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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower
Character:Mrs Stone
Release Date:14/12/2025
Netflix Tudum 2025
Character:Self
Release Date:30/05/2025
Twiggy
Character:Self
Release Date:07/03/2025
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
Character:Self
Release Date:17/10/2024
My Week with Maisy
Character:Mrs. Foster
Release Date:24/01/2024
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
Character:Self
Release Date:27/12/2023
Joanna Lumley: My Best Bits - In My Own Words
Character:Self
Release Date:16/04/2023
Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life
Character:Self
Release Date:25/12/2021
Joanna Lumley and the Human Swan
Character:Presenter
Release Date:01/11/2021
Falling for Figaro
Character:Meghan Geoffrey-Bishop
Release Date:01/10/2021
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Character:Lady Narborough
Release Date:16/03/2021
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
Character:Self
Release Date:06/03/2021
The Brave Little Squire
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:11/12/2020
Coronation Street: 60 Unforgettable Years
Character:Narrator
Release Date:07/12/2020
In Search of Dracula
Character:Herself
Release Date:03/01/2020
Counting Tigers
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:30/07/2019
7 Up & Me
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:03/06/2019
20 Years of the Black Eyed Peas
Character:Herself - Host
Release Date:22/12/2018
Finding Your Feet
Character:Jackie
Release Date:26/12/2017
Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers
Character:Self - Presenter
Release Date:21/12/2017
And the Winner Isn't
Character:Self
Release Date:08/12/2017
Paddington 2
Character:Felicity Fanshaw
Release Date:09/11/2017
The Man You're Not
Character:Joanna Lumley
Release Date:28/04/2017
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
Character:Herself (voice)
Release Date:19/03/2017
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
Character:Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:12/09/2016
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Character:Patsy Stone
Release Date:01/07/2016
Me Before You
Character:Mary Rawlinson
Release Date:01/06/2016
Attenborough at 90
Character:Self
Release Date:08/05/2016
Joanna Lumley: Elvis and Me
Character:Self
Release Date:04/11/2015
She's Funny That Way
Character:Vivian Claremont
Release Date:22/04/2015
Absolutely Anything
Character:Fenella
Release Date:13/02/2015
Bette Midler: One Night Only
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:15/12/2014
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:24/05/2014
Joanna Lumley Meets Will.I.Am
Character:Presenter
Release Date:28/03/2014
Gangsta Granny
Character:The Queen
Release Date:26/12/2013
The Wolf of Wall Street
Character:Aunt Emma
Release Date:25/12/2013
Joanna Lumley: The Search for Noah's Ark
Character:Herself - Presenter
Release Date:23/12/2012
The Making of a Lady
Character:Lady Maria Byrne
Release Date:19/12/2012
The Genius of Roald Dahl
Character:Herself
Release Date:22/04/2012
Wogan on Wodehouse
Character:Self
Release Date:02/09/2011
Late Bloomers
Character:Charlotte
Release Date:13/07/2011
The Snowman Live Stage Show
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/06/2010
Boogie Woogie
Character:Mrs. Alfreda Rhinegold
Release Date:16/04/2010
Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began
Character:Herself
Release Date:19/10/2008
Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights
Character:Herself
Release Date:07/09/2008
My Favourite Attenborough Moment
Character:Self
Release Date:15/04/2006
Corpse Bride
Character:Maudeline Everglot (voice)
Release Date:12/09/2005
Stories of Lost Souls
Character:Last in Line
Release Date:12/11/2004
The Magic Roundabout
Character:Ermintrude (voice)
Release Date:24/10/2004
Ella Enchanted
Character:Dame Olga
Release Date:09/04/2004
EuroTrip
Character:Hostel Clerk
Release Date:20/02/2004
Standing Room Only
Character:Last in line
Release Date:12/01/2004
The Cat's Meow
Character:Elinor Glyn
Release Date:08/10/2001
Mirrorball
Character:Jackie Riviera
Release Date:22/12/2000
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
