
Joanna Lumley
Born May 1, 1946 · Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, British India
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.
Movies

Corpse Bride

The Wolf of Wall Street

Me Before You

Ella Enchanted

Paddington 2

EuroTrip

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

James and the Giant Peach

Absolutely Anything

Trail of the Pink Panther

She's Funny That Way

Curse of the Pink Panther

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

Alice in Wonderland

The Satanic Rites of Dracula

The Cat's Meow

The Ballad of Tam Lin

The Magic Roundabout

Prince Valiant

And the Winner Isn't

Boogie Woogie

The House That Dripped Blood

Some Girls Do

Falling for Figaro

Whispers: An Elephant's Tale

Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!

Shirley Valentine

Finding Your Feet

Carnage: Swallowing the Past

Stories of Lost Souls

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

Coming Home

Innocent Lies

Netflix Tudum 2025

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy

Twiggy

Gangsta Granny

A Ghost in Monte Carlo

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death

Maybe Baby

The Tale of Sweeney Todd

Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout

Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out

The Breaking of Bumbo

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Electric Blue - The Movie

imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter

The Making of a Lady

Cold Comfort Farm

Parting Shots

A Rather English Marriage

The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out

In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett

Games That Lovers Play

Late Bloomers

How to Be Absolutely Fabulous

The Genius of Roald Dahl

The Weather in the Streets

An Audience with Dame Edna Everage

Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers

A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower

The House of Clemens

Mad Cows

Attenborough at 90

Coronation Street: 60 Unforgettable Years

Absolutely Fabulous: A Life

Spike Milligan: The Unseen Archive

Frank and Percy

Standing Room Only

7 Up & Me

20 Years of the Black Eyed Peas

The Man You're Not

Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life

My Week with Maisy

The Forgotten Toys

Nancherrow

The Plank

Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began

Mirrorball

Joanna Lumley: Elvis and Me

Joanna Lumley Meets Will.I.Am

The Snowman Live Stage Show
TV Shows

Tony Awards

Champs-Elysées

The Avengers

Top Gear

Wogan

Eurovision Song Contest

Wednesday

Summer Camp Island

The Last Leg

Lewis

Agatha Christie's Marple

An Audience with...

Parkinson

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

RuPaul's Drag Race UK

Lovejoy

Absolutely Fabulous

Celebrity Gogglebox

Parkinson

The New Avengers

Going Live!

The BAFTA Awards

Fool Me Once

Blankety Blank

The Kenny Everett Television Show

Are You Being Served?

The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse

Car S.O.S.

Steptoe and Son

A Ghost Story for Christmas

Roseanne

The Foxbusters

Jam and Jerusalem

Motherland

Cluedo

Mistresses

Sapphire & Steel

Children In Need

Amandaland

The Mrs Merton Show

Britain's Busiest Airport: Heathrow

Mistral's Daughter

Class Act

The Great Comic Relief Bake Off

Oxbridge Blues

Sensitive Skin

Justin Lee Collins: Good Times

Finding Alice

My Dad's the Prime Minister

The Michael McIntyre Chat Show

The Forgotten Toys

A Bucket O' French and Saunders

Coming Home

Rosie Jones' Trip Hazard

The Glory Boys

David Frost Vs

Final Chance to Save

Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime

Late Night Lycett

Nancherrow

Live from Studio Five

Joanna Lumley's Unseen Adventures

Joanna Lumley's Great Cities of the World

Joanna Lumley's Trans-Siberian Adventure

Dr Willoughby

Joanna Lumley's Silk Road Adventure

Up in Town

Joanna Lumley's Spice Trail Adventure

Jewels of the Med

Posh Nosh

Joanna Lumley's Japan

Joanna Lumley's Greek Odyssey

Joanna Lumley's India

Joanna Lumley’s Home Sweet Home – Travels in My Own Land

Joanna Lumley's Postcards

Joanna Lumley's Hidden Caribbean: Havana to Haiti

Joanna Lumley's Danube

Joanna Lumley in the Kingdom of the Thunderdragon

Joanna Lumley's Britain

The Friday Night Project














