Joanna Lumley
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1946-05-01 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, British India
Joanna Lumley
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.
Acting
(2025)
Twiggy
as Self
(2024)
(2024)
My Week with Maisy
as Mrs. Foster
(2023)
(2023)
(2021)
Falling for Figaro
as Meghan Geoffrey-Bishop
(2021)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
as Lady Narborough
(2021)
(2021)
(2021)
Joanna Lumley and the Human Swan
as Presenter
(2020)
In Search of Dracula
as Herself
(2020)
Coronation Street: 60 Unforgettable Years
as Narrator
(2019)
7 Up & Me
as Narrator (voice)
(2019)
Counting Tigers
as Narrator (voice)
(2018)
20 Years of the Black Eyed Peas
as Herself - Host
(2017)
Paddington 2
as Felicity Fanshaw
(2017)
Finding Your Feet
as Jackie
(2017)
And the Winner Isn't
as Self
(2017)
Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers
as Self - Presenter
(2017)
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
as Herself (voice)
(2017)
The Man You're Not
as Joanna Lumley
(2016)
Me Before You
as Mary Rawlinson
(2016)
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
as Patsy Stone
(2016)
Attenborough at 90
as Self
(2016)
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
as Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2015)
Absolutely Anything
as Fenella
(2015)
She's Funny That Way
as Vivian Claremont
(2015)
Joanna Lumley: Elvis and Me
as Self
(2014)
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
as Narrator (voice)
(2014)
Joanna Lumley Meets Will.I.Am
as Presenter
(2014)
Bette Midler: One Night Only
as Self - Host
(2013)
The Wolf of Wall Street
as Aunt Emma
(2013)
Gangsta Granny
as The Queen
(2012)
The Making of a Lady
as Lady Maria Byrne
(2012)
The Genius of Roald Dahl
as Herself
(2012)
Joanna Lumley: The Search for Noah's Ark
as Herself - Presenter
(2011)
Late Bloomers
as Charlotte
(2011)
Wogan on Wodehouse
as Self
(2010)
The Snowman Live Stage Show
as Narrator
(2009)
Boogie Woogie
as Mrs. Alfreda Rhinegold
(2008)
(2008)
Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began
as Herself
(2005)
Corpse Bride
as Maudeline Everglot (voice)
(2004)
EuroTrip
as Hostel Clerk
(2004)
Ella Enchanted
as Dame Olga
(2004)
The Magic Roundabout
as Ermintrude (voice)
(2004)
Stories of Lost Souls
as Last in Line
(2004)
Standing Room Only
as Last in line
(2001)
The Cat's Meow
as Elinor Glyn
(2000)
Maybe Baby
as Shiela
(2000)
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
as Half Tusk (voice)
(2000)
Mirrorball
as Jackie Riviera
(1999)
Alice in Wonderland
as Tiger Lily (voice)
(1999)
Parting Shots
as Freda
(1999)
Nancherrow
as Diana Carey-Lewis
(1999)
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
as The Female Doctor
(1999)
Mad Cows
as Gillian
(1998)
Coming Home
as Diana Carey-Lewis
(1998)
The Tale of Sweeney Todd
as Mrs. Lovett
(1998)
A Rather English Marriage
as Liz Franks
(1998)
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
as Patsy Stone (archive footage)
(1997)
Prince Valiant
as Morgan Le Fey
(1996)
James and the Giant Peach
as Aunt Spiker
(1996)
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
as Patsy Stone
(1995)
Cold Comfort Farm
as Mary Smiling
(1995)
Innocent Lies
as Lady Helena Graves
(1995)
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
as Patsy Stone (archive footage)
(1995)
The Forgotten Toys
as Annie (voice)
(1995)
In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett
as Sketch Performer (Archive Footage)
(1994)
Girl Friday
as Presenter
(1990)
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
as Lady Drayton
(1989)
Shirley Valentine
as Marjorie Majors
(1984)
(1983)
Curse of the Pink Panther
as Countess Chandra
(1983)
The Weather in the Streets
as Kate
(1982)
Trail of the Pink Panther
as Marie Jouvet
(1982)
Electric Blue - The Movie
as (archive footage)
(1980)
(1980)
Electric Blue 002
as (archive footage)
(1979)
The Plank
as Hitcher
(1973)
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
as Jessica Van Helsing
(1973)
Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!
as Miss Parkyn
(1971)
(1971)
Games That Lovers Play
as Fanny Hill
(1970)
The Ballad of Tam Lin
as Georgia
(1970)
The Breaking of Bumbo
as Susie
(1969)
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
as The English Girl
(1969)
Some Girls Do
as Robot Saboteur (uncredited)