Joanna Lumley
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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
Credits
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
as Aunt Emma
Corpse Bride (2005)
as Maudeline Everglot (voice)
Me Before You (2016)
as Mary Rawlinson
Some Girls Do (1969)
as Robot Saboteur (uncredited)
EuroTrip (2004)
as Hostel Clerk
Paddington 2 (2017)
as Felicity Fanshaw
Ella Enchanted (2004)
as Dame Olga
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
as The English Girl
Absolutely Anything (2015)
as Fenella
James and the Giant Peach (1996)
as Aunt Spiker
Coming Home (1998)
as Diana Carey-Lewis
Alice in Wonderland (1999)
as Tiger Lily (voice)
She's Funny That Way (2015)
as Vivian Claremont
The Magic Roundabout (2005)
as Ermintrude (voice)
Innocent Lies (1995)
as Lady Helena Graves
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016)
as Patsy Stone
Netflix Tudum 2025 (2025)
as Self
Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)
as Countess Chandra
Finding Your Feet (2017)
as Jackie
And the Winner Isn't (2017)
as Self
Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)
as Marie Jouvet
Prince Valiant (1997)
as Morgan Le Fey
Girl Friday (1994)
as Presenter
The Ballad of Tam Lin (1970)
as Georgia
Boogie Woogie (2010)
as Mrs. Alfreda Rhinegold
Stories of Lost Souls (2004)
as Last in Line
Parting Shots (1999)
as Freda
Shirley Valentine (1989)
as Marjorie Majors
The House That Dripped Blood (1971)
Actor
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale (2000)
as Half Tusk (voice)
A Ghost in Monte Carlo (1990)
as Lady Drayton
Frank and Percy (—)
Actor
Gangsta Granny (2013)
as The Queen
Cold Comfort Farm (1995)
as Mary Smiling
Late Bloomers (2011)
as Charlotte
The Tale of Sweeney Todd (1998)
as Mrs. Lovett
The Plank (1979)
as Hitcher
The Missing Crown Jewels (2017)
as Self
Standing Room Only (2004)
as Last in line
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy (2005)
as Miss French (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Making of a Lady (2012)
as Lady Maria Byrne
Falling for Figaro (2021)
as Meghan Geoffrey-Bishop
A Rather English Marriage (1998)
as Liz Franks
Electric Blue - The Movie (1982)
as (archive footage)
Attenborough at 90 (2016)
as Self
Maybe Baby (2000)
as Shiela
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy (2014)
as Narrator (voice)
7 Up & Me (2019)
as Narrator (voice)
Carnage: Swallowing the Past (2017)
as Herself (voice)
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death (1999)
as The Female Doctor
Spike Milligan: The Unseen Archive (2022)
as Self - Friend
In Search of Dracula (2020)
as Herself
The Cat's Meow (2001)
as Elinor Glyn
Nancherrow (1999)
as Diana Carey-Lewis
Twiggy (2025)
as Self
The Picture of Dorian Gray (2021)
as Lady Narborough
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out (2021)
as Self
The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)
as Jessica Van Helsing
The Breaking of Bumbo (1970)
as Susie
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out (2024)
as Self / Patricia "Patsy" Stone
Joanna Lumley: Elvis and Me (2015)
as Self
Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began (2008)
as Herself
Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers (2017)
as Self - Presenter
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves (2016)
as Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
Saturday Knight Takeaway (2018)
as Self
In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett (1995)
as Sketch Performer (Archive Footage)
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower (2025)
as Mrs Stone
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout (1996)
as Patsy Stone
The Man You're Not (2017)
as Joanna Lumley
Joanna Lumley Meets Will.I.Am (2014)
as Presenter
Mirrorball (2000)
as Jackie Riviera
An Audience with Dame Edna Everage (1980)
Actor
Don't Just Lie There, Say Something! (1973)
as Miss Parkyn
Counting Tigers (2019)
as Narrator (voice)
My Favourite Attenborough Moment (2006)
as Self
The Forgotten Toys (1995)
as Annie (voice)
Joanna Lumley: The Search for Noah's Ark (2012)
as Herself - Presenter
Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights (2008)
as Herself
The Snowman Live Stage Show (2010)
as Narrator
Games That Lovers Play (1971)
as Fanny Hill
20 Years of the Black Eyed Peas (2018)
as Herself - Host
Bette Midler: One Night Only (2014)
as Self - Host
Wogan on Wodehouse (2011)
as Self
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous (1995)
as Patsy Stone (archive footage)
Coronation Street: 60 Unforgettable Years (2020)
as Narrator
Counting Out Time (2007)
as Herself
My Week with Maisy (2024)
as Mrs. Foster
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter (2023)
as Self
Joanna Lumley and the Human Swan (2021)
as Presenter
The Genius of Roald Dahl (2012)
as Herself
Mad Cows (1999)
as Gillian
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life (1998)
as Patsy Stone (archive footage)
Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life (2021)
as Self
The Weather in the Streets (1983)
as Kate
Joanna Lumley: My Best Bits - In My Own Words (2023)
as Self
Electric Blue 002 (1980)
as (archive footage)