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.
183 acting credits
Acting · 183
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
The Graham Norton Show
2007
The Avengers
1961
Top Gear
2002
Wednesday
2022
The One Show
2006
Eurovision Song Contest
1956
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
Champs-Elysées
1982
Tony Awards
1956
Summer Camp Island
2018
Wogan
1982
The Last Leg
2013
The Wolf of Wall Street
2013
Lewis
2007
An Audience with...
1978
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022
Me Before You
2016
Absolutely Fabulous
1992
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
2002
Corpse Bride
2005
Lovejoy
1986
Going Live!
1987
Parkinson
1998
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
2019
Are You Being Served?
1972
The New Avengers
1976
Fool Me Once
2024
The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse
2020
Celebrity Gogglebox
2019
EuroTrip
2004
Car S.O.S.
2013
A Ghost Story for Christmas
1971
The BAFTA Awards
1949
Cluedo
1990
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1969
Roseanne
1988
Mistresses
2008
Paddington 2
2017
Blankety Blank
2021
The Kenny Everett Television Show
1982
Amandaland
2025
Sapphire & Steel
1979
Children In Need
1980
Jam and Jerusalem
2006
Ella Enchanted
2004
Mistral's Daughter
1984
Steptoe and Son
1962
James and the Giant Peach
1996
Oxbridge Blues
1984
Britain's Busiest Airport: Heathrow
2015
The Foxbusters
1999
Alice in Wonderland
1999
Plunder
1990
Absolutely Anything
2015
Comic Relief
1988
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
2013
Finding Alice
2021
Coming Home
1998
Posh Nosh
2003
Sensitive Skin
2005
Some Girls Do
1969
The Forgotten Toys
1997
Class Act
1994
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016
She's Funny That Way
2015
Netflix Tudum 2025
2025
The Magic Roundabout
2005
The Mrs Merton Show
1995
Curse of the Pink Panther
1983
Justin Lee Collins: Good Times
2010
And the Winner Isn't
2017
Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime
2020
Prince Valiant
1997
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
1973
Shirley Valentine
1989
Nancherrow
1999
Rosie Jones' Trip Hazard
2021
Jewel of the Med: Majorca and Menorca
2025
The Michael McIntyre Chat Show
2014
The Cat's Meow
2001
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016
Finding Your Feet
2017
The House That Dripped Blood
1971
Boogie Woogie
2010
David Frost Vs
2025
Trail of the Pink Panther
1982
The Glory Boys
1984
Parting Shots
1999
Twiggy
2025
A Bucket O' French and Saunders
2007
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
2017
Maybe Baby
2000
Cold Comfort Farm
1995
My Dad's the Prime Minister
2003
Joanna Lumley's Great Cities of the World
2022
Live from Studio Five
2009
Joanna Lumley's Trans-Siberian Adventure
2015
Late Night Lycett
2023
Joanna Lumley's Silk Road Adventure
2018
Stories of Lost Souls
2004
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
1999
A Rather English Marriage
1998
Joanna Lumley's Hidden Caribbean: Havana to Haiti
2020
Dr Willoughby
1999
Jewels of the Med
2025
The National Television Awards Backstage Live
2010
Falling for Figaro
2021
Late Bloomers
2011
Innocent Lies
1995
Joanna Lumley's Japan
2016
The Picture of Dorian Gray
2021
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
2024
Joanna Lumley's Spice Trail Adventure
2023
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
2000
Coming Home
1998
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
7 Up & Me
2019
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
2023
Joanna Lumley’s Home Sweet Home – Travels in My Own Land
2021
Final Chance to Save
2005
In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett
1995
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
2021
The Tale of Sweeney Todd
1998
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
1996
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
2014
Mad Cows
1999
Attenborough at 90
2016
The Plank
1979
Mirrorball
2000
Gangsta Granny
2013
Joanna Lumley's India
2017
Joanna Lumley's Postcards
2017
In Search of Dracula
2020
The Forgotten Toys
1995
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
1990
Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life
2021
Up in Town
2002
Joanna Lumley's Danube
2025
The Ballad of Tam Lin
1970
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
1998
The Breaking of Bumbo
1970
Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!
1973
Betjeman and Me
2006
Standing Room Only
2004
The Making of a Lady
2012
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
1995
Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights
2008
An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
1980
Joanna Lumley's Unseen Adventures
2020
Nancherrow
1999
Frank and Percy
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Joanna Lumley in the Kingdom of the Thunderdragon
1997
The Weather in the Streets
1983
Joanna Lumley's Britain
2021
The Friday Night Project
2005
20 Years of the Black Eyed Peas
2018
Coronation Street: 60 Unforgettable Years
2020
Joanna Lumley's Greek Odyssey
2011
Electric Blue - The Movie
1982
Games That Lovers Play
1971
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower
2025
Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers
2017
Joanna Lumley: The Search for Noah's Ark
2012
The Genius of Roald Dahl
2012
Joanna Lumley and the Human Swan
2021
Philip and Elizabeth
2006
Joanna Lumley Meets Will.I.Am
2014
My Week with Maisy
2024
Counting Tigers
2019
Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began
2008
Girl Friday
1994
Bette Midler: One Night Only
2014
My Favourite Attenborough Moment
2006
Wogan on Wodehouse
2011
Joanna Lumley: Elvis and Me
2015
Amandaland - Christmas special
2025
The Snowman Live Stage Show
2010
The Man You're Not
2017
Joanna Lumley: My Best Bits - In My Own Words
2023
The Missing Crown Jewels
2017
Electric Blue 002
1980