Joanna Lumley
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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
Credits
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
as Aunt Emma
Corpse Bride (2005)
as Maudeline Everglot (voice)
Me Before You (2016)
as Mary Rawlinson
Paddington 2 (2017)
as Felicity Fanshaw
EuroTrip (2004)
as Hostel Clerk
James and the Giant Peach (1996)
as Aunt Spiker
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
as The English Girl
Ella Enchanted (2004)
as Dame Olga
Absolutely Anything (2015)
as Fenella
Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)
as Marie Jouvet
Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)
as Countess Chandra
Alice in Wonderland (1999)
as Tiger Lily (voice)
She's Funny That Way (2015)
as Vivian Claremont
Netflix Tudum 2025 (2025)
as Self
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016)
as Patsy Stone
Finding Your Feet (2017)
as Jackie
The Magic Roundabout (2005)
as Ermintrude (voice)
Some Girls Do (1969)
as Robot Saboteur (uncredited)
The Cat's Meow (2002)
as Elinor Glyn
Prince Valiant (1997)
as Morgan Le Fey
Boogie Woogie (2010)
as Mrs. Alfreda Rhinegold
Innocent Lies (1995)
as Lady Helena Graves
The House That Dripped Blood (1971)
Actor
Coming Home (1998)
as Diana Carey-Lewis
Falling for Figaro (2021)
as Meghan Geoffrey-Bishop
The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)
as Jessica Van Helsing
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves (2016)
as Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
Shirley Valentine (1989)
as Marjorie Majors
And the Winner Isn't (2017)
as Self
Gangsta Granny (2013)
as The Queen
Cold Comfort Farm (1995)
as Mary Smiling
Stories of Lost Souls (2004)
as Last in Line
Parting Shots (1999)
as Freda
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale (2000)
as Half Tusk (voice)
Maybe Baby (2000)
as Shiela
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death (1999)
as The Female Doctor
Twiggy (2025)
as Self
The Ballad of Tam Lin (1970)
as Georgia
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter (2023)
as Self
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy (2005)
as Miss French (archive footage) (uncredited)
Late Bloomers (2011)
as Charlotte
Electric Blue - The Movie (1982)
as (archive footage)
Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers (2017)
as Self - Presenter
Frank and Percy (—)
Actor
A Ghost in Monte Carlo (1990)
as Lady Drayton
Carnage: Swallowing the Past (2017)
as Herself (voice)
The Tale of Sweeney Todd (1998)
as Mrs. Lovett
The Forgotten Toys (1995)
as Annie (voice)
Saturday Knight Takeaway (2018)
as Self
Standing Room Only (2004)
as Last in line
The Picture of Dorian Gray (2021)
as Lady Narborough
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out (2024)
as Self / Patricia "Patsy" Stone
The Missing Crown Jewels (2017)
as Self
A Rather English Marriage (1998)
as Liz Franks
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy (2014)
as Narrator (voice)
The Breaking of Bumbo (1970)
as Susie
7 Up & Me (2019)
as Narrator (voice)
Mad Cows (1999)
as Gillian
Attenborough at 90 (2016)
as Self
The House of Clemens (2025)
as Self
The Plank (1979)
as Hitcher
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out (2021)
as Self
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout (1996)
as Patsy Stone
Don't Just Lie There, Say Something! (1973)
as Miss Parkyn
In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett (1995)
as Sketch Performer (Archive Footage)
Spike Milligan: The Unseen Archive (2022)
as Self - Friend
Counting Tigers (2019)
as Narrator (voice)
The Making of a Lady (2012)
as Lady Maria Byrne
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower (2025)
as Mrs Stone
Coronation Street: 60 Unforgettable Years (2020)
as Narrator
Joanna Lumley: The Search for Noah's Ark (2012)
as Herself - Presenter
Nancherrow (1999)
as Diana Carey-Lewis
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous (1995)
as Patsy Stone (archive footage)
In Search of Dracula (2020)
as Herself
An Audience with Dame Edna Everage (1980)
Actor
Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life (2021)
as Self
The Snowman Live Stage Show (2010)
as Narrator
The Weather in the Streets (1983)
as Kate
The Genius of Roald Dahl (2012)
as Herself
My Favourite Attenborough Moment (2006)
as Self
Mirrorball (2000)
as Jackie Riviera
Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began (2008)
as Herself
My Week with Maisy (2024)
as Mrs. Foster
Games That Lovers Play (1971)
as Fanny Hill
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life (1998)
as Patsy Stone (archive footage)
Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights (2008)
as Herself
Joanna Lumley Meets Will.I.Am (2014)
as Presenter
Joanna Lumley: Elvis and Me (2015)
as Self
20 Years of the Black Eyed Peas (2018)
as Herself - Host
Counting Out Time (2007)
as Herself
Wogan on Wodehouse (2011)
as Self
Joanna Lumley and the Human Swan (2021)
as Presenter
The Man You're Not (2017)
as Joanna Lumley
Joanna Lumley: My Best Bits - In My Own Words (2023)
as Self
Girl Friday (1994)
as Presenter
Bette Midler: One Night Only (2014)
as Self - Host
Electric Blue 002 (1980)
as (archive footage)