1946-05-01 Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, British India
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.
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Netflix Tudum 2025 | Self | 2025-05-30 |
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Twiggy | Self | 2025-03-07 |
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Amandaland - Christmas special | Felicity | 2025-12-25 |
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A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower | Mrs Stone | 2025-12-14 |
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Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out | Self / Patricia "Patsy" Stone | 2024-10-17 |
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My Week with Maisy | Mrs. Foster | 2024-01-24 |
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imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter | Self | 2023-12-27 |
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Joanna Lumley: My Best Bits - In My Own Words | Self | 2023-04-16 |
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The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out | Self | 2021-03-06 |
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Joanna Lumley and the Human Swan | Presenter | 2021-11-01 |
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Falling for Figaro | Meghan Geoffrey-Bishop | 2021-10-01 |
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The Picture of Dorian Gray | Lady Narborough | 2021-03-16 |
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Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life | Self | 2021-12-25 |
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In Search of Dracula | Herself | 2020-01-03 |
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Coronation Street: 60 Unforgettable Years | Narrator | 2020-12-07 |
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7 Up & Me | Narrator (voice) | 2019-06-03 |
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Counting Tigers | Narrator (voice) | 2019-07-30 |
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20 Years of the Black Eyed Peas | Herself - Host | 2018-12-22 |
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Saturday Knight Takeaway | Self | 2018-03-03 |
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And the Winner Isn't | Self | 2017-12-08 |
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Finding Your Feet | Jackie | 2017-12-26 |
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Carnage: Swallowing the Past | Herself (voice) | 2017-03-19 |
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Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers | Self - Presenter | 2017-12-21 |
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The Missing Crown Jewels | Self | 2017-12-23 |
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The Man You're Not | Joanna Lumley | 2017-04-28 |
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Paddington 2 | Felicity Fanshaw | 2017-11-09 |
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Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie | Patsy Stone | 2016-07-01 |
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Me Before You | Mary Rawlinson | 2016-06-01 |
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British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves | Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2016-09-12 |
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Attenborough at 90 | Self | 2016-05-08 |
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Joanna Lumley: Elvis and Me | Self | 2015-11-04 |
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Absolutely Anything | Fenella | 2015-02-13 |
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She's Funny That Way | Vivian Claremont | 2015-04-22 |
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50 Years of BBC Two Comedy | Narrator (voice) | 2014-05-24 |
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Joanna Lumley Meets Will.I.Am | Presenter | 2014-03-28 |
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Bette Midler: One Night Only | Self - Host | 2014-12-15 |
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The Wolf of Wall Street | Aunt Emma | 2013-12-25 |
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Gangsta Granny | The Queen | 2013-12-26 |
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The Genius of Roald Dahl | Herself | 2012-04-22 |
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Joanna Lumley: The Search for Noah's Ark | Herself - Presenter | 2012-12-23 |
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The Making of a Lady | Lady Maria Byrne | 2012-12-19 |
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Wogan on Wodehouse | Self | 2011-09-02 |
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Late Bloomers | Charlotte | 2011-07-13 |
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The Snowman Live Stage Show | Narrator | 2010-06-01 |
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Boogie Woogie | Mrs. Alfreda Rhinegold | 2010-04-16 |
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Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights | Herself | 2008-09-07 |
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Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began | Herself | 2008-10-19 |
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Counting Out Time | Herself | 2007-01-01 |
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My Favourite Attenborough Moment | Self | 2006-04-15 |
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Corpse Bride | Maudeline Everglot (voice) | 2005-09-12 |
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The Funny Blokes of British Comedy | Miss French (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2005-03-03 |
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The Magic Roundabout | Ermintrude (voice) | 2005-02-02 |
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Standing Room Only | Last in line | 2004-01-12 |
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Ella Enchanted | Dame Olga | 2004-04-09 |
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EuroTrip | Hostel Clerk | 2004-02-20 |
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Stories of Lost Souls | Last in Line | 2004-11-12 |
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The Cat's Meow | Elinor Glyn | 2001-10-08 |
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Whispers: An Elephant's Tale | Half Tusk (voice) | 2000-10-03 |
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Maybe Baby | Shiela | 2000-06-02 |
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Mirrorball | Jackie Riviera | 2000-12-22 |
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Mad Cows | Gillian | 1999-10-29 |
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Parting Shots | Freda | 1999-05-14 |
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Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death | The Female Doctor | 1999-03-26 |
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Alice in Wonderland | Tiger Lily (voice) | 1999-02-28 |
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Nancherrow | Diana Carey-Lewis | 1999-01-01 |
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A Rather English Marriage | Liz Franks | 1998-12-30 |
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The Tale of Sweeney Todd | Mrs. Lovett | 1998-08-30 |
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Absolutely Fabulous: A Life | Patsy Stone (archive footage) | 1998-10-28 |
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Coming Home | Diana Carey-Lewis | 1998-04-11 |
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Prince Valiant | Morgan Le Fey | 1997-07-24 |
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Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout | Patsy Stone | 1996-11-06 |
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James and the Giant Peach | Aunt Spiker | 1996-04-12 |
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Cold Comfort Farm | Mary Smiling | 1995-01-01 |
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In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett | Sketch Performer (Archive Footage) | 1995-05-26 |
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Innocent Lies | Lady Helena Graves | 1995-06-30 |
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How to Be Absolutely Fabulous | Patsy Stone (archive footage) | 1995-01-06 |
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The Forgotten Toys | Annie (voice) | 1995-01-01 |
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Girl Friday | Presenter | 1994-12-28 |
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A Ghost in Monte Carlo | Lady Drayton | 1990-04-02 |
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Shirley Valentine | Marjorie Majors | 1989-08-30 |
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Curse of the Pink Panther | Countess Chandra | 1983-08-12 |
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The Weather in the Streets | Kate | 1983-11-30 |
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Electric Blue - The Movie | (archive footage) | 1982-03-01 |
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Trail of the Pink Panther | Marie Jouvet | 1982-12-03 |
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Sapphire & Steel: Dr. McDee Must Die | Sapphire | 1981-08-26 |
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Sapphire & Steel: The Man Without a Face | Sapphire | 1981-02-05 |
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Sapphire & Steel: The Trap | Sapphire | 1981-08-31 |
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Sapphire & Steel: The Creature's Revenge | Sapphire | 1981-01-22 |
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Electric Blue 002 | (archive footage) | 1980-01-01 |
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An Audience with Dame Edna Everage | 1980-12-26 | |
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The Plank | Hitcher | 1979-12-17 |
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Sapphire & Steel: The Railway Station | Sapphire | 1979-11-22 |
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Sapphire & Steel: Escape Through a Crack in Time | Sapphire | 1979-07-26 |
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The Satanic Rites of Dracula | Jessica Van Helsing | 1973-04-17 |
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Don't Just Lie There, Say Something! | Miss Parkyn | 1973-10-17 |
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Games That Lovers Play | Fanny Hill | 1971-01-25 |
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The House That Dripped Blood | 1971-02-22 | |
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The Ballad of Tam Lin | Georgia | 1970-12-01 |
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The Breaking of Bumbo | Susie | 1970-09-28 |
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Some Girls Do | Robot Saboteur (uncredited) | 1969-01-23 |
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On Her Majesty's Secret Service | The English Girl | 1969-12-18 |
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