Gender
Female
Birthday, Age
1946 May 01 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, British India

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 S

Known For

Actress ( 1 )

Full Filmography

James and the Giant Peach
as Aunt Spiker
Movie • 1996-04-12
Corpse Bride
as Maudeline Everglot (voice)
Movie • 2005-09-12
Prince Valiant
as Morgan Le Fey
Movie • 1997-07-24
Cold Comfort Farm
as Mary Smiling
Movie • 1995-01-01
The Cat's Meow
as Elinor Glyn
Movie • 2001-10-08
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
as Jessica Van Helsing
Movie • 1973-04-17
Maybe Baby
as Shiela
Movie • 2000-06-02
Ella Enchanted
as Dame Olga
Movie • 2004-04-09
Curse of the Pink Panther
as Countess Chandra
Movie • 1983-08-12
Attenborough at 90
as Self
Movie • 2016-05-08
Joanna Lumley and the Human Swan
as Presenter
Movie • 2021-11-01
The Magic Roundabout
as Ermintrude (voice)
Movie • 2004-10-24
Mad Cows
as Gillian
Movie • 1999-10-29
A Rather English Marriage
as Liz Franks
Movie • 1998-12-30
Shirley Valentine
as Marjorie Majors
Movie • 1989-08-30
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
as Half Tusk (voice)
Movie • 2000-10-03
Innocent Lies
as Lady Helena Graves
Movie • 1995-06-30
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
as Lady Drayton
Movie • 1990-04-02
Late Bloomers
as Charlotte
Movie • 2011-07-13
The Wolf of Wall Street
as Aunt Emma
Movie • 2013-12-25
The Ballad of Tam Lin
as Georgia
Movie • 1970-12-01
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
as Narrator (voice)
Movie • 2014-05-24
Counting Tigers
as Narrator (voice)
Movie • 2019-07-30
The Tale of Sweeney Todd
as Mrs. Lovett
Movie • 1998-08-30
Nancherrow
as Diana Carey-Lewis
Movie • 1999-01-01
Coming Home
as Diana Carey-Lewis
Movie • 1998-04-11
The Making of a Lady
as Lady Maria Byrne
Movie • 2012-12-19
The Breaking of Bumbo
as Susie
Movie • 1970-09-28
Gangsta Granny
as The Queen
Movie • 2013-12-26
She's Funny That Way
as Vivian Claremont
Movie • 2015-04-22
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
as Patsy Stone
Movie • 1996-11-06
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
as Patsy Stone (archive footage)
Movie • 1998-10-28
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
as Patsy Stone (archive footage)
Movie • 1995-01-06
Boogie Woogie
as Mrs. Alfreda Rhinegold
Movie • 2009-06-26
My Week with Maisy
as Mrs. Foster
Movie • 2024-01-24
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
as The English Girl
Movie • 1969-12-18
Absolutely Anything
as Fenella
Movie • 2015-02-13
Games That Lovers Play
as Fanny Hill
Movie • 1971-01-25
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
as The Female Doctor
Movie • 1999-03-26
Trail of the Pink Panther
as Marie Jouvet
Movie • 1982-12-03
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
as Patsy Stone
Movie • 2016-07-01
Joanna Lumley: Elvis and Me
as Self
Movie • 2015-11-04
Bette Midler: One Night Only
as Self - Host
Movie • 2014-12-15
Girl Friday
as Presenter
Movie • 1994-12-28
Joanna Lumley: The Search for Noah's Ark
as Herself - Presenter
Movie • 2012-12-23
Joanna Lumley Meets Will.I.Am
as Presenter
Movie • 2014-03-28
Alice in Wonderland
as Tiger Lily (voice)
