Joanna Lumley
Acting
- Born:
- 1946-05-01
- Place of birth:
- Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, British India
Biography
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
Filmography
Frank and Percy
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower
Netflix Tudum 2025
Joanna Lumley's Danube
Twiggy
David Frost Vs
Amandaland
The House of Clemens
Jewel of the Med: Majorca and Menorca
Jewels of the Med
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
My Week with Maisy
Fool Me Once
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
Joanna Lumley's Spice Trail Adventure
Joanna Lumley: My Best Bits - In My Own Words
Late Night Lycett
Spike Milligan: The Unseen Archive
Wednesday
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Joanna Lumley's Great Cities of the World
Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life
Joanna Lumley and the Human Swan
Blankety Blank
Falling for Figaro
Rosie Jones' Trip Hazard
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
Joanna Lumley’s Home Sweet Home – Travels in My Own Land
Joanna Lumley's Britain
Finding Alice
Coronation Street: 60 Unforgettable Years
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
In Search of Dracula
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
Counting Tigers
Celebrity Gogglebox
7 Up & Me
20 Years of the Black Eyed Peas
Joanna Lumley's Silk Road Adventure
Summer Camp Island
Saturday Knight Takeaway
Finding Your Feet
The Missing Crown Jewels
Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers
And the Winner Isn't
Motherland
Paddington 2
Joanna Lumley's India
The Man You're Not
Joanna Lumley's Postcards
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
Joanna Lumley's Japan
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Me Before You
Attenborough at 90
Joanna Lumley: Elvis and Me
Joanna Lumley's Trans-Siberian Adventure
Britain's Busiest Airport: Heathrow
She's Funny That Way
Absolutely Anything
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
Joanna Lumley Meets Will.I.Am
The Michael McIntyre Chat Show
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Gangsta Granny
The Wolf of Wall Street
Car S.O.S.
The Last Leg
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
Joanna Lumley: The Search for Noah's Ark
The Making of a Lady
The Genius of Roald Dahl
Joanna Lumley's Greek Odyssey
Wogan on Wodehouse
Late Bloomers
Little Crackers
The Snowman Live Stage Show
Boogie Woogie
Justin Lee Collins: Good Times
The National Television Awards Backstage Live
Live from Studio Five
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began
Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights
Mistresses
A Bucket O' French and Saunders
The Graham Norton Show
Lewis
Counting Out Time
Jam and Jerusalem
The One Show
Betjeman and Me
Philip and Elizabeth
My Favourite Attenborough Moment
Sensitive Skin
Corpse Bride
Final Chance to Save
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
The Friday Night Project
The Magic Roundabout
Agatha Christie's Marple
Stories of Lost Souls
Parkinson
Ella Enchanted
EuroTrip
Standing Room Only
My Dad's the Prime Minister
Posh Nosh
Top Gear
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
The Cat's Meow
Up in Town
Mirrorball
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
Maybe Baby
Dr Willoughby
Mad Cows
The Foxbusters
Parting Shots
Nancherrow
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
Alice in Wonderland
Nancherrow
A Rather English Marriage
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
The Tale of Sweeney Todd
Coming Home
Coming Home
Parkinson
Joanna Lumley in the Kingdom of the Thunderdragon
Prince Valiant
The Forgotten Toys
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
James and the Giant Peach
Innocent Lies
In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett
Cold Comfort Farm
The Mrs Merton Show
The Forgotten Toys
Girl Friday
Class Act
Absolutely Fabulous
Cluedo
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
Plunder
Challenge Anneka
Shirley Valentine
Roseanne
Comic Relief
Going Live!
Lovejoy
Oxbridge Blues
The Glory Boys
Mistral's Daughter
The Weather in the Streets
Curse of the Pink Panther
Trail of the Pink Panther
Wogan
Electric Blue - The Movie
The Kenny Everett Television Show
Champs-Elysées
An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
Children In Need
Electric Blue 002
The Plank
Sapphire & Steel
An Audience with...
The New Avengers
Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
Are You Being Served?
A Ghost Story for Christmas
It's Awfully Bad for Your Eyes, Darling
The House That Dripped Blood
Games That Lovers Play
The Ballad of Tam Lin
The Breaking of Bumbo
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Some Girls Do
Steptoe and Son
The Avengers
Eurovision Song Contest
Tony Awards
The BAFTA Awards