Joanna Lumley
Acting
Born May 1, 1946 · 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.
Films (92)
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower
2025
Netflix Tudum 2025
2025
Twiggy
2025
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
2024
My Week with Maisy
2024
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
2023
Joanna Lumley: My Best Bits - In My Own Words
2023
Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life
2021
Joanna Lumley and the Human Swan
2021
Falling for Figaro
2021
The Picture of Dorian Gray
2021
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
2021
The Brave Little Squire
2020
Coronation Street: 60 Unforgettable Years
2020
In Search of Dracula
2020
Counting Tigers
2019
7 Up & Me
2019
20 Years of the Black Eyed Peas
2018
Finding Your Feet
2017
Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers
2017
And the Winner Isn't
2017
Paddington 2
2017
The Man You're Not
2017
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
2017
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016
Me Before You
2016
Attenborough at 90
2016
Joanna Lumley: Elvis and Me
2015
She's Funny That Way
2015
Absolutely Anything
2015
Bette Midler: One Night Only
2014
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
2014
Joanna Lumley Meets Will.I.Am
2014
Gangsta Granny
2013
The Wolf of Wall Street
2013
Joanna Lumley: The Search for Noah's Ark
2012
The Making of a Lady
2012
The Genius of Roald Dahl
2012
Wogan on Wodehouse
2011
Late Bloomers
2011
The Snowman Live Stage Show
2010
Boogie Woogie
2010
Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began
2008
Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights
2008
My Favourite Attenborough Moment
2006
Corpse Bride
2005
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
The Magic Roundabout
2005
Stories of Lost Souls
2004
Ella Enchanted
2004
EuroTrip
2004
Standing Room Only
2004
The Cat's Meow
2001
Mirrorball
2000
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
2000
Maybe Baby
2000
Mad Cows
1999
Parting Shots
1999
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
1999
Alice in Wonderland
1999
Nancherrow
1999
A Rather English Marriage
1998
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
1998
The Tale of Sweeney Todd
1998
Coming Home
1998
Prince Valiant
1997
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
1996
James and the Giant Peach
1996
Innocent Lies
1995
In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett
1995
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
1995
Cold Comfort Farm
1995
The Forgotten Toys
1995
Girl Friday
1994
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
1990
Shirley Valentine
1989
The Weather in the Streets
1983
Curse of the Pink Panther
1983
Trail of the Pink Panther
1982
Electric Blue - The Movie
1982
An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
1980
Electric Blue 002
1980
The Plank
1979
Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!
1973
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
1973
The House That Dripped Blood
1971
Games That Lovers Play
1971
The Ballad of Tam Lin
1970
The Breaking of Bumbo
1970
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1969
Some Girls Do
1969