Movie • 1999-02-28
Me Before You
as Mary Rawlinson
Movie • 2016-06-01
Finding Your Feet
as Jackie
Movie • 2017-12-26
The Snowman Live Stage Show
as Narrator
Movie • 2010-06-01
Stories of Lost Souls
as Last in Line
Movie • 2004-11-12
Standing Room Only
as Last in line
Movie • 2004-01-12
Parting Shots
as Freda
Movie • 1999-05-14
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
as Herself (voice)
Movie • 2017-03-19
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
as Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie • 2016-09-12
Some Girls Do
as Robot Saboteur (uncredited)
Movie • 1969-01-23
Paddington 2
as Felicity Fanshaw
Movie • 2017-11-09
And the Winner Isn't
as Self
Movie • 2017-12-08
Wogan on Wodehouse
as Self
Movie • 2011-09-02
EuroTrip
as Hostel Clerk
Movie • 2004-02-20
The Forgotten Toys
as Annie (voice)
Movie • 1995-01-01
The Weather in the Streets
as Kate
Movie • 1983-11-30
Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers
as Self - Presenter
Movie • 2017-12-21
Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!
as Miss Parkyn
Movie • 1973-10-17
Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began
as Herself
Movie • 2008-10-19
7 Up & Me
as Narrator (voice)
Movie • 2019-06-03
Electric Blue - The Movie
as (archive footage)
Movie • 1982-03-01
Electric Blue 002
as (archive footage)
Movie • 1980-01-01
The Genius of Roald Dahl
as Herself
Movie • 2012-04-22
In Search of Dracula
as Herself
Movie • 2020-01-03
20 Years of the Black Eyed Peas
as Herself - Host
Movie • 2018-12-22
Falling for Figaro
as Meghan Geoffrey-Bishop
Movie • 2021-10-01
The Plank
as Hitcher
Movie • 1979-12-17
Coronation Street: 60 Unforgettable Years
as Narrator
Movie • 2020-12-07
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
as Self
Movie • 2021-03-06
The Picture of Dorian Gray
as Lady Narborough
Movie • 2021-03-16
Mirrorball
as Jackie Riviera
Movie • 2000-12-22
Twiggy
as Self
Movie • 2025-03-07
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
as Self
Movie • 2024-10-17
In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett
as Sketch Performer (Archive Footage)
Movie • 1995-05-26
The Man You're Not
as Joanna Lumley
Movie • 2017-04-28
Netflix Tudum 2025
as Self
Movie • 2025-05-31
Top Gear
as Self
Tv • 2002-10-20
Are You Being Served?
as Miss French
Tv • 1972-09-08
Jam and Jerusalem
as Delilah Stagg
Tv • 2006-11-24
The One Show
as Self
Tv • 2006-08-14
Lewis
as Esme Ford
Tv • 2007-02-18
Finding Alice
as Sarah
Tv • 2021-01-17
Sapphire & Steel
as Sapphire
Tv • 1979-07-10
Roseanne
as Patsy Stone
Tv • 1988-10-18
Absolutely Fabulous
as Patsy
Tv • 1992-11-12
Lovejoy
as Victoria Cavero
Tv • 1986-01-10
The BAFTA Awards
as Host
Tv • 1949-05-29
Up in Town
as Madison Blakelock
Tv • 2002-03-06
The Cuckoo Waltz
as Harriet Paulden
Tv • 1975-10-27
The New Avengers
as Purdey
Tv • 1976-10-22
Plunder
Tv • 1990-03-05
Dr Willoughby
as Donna Sinclair
Tv • 1999-11-14
Sensitive Skin
as Davina Jackson
Tv • 2005-11-10
Philip and Elizabeth
Tv • 2006-06-12
Comic Relief
Tv • 1988-02-05
Live from Studio Five
as Self
Tv • 2009-09-14
Betjeman and Me
Tv • 2006-08-14
Justin Lee Collins: Good Times
as Self
Tv • 2010-03-29
Mistral's Daughter
as Lally Longbridge
