Joanna Lumley
Age: N/A | From: Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, British India
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Aliases: Joanna Lamond Lumley, OBE, FRGS , 조안나 럼리 , Dame Joanna Lamond Lumley , Dame Joanna Lumley , 瓊安娜‧盧利 , جوانا لاملی
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, British India
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Movie Involvements: 48
TV Involvements: 43
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Agatha Christie's Marple
(2004) Dolly Bantry
Lewis
(2007) Esme Ford
The Avengers
(1961) Purdey
The One Show
(2006) Self
The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse
(2020) Narrator (voice)
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
(2019) Self - Judge
Tony Awards
(1956) Self - Nominee
Me Before You
(2016) Mary RawlinsonActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Self | |
| Felicity | ||
| Narrator | ||
| 2024 | Self | |
| Mrs. Foster | ||
| Judith Burkett | ||
| 2023 | Self | |
| Self - Presenter | ||
| Self | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| 2022 | Self | |
| Self - Presenter | ||
| 2021 | Self | |
| Presenter | ||
| N/A | ||
| Meghan Geoffrey-Bishop | ||
| Narrator | ||
| Lady Narborough | ||
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self - Host | ||
| Sarah | ||
| 2020 | Narrator | |
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Self | ||
| Cast | ||
| Herself - Presenter | ||
| Herself | ||
| 2019 | Self - Guest Judge | |
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Self | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| 2018 | Herself - Host | |
| Self - Presenter | ||
| Adult Susie (voice) | ||
| 2017 | Jackie | |
| Self - Presenter | ||
| Self | ||
| Felicity Fanshaw | ||
| Herself | ||
| N/A | ||
| Herself (voice) | ||
| 2016 | Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Herself | ||
| Patsy Stone | ||
| Mary Rawlinson | ||
| Self | ||
| 2015 | Self | |
| Self - Presenter | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Vivian Claremont | ||
| Fenella | ||
| 2014 | Self - Host | |
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Presenter | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| Self | ||
| 2013 | The Queen | |
| Aunt Emma | ||
| Self | ||
| Self - Contestant | ||
| 2012 | Herself - Presenter | |
| Lady Maria Byrne | ||
| Herself | ||
| 2011 | Herself | |
| Self | ||
| Charlotte | ||
| 2010 | Narrator | |
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| 2009 | Self | |
| Self - Guest | ||
| Mrs. Alfreda Rhinegold | ||
| 2008 | Herself | |
| Herself | ||
| Vivienne Roden | ||
| 2007 | N/A | |
| Self | ||
| Esme Ford | ||
| 2006 | Delilah Stagg | |
| Delilah | ||
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| 2005 | Davina Jackson | |
| Maudeline Everglot (voice) | ||
| Herself | ||
| Self - Host | ||
| 2004 | Dolly Bantry | |
| Last in Line | ||
| Ermintrude (voice) | ||
| Dame Olga | ||
| Hostel Clerk | ||
| Last in line | ||
| 2003 | N/A | |
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| 2002 | Self | |
| Self - Guest Announcer | ||
| Madison Blakelock | ||
| 2001 | Elinor Glyn | |
| 2000 | Jackie Riviera | |
| Half Tusk (voice) | ||
| Shiela | ||
| 1999 | Donna Sinclair | |
| Gillian | ||
| Sims / Evita / Voracity (voice) | ||
| Freda | ||
| N/A | ||
| The Female Doctor | ||
| Tiger Lily (voice) | ||
| Diana Carey-Lewis | ||
| 1998 | Liz Franks | |
| Patsy Stone (archive footage) | ||
| Mrs. Lovett | ||
| Diana Carey-Lewis | ||
| Diana Carey-Lewis | ||
| Self | ||
| 1997 | Herself | |
| Morgan Le Fey | ||
| Rosalind Tartikoff | ||
| Annie (voice) | ||
| 1996 | Patsy Stone | |
| Aunt Spiker | ||
| 1995 | Lady Helena Graves | |
| Sketch Performer (Archive Footage) | ||
| Self | ||
| Patsy Stone (archive footage) | ||
| Mary Smiling | ||
| Annie (voice) | ||
| 1994 | Presenter | |
| Kate Swift | ||
| 1992 | Patsy | |
| 1990 | Mrs. Peacock | |
| Lady Drayton | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1989 | Marjorie Majors | |
| 1988 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| 1987 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| 1986 | Victoria Cavero | |
| 1984 | Gigi | |
| Helen | ||
| Lally Longbridge | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1983 | Kate | |
| Countess Chandra | ||
| 1982 | Marie Jouvet | |
| Self | ||
| Self - Presenter | ||
| (archive footage) | ||
| Various | ||
| Self | ||
| 1980 | N/A | |
| (archive footage) | ||
| 1979 | Hitcher | |
| Sapphire | ||
| 1978 | Self | |
| 1976 | Purdey | |
| 1975 | Harriet Paulden | |
| 1973 | Miss Parkyn | |
| Jessica Van Helsing | ||
| 1972 | Miss French | |
| 1971 | N/A | |
| Fanny Hill | ||
| 1970 | Georgia | |
| Susie | ||
| 1969 | The English Girl | |
| Robot Saboteur (uncredited) | ||
| 1962 | Bunty | |
| 1961 | Purdey | |
| 1956 | Self - UK’s Spokesperson | |
| Self - Nominee | ||
| 1949 | Host | |
| Mrs Robertson | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Executive Producer | |
| 2020 | Executive Producer | |
| 2018 | Executive Producer | |
| 2001 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
