Acting
Joanna Lumley
EN cinema · 97 credits
Born
1 May 1946 (age 80)
Birthplace
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, British India
Also known as Dame Joanna Lamond Lumley · Dame 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.
Known for
Filmography
Twiggy
as Self
My Week with Maisy
as Mrs. Foster
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
as Self / Patricia "Patsy" Stone
Spike Milligan: The Unseen Archive
as Self - Friend
Falling for Figaro
as Meghan Geoffrey-Bishop
The Picture of Dorian Gray
as Lady Narborough
In Search of Dracula
as Herself
Counting Tigers
as Narrator (voice)
7 Up & Me
as Narrator (voice)
20 Years of the Black Eyed Peas
as Herself - Host
Finding Your Feet
as Jackie
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
as Herself (voice)
Paddington 2
as Felicity Fanshaw
Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers
as Self - Presenter
The Man You're Not
as Joanna Lumley
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
as Patsy Stone
Me Before You
as Mary Rawlinson
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
as Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
She's Funny That Way
as Vivian Claremont
Absolutely Anything
as Fenella
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
as Narrator (voice)
Joanna Lumley Meets Will.I.Am
as Presenter
The Wolf of Wall Street
as Aunt Emma
Gangsta Granny
as The Queen
The Making of a Lady
as Lady Maria Byrne
Joanna Lumley: The Search for Noah's Ark
as Herself - Presenter
Late Bloomers
as Charlotte
Boogie Woogie
as Mrs. Alfreda Rhinegold
Counting Out Time
as Herself
Corpse Bride
as Maudeline Everglot (voice)
The Magic Roundabout
as Ermintrude (voice)
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
as Miss French (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ella Enchanted
as Dame Olga
Stories of Lost Souls
as Last in Line
Standing Room Only
as Last in line
EuroTrip
as Hostel Clerk
The Cat's Meow
as Elinor Glyn
Maybe Baby
as Shiela
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
as Half Tusk (voice)
Mirrorball
as Jackie Riviera
Mad Cows
as Gillian
Nancherrow
as Diana Carey-Lewis
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
as The Female Doctor
Alice in Wonderland
as Tiger Lily (voice)
Parting Shots
as Freda
A Rather English Marriage
as Liz Franks
The Tale of Sweeney Todd
as Mrs. Lovett
Coming Home
as Diana Carey-Lewis
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
as Patsy Stone (archive footage)
Prince Valiant
as Morgan Le Fey
James and the Giant Peach
as Aunt Spiker
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
as Patsy Stone
Cold Comfort Farm
as Mary Smiling
Innocent Lies
as Lady Helena Graves
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
as Patsy Stone (archive footage)
The Forgotten Toys
as Annie (voice)
In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett
as Sketch Performer (Archive Footage)
Girl Friday
as Presenter
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
as Lady Drayton
Shirley Valentine
as Marjorie Majors
Curse of the Pink Panther
as Countess Chandra
Trail of the Pink Panther
as Marie Jouvet
Electric Blue - The Movie
as (archive footage)
Electric Blue 002
as (archive footage)
The Plank
as Hitcher
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
as Jessica Van Helsing
Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!
as Miss Parkyn
Games That Lovers Play
as Fanny Hill
The Ballad of Tam Lin
as Georgia
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
as The English Girl
Some Girls Do
as Robot Saboteur (uncredited)