Character:Half Tusk (voice)
Release Date:03/10/2000
Maybe Baby
Character:Shiela
Release Date:02/06/2000
Mad Cows
Character:Gillian
Release Date:29/10/1999
Parting Shots
Character:Freda
Release Date:14/05/1999
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
Character:The Female Doctor
Release Date:26/03/1999
Alice in Wonderland
Character:Tiger Lily (voice)
Release Date:28/02/1999
Nancherrow
Character:Diana Carey-Lewis
Release Date:01/01/1999
A Rather English Marriage
Character:Liz Franks
Release Date:30/12/1998
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
Character:Patsy Stone (archive footage)
Release Date:28/10/1998
The Tale of Sweeney Todd
Character:Mrs. Lovett
Release Date:30/08/1998
Coming Home
Character:Diana Carey-Lewis
Release Date:11/04/1998
Prince Valiant
Character:Morgan Le Fey
Release Date:24/07/1997
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
Character:Patsy Stone
Release Date:06/11/1996
James and the Giant Peach
Character:Aunt Spiker
Release Date:12/04/1996
Innocent Lies
Character:Lady Helena Graves
Release Date:30/06/1995
In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett
Character:Sketch Performer (Archive Footage)
Release Date:26/05/1995
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
Character:Patsy Stone (archive footage)
Release Date:06/01/1995
Cold Comfort Farm
Character:Mary Smiling
Release Date:01/01/1995
The Forgotten Toys
Character:Annie (voice)
Release Date:01/01/1995
Girl Friday
Character:Presenter
Release Date:28/12/1994
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
Character:Lady Drayton
Release Date:02/04/1990
Shirley Valentine
Character:Marjorie Majors
Release Date:30/08/1989
The Weather in the Streets
Character:Kate
Release Date:30/11/1983
Curse of the Pink Panther
Character:Countess Chandra
Release Date:12/08/1983
Trail of the Pink Panther
Character:Marie Jouvet
Release Date:03/12/1982
Electric Blue - The Movie
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:01/03/1982
An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
Character:
Release Date:26/12/1980
Electric Blue 002
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1980
The Plank
Character:Hitcher
Release Date:17/12/1979
Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!
Character:Miss Parkyn
Release Date:17/10/1973
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
Character:Jessica Van Helsing
Release Date:17/04/1973
The House That Dripped Blood
Character:
Release Date:22/02/1971
Games That Lovers Play
Character:Fanny Hill
Release Date:25/01/1971
The Ballad of Tam Lin
Character:Georgia
Release Date:01/12/1970
The Breaking of Bumbo
Character:Susie
Release Date:28/09/1970
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Character:The English Girl
Release Date:18/12/1969
Some Girls Do
Character:Robot Saboteur (uncredited)
Release Date:23/01/1969
Television Appearances
Joanna Lumley's Danube
Character:Self - Host
Amandaland
Character:Felicity
Jewel of the Med: Majorca and Menorca
Character:Self - Narrator (voice)
Jewels of the Med
Character:Self - Narrator (voice)
Fool Me Once
Character:Judith Burkett
Joanna Lumley's Spice Trail Adventure
Character:Self - Presenter
Late Night Lycett
Character:Self - Guest
Wednesday
Character:Grandmama Hester Frump
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Character:Self
Joanna Lumley's Great Cities of the World
Character:Self - Presenter
Blankety Blank
Character:
Rosie Jones' Trip Hazard
Character:Narrator
Joanna Lumley’s Home Sweet Home – Travels in My Own Land
Character:
Joanna Lumley's Britain
Character:Self - Host
Finding Alice
Character:Sarah
The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse
Character:Narrator (voice)
Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime
Character:Self
Joanna Lumley's Unseen Adventures
Character:Cast
Joanna Lumley's Hidden Caribbean: Havana to Haiti
Character:Herself - Presenter
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
Character:Self - Guest Judge
Celebrity Gogglebox
Character:Self
Joanna Lumley's Silk Road Adventure
Character:Self - Presenter
Summer Camp Island
Character:Adult Susie (voice)
Joanna Lumley's India
Character:Herself
Joanna Lumley's Postcards
Character:
Joