s Spokesperson
1956
Self
2002
Self
2022
Patsy
1992
Self
1998
Adult Susie (voice)
2018
Dolly Bantry
2004
Host
1949
Self - Nominee
1956
Judith Burkett
2024
Esme Ford
2007
Self
1978
Self - Guest Judge
2019
Narrator (voice)
2020
Self - Contestant
2013
Lally Longbridge
1984
1988
Self
2006
Self - Guest Announcer
2002
Miss French
1972
Self
2020
Delilah Stagg
2006
Delilah
2006
Self
2019
Aunt Emma
2013
1990
Self
1982
Self - Presenter
1982
Bunty
1962
Mary Rawlinson
2016
2003
Victoria Cavero
1986
1988
Self
2010
Sims / Evita / Voracity (voice)
1999
Annie (voice)
1997
2021
Harriet Paulden
1975
Felicity
2025
Self
1995
Self - Presenter
2023
Maudeline Everglot (voice)
2005
Mrs. Peacock
1990
Narrator
2021
Herself
2017
Self - Guest
2014
Narrator (voice)
2003
Herself - Presenter
2020
Self
2009
Narrator (voice)
2015
Self - Presenter
2022
Cast
2020
Kate Swift
1994
Purdey
1976
Gigi
1984
Self - Guest
2023
Madison Blakelock
2002
Self - Narrator (voice)
2025
2007
2006
Felicity Fanshaw
2017
Self - Presenter
2018
Sapphire
1979
2017
Herself
2016
Hostel Clerk
2004
Self
1987
The English Girl
1969
Self - Presenter
2015
Herself
1997
Vivienne Roden
2008
1999
Various
1982
Self - Narrator (voice)
2025
Herself
2011
Dame Olga
2004
2006
Self - Host
2021
Helen
1984
Herself
2005
Sarah
2021
2021
Aunt Spiker
1996
Self - Host
2025
Fenella
2015
Tiger Lily (voice)
1999
Self - Host
2005
Countess Chandra
1983
Diana Carey-Lewis
1998
Mrs Robertson
Marie Jouvet
1982
Marjorie Majors
1989
Vivian Claremont
2015
Ermintrude (voice)
2004
Elinor Glyn
2001
Patsy Stone
2016
Jessica Van Helsing
1973
Mary Smiling
1995
Mrs. Alfreda Rhinegold
2009
Davina Jackson
2005
Jackie
2017
1971
Self
2025
Morgan Le Fey
1997
Half Tusk (voice)
2000
Lady Narborough
2021
Self
2017
Lady Helena Graves
1995
Georgia
1970
Meghan Geoffrey-Bishop
2021
Shiela
2000
2010
Robot Saboteur (uncredited)
1969
Donna Sinclair
1999
Self
2021
The Queen
2013
Gillian
1999
The Female Doctor
1999
Freda
1999
Charlotte
2011
Last in Line
2004
Narrator (voice)
2019
Lady Drayton
1990
Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016
Self
2016
Patsy Stone
1996
Hitcher
1979
Jackie Riviera
2000
Lady Maria Byrne
2012
Susie
1970
1984
Fanny Hill
1971
Herself
2008
Liz Franks
1998
Herself
2012
Mrs. Lovett
1998
Diana Carey-Lewis
1998
(archive footage)
1982
Diana Carey-Lewis
1999
Herself (voice)
2017
Narrator (voice)
2014
Annie (voice)
1995
Herself
2020
Patsy Stone (archive footage)
1995
Self
2024
Herself
2008
Narrator
2020
Presenter
2021
Self - Presenter
2017
Joanna Lumley
2017
Miss Parkyn
1973
Self
2023
Kate
1983
Presenter
1994
Mrs. Foster
2024
Self
2015
1980
Self
2011
Sketch Performer (Archive Footage)
1995
Herself - Presenter
2012
Last in line
2004
Self - Host
2014
Presenter
2014
Self
2021
Herself - Host
2018
Patsy Stone (archive footage)
1998
Self
2023
Narrator (voice)
2019
Narrator
2010
(archive footage)
1980