Tv • 1984-09-24
The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse
as Narrator (voice)
Tv • 2020-11-18
Joanna Lumley's Britain
as Self - Host
Tv • 2021-02-02
The Kenny Everett Television Show
as Various
Tv • 1982-02-25
Mistresses
as Vivienne Roden
Tv • 2008-01-08
Oxbridge Blues
as Gigi
Tv • 1984-11-14
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
Tv • 1956-04-01
Joanna Lumley's Trans-Siberian Adventure
as Self - Presenter
Tv • 2015-07-12
Joanna Lumley's Spice Trail Adventure
as Self - Presenter
Tv • 2023-07-05
Britain's Busiest Airport: Heathrow
as Narrator (voice)
Tv • 2015-06-04
Joanna Lumley's Japan
as Herself
Tv • 2016-09-09
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
Tv • 2007-02-22
An Audience with...
as Self
Tv • 1978-01-08
The Mrs Merton Show
as Self
Tv • 1995-02-10
Joanna Lumley's India
as Herself
Tv • 2017-07-05
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Dolly Bantry
Tv • 2004-12-12
Summer Camp Island
as Adult Susie (voice)
Tv • 2018-07-07
The Foxbusters
as Sims / Evita / Voracity (voice)
Tv • 1999-09-09
The Forgotten Toys
as Annie (voice)
Tv • 1997-01-01
Joanna Lumley's Great Cities of the World
as Self - Presenter
Tv • 2022-03-17
The Avengers
as Purdey
Tv • 1961-01-07
The Glory Boys
as Helen
Tv • 1984-10-01
Wogan
as Self
Tv • 1982-05-04
Coming Home
as Diana Carey-Lewis
Tv • 1998-04-12
Nancherrow
Tv • 1999-04-04
The Last Leg
as Self
Tv • 2013-01-25
Wogan
as Self - Presenter
Tv • 1982-05-04
Celebrity Gogglebox
as Self
Tv • 2019-06-14
Joanna Lumley's Silk Road Adventure
as Self - Presenter
Tv • 2018-09-12
Late Night Lycett
as Self - Guest
Tv • 2023-03-31
Going Live!
as Self
Tv • 1987-09-26
Rosie Jones' Trip Hazard
as Narrator
Tv • 2021-04-09
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
as Self - Contestant
Tv • 2013-01-21
The Michael McIntyre Chat Show
as Self - Guest
Tv • 2014-03-10
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
as Self - Guest Judge
Tv • 2019-10-03
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
Tv • 2009-07-16
Joanna Lumley's Greek Odyssey
as Herself
Tv • 2011-10-13
Posh Nosh
as Narrator (voice)
Tv • 2003-02-04
Champs-Elysées
as Self
Tv • 1982-01-16
Steptoe and Son
as Bunty
Tv • 1962-01-05
Blankety Blank
Tv • 2021-10-02
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
as Self
Tv • 2022-09-04
Final Chance to Save
as Herself
Tv • 2005-09-03
Eurovision Song Contest
as Self - UK’s Spokesperson
Tv • 1956-05-24
Amandaland
as Felicity
Tv • 2025-02-05
Cluedo
as Mrs. Peacock
Tv • 1990-07-25
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
as Self - Guest Announcer
Tv • 2002-06-08
Fool Me Once
as Judith Burkett
Tv • 2024-01-01
Joanna Lumley's Hidden Caribbean: Havana to Haiti
as Herself - Presenter
Tv • 2020-03-10
Joanna Lumley's Unseen Adventures
as Cast
Tv • 2020-07-28
Parkinson
as Self
Tv • 1998-01-09
Jewels of the Med
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Tv • 2025-01-02
Jewel of the Med: Majorca and Menorca
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Tv • 2025-01-09
The Friday Night Project
as Self - Host
Tv • 2005-02-04
Joanna Lumley's Danube
as Self - Host
Tv • 2025-05-23
Class Act
as Kate Swift
Tv • 1994-04-07