
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.
TV Shows(30)

Amandaland
Felicity

Jewels of the Med
Self - Narrator (voice)

Jewel of the Med: Majorca and Menorca
Self - Narrator (voice)

Joanna Lumley's Danube
Self - Host

David Frost Vs
self

Fool Me Once
Judith Burkett

Joanna Lumley's Spice Trail Adventure
Self - Presenter

Late Night Lycett
Self - Guest

Joanna Lumley's Great Cities of the World
Self - Presenter

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self

Wednesday
Grandmama Hester Frump

Finding Alice
Sarah

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

Joanna Lumley's Britain
Self - Host

Rosie Jones' Trip Hazard
Narrator

Blankety Blank

The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse
Narrator (voice)

Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime
Self

Joanna Lumley's Hidden Caribbean: Havana to Haiti
Herself - Presenter

Joanna Lumley's Unseen Adventures
Cast