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.
Personal info
Gender
Female
Birthday
1946-05-01
Place of birth
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, British India
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Cast
James and the Giant Peach
1996
6.57
Corpse Bride
2005
7.58
The House That Dripped Blood
1971
6.30
Prince Valiant
1997
5.20
Cold Comfort Farm
1995
6.70
The Cat's Meow
2001
5.80
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
1973
5.64
Maybe Baby
2000
5.40
Ella Enchanted
2004
6.50
Curse of the Pink Panther
1983
4.60
Attenborough at 90
2016
8.00
Joanna Lumley and the Human Swan
2021
0.00
The Magic Roundabout
2004
5.40
Mad Cows
1999
3.90
A Rather English Marriage
1998
5.70
Shirley Valentine
1989
6.30
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
2000
5.50
Innocent Lies
1995
4.80
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
1990
5.70
Late Bloomers
2011
5.20
The Wolf of Wall Street
2013
8.03
The Ballad of Tam Lin
1970
5.40
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
2014
8.00
Counting Tigers
2019
0.00
The Tale of Sweeney Todd
1998
5.70
Nancherrow
1999
6.00
Coming Home
1998
5.50
The Making of a Lady
2012
6.10
The Breaking of Bumbo
1970
2.00
Gangsta Granny
2013
6.10
She's Funny That Way
2015
5.95
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
1998
10.00
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
1995
6.00
Boogie Woogie
2009
5.04
My Week with Maisy
2024
0.00
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1969
6.57
Absolutely Anything
2015
5.90
Games That Lovers Play
1971
4.20
Trail of the Pink Panther
1982
5.20
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016
5.30
Joanna Lumley: Elvis and Me
2015
0.00
Bette Midler: One Night Only
2014
0.00
Girl Friday
1994
0.00
Joanna Lumley Meets Will.I.Am
2014
0.00
Alice in Wonderland
1999
6.34
Me Before You
2016
7.90
Finding Your Feet
2017
7.10
The Snowman Live Stage Show
2010
0.00
Stories of Lost Souls
2004
5.60
Standing Room Only
2004
0.00
Parting Shots
1999
6.10
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
2017
6.60
Some Girls Do
1969
5.90
Paddington 2
2017
7.46
And the Winner Isn't
2017
5.70
Wogan on Wodehouse
2011
0.00
EuroTrip
2004
6.59
The Forgotten Toys
1995
7.90
The Weather in the Streets
1983
3.00
Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began
2008
7.00
7 Up & Me
2019
7.50
Electric Blue - The Movie
1982
5.25
Electric Blue 002
1980
4.50
The Genius of Roald Dahl
2012
0.00
In Search of Dracula
2020
9.00
20 Years of the Black Eyed Peas
2018
9.00
Falling for Figaro
2021
6.70
The Plank
1979
7.40
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
2021
0.00
The Picture of Dorian Gray
2021
3.00
Mirrorball
2000
8.00
Twiggy
2025
7.20
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
2024
0.00
