Joanna Lumley
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.
James and the Giant Peach
(Aunt Spiker)
Corpse Bride
(Maudeline Everglot (voice))
The House That Dripped Blood
Prince Valiant
(Morgan Le Fey)
Cold Comfort Farm
(Mary Smiling)
The Cat's Meow
(Elinor Glyn)
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
(Jessica Van Helsing)
Maybe Baby
(Shiela)
Ella Enchanted
(Dame Olga)
Curse of the Pink Panther
(Countess Chandra)
Attenborough at 90
(Self)
Joanna Lumley and the Human Swan
(Presenter)
The Magic Roundabout
(Ermintrude (voice))
Mad Cows
(Gillian)
Joanna Lumley: My Best Bits - In My Own Words
(Self)
Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life
(Self)
A Rather English Marriage
(Liz Franks)
Shirley Valentine
(Marjorie Majors)
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
(Half Tusk (voice))
Innocent Lies
(Lady Helena Graves)
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
(Lady Drayton)
Late Bloomers
(Charlotte)
The Wolf of Wall Street
(Aunt Emma)
The Ballad of Tam Lin
(Georgia)
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
(Narrator (voice))
Counting Tigers
(Narrator (voice))
Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights
(Herself)
The Tale of Sweeney Todd
(Mrs. Lovett)
Nancherrow
(Diana Carey-Lewis)
Coming Home
(Diana Carey-Lewis)
The Making of a Lady
(Lady Maria Byrne)
The Breaking of Bumbo
(Susie)
Gangsta Granny
(The Queen)
She's Funny That Way
(Vivian Claremont)
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
(Patsy Stone)
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
(Patsy Stone (archive footage))
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
(Patsy Stone (archive footage))
Boogie Woogie
(Mrs. Alfreda Rhinegold)
An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
My Week with Maisy
(Mrs. Foster)
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
(The English Girl)
Absolutely Anything
(Fenella)
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
(Self)
Games That Lovers Play
(Fanny Hill)
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
(The Female Doctor)
Trail of the Pink Panther
(Marie Jouvet)
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
(Patsy Stone)
Electric Blue Special: Nude Celebrity Special
Joanna Lumley: Elvis and Me
(Self)
Bette Midler: One Night Only
(Self - Host)
Girl Friday
(Presenter)
Joanna Lumley: The Search for Noah's Ark
(Herself - Presenter)
Joanna Lumley Meets Will.I.Am
(Presenter)
Alice in Wonderland
(Tiger Lily (voice))
Me Before You
(Mary Rawlinson)
Finding Your Feet
(Jackie)
The Snowman Live Stage Show
(Narrator)
Stories of Lost Souls
(Last in Line)
Standing Room Only
(Last in line)
Parting Shots
(Freda)
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
(Herself (voice))
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
(Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited))
Some Girls Do
(Robot Saboteur (uncredited))
Paddington 2
(Felicity Fanshaw)
And the Winner Isn't
(Self)
Wogan on Wodehouse
(Self)
EuroTrip
(Hostel Clerk)
The Forgotten Toys
(Annie (voice))
The Weather in the Streets
(Kate)
Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers
(Self - Presenter)
Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!
(Miss Parkyn)
Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began
(Herself)
7 Up & Me
(Narrator (voice))
Electric Blue - The Movie
((archive footage))
Electric Blue 002
((archive footage))
The Genius of Roald Dahl
(Herself)
In Search of Dracula
(Herself)
20 Years of the Black Eyed Peas
(Herself - Host)
Falling for Figaro
(Meghan Geoffrey-Bishop)
The Plank
(Hitcher)
Coronation Street: 60 Unforgettable Years
(Self)
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
(Self)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
(Lady Narborough)
Mirrorball
(Jackie Riviera)
Twiggy
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
(Self)
Top Gear
(Self)
Are You Being Served?
(Miss French)
Jam and Jerusalem
(Delilah Stagg)
The One Show
(Self)
Lewis
(Esme Ford)
Finding Alice
(Sarah)
Sapphire & Steel
(Sapphire)
Roseanne
Joanna Lumley’s Home Sweet Home – Travels in My Own Land
Absolutely Fabulous
(Patsy)
Lovejoy
(Victoria Cavero)
The BAFTA Awards
(Host)
Up in Town
(Madison Blakelock)
The Cuckoo Waltz
(Harriet Paulden)
Starting Out
(Mrs Robertson)
The New Avengers
(Purdey)
Plunder
Dr Willoughby
(Donna Sinclair)
Sensitive Skin
(Davina Jackson)
Philip and Elizabeth
Class Act
(Kate Swift)
Comic Relief
Live from Studio Five
(Self)
Betjeman and Me
Justin Lee Collins: Good Times
(Self)
Mistral's Daughter
(Lally Longbridge)
The National Television Awards Backstage Live
The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse
(Narrator (voice))
Joanna Lumley's Britain
(Self - Host)
The Kenny Everett Television Show
(Various)
Mistresses
(Vivienne Roden)
Oxbridge Blues
(Gigi)
Tony Awards
(Self - Nominee)
Joanna Lumley's Trans-Siberian Adventure
(Self - Presenter)
French & Saunders
(Self)
A Bucket O' French and Saunders
My Dad's the Prime Minister
Joanna Lumley's Spice Trail Adventure
(Self - Presenter)
Britain's Busiest Airport: Heathrow
(Narrator (voice))
Jonathan Creek
(Rosalind Tartikoff)
The Last Leg
(self)
Joanna Lumley's Japan
(Herself)
The Graham Norton Show
(Self)
Joanna Lumley in the Kingdom of the Thunderdragon
(Herself)
An Audience with...
(Self)
The Mrs Merton Show
(Self)
Joanna Lumley's India
(Herself)
Agatha Christie's Marple
(Dolly Bantry)
Summer Camp Island
(Adult Susie (voice))
The Foxbusters
(Sims / Evita / Voracity (voice))
The Forgotten Toys
(Annie (voice))
Joanna Lumley's Great Cities of the World
(Self - Presenter)
The Avengers
(Purdey)
The Glory Boys
(Helen)
Wogan
(Self)
Coming Home
(Diana Carey-Lewis)
Nancherrow
The Last Leg
(Self)
Wogan
(Self - Presenter)
Jam and Jerusalem
(Delilah)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(Self)
Celebrity Gogglebox
(Self)
Joanna Lumley's Silk Road Adventure
(Self - Presenter)
Late Night Lycett
(Self - Guest)
Going Live!
(Self)
Rosie Jones' Trip Hazard
(Narrator)
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
(Self - Contestant)
The Michael McIntyre Chat Show
(Self - Guest)
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
(Self - Judge)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
(Self - Guest)
Joanna Lumley's Greek Odyssey
(Herself)
Posh Nosh
(Narrator (voice))
Champs-Elysées
(Self)
Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime
(Self)
Steptoe and Son
(Bunty)
Blankety Blank
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
(Self)
Final Chance to Save
(Herself)
Eurovision Song Contest
(Self - UK’s Spokesperson)
Amandaland
(Felicity)
Cluedo
(Mrs. Peacock)
Joanna Lumley's Postcards From My Travels
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
(Self - Guest Announcer)
Fool Me Once
(Judith Burkett)
Joanna Lumley's Hidden Caribbean: Havana to Haiti
(Herself - Presenter)
Joanna Lumley's Unseen Adventures
(Cast)
Parkinson
(Self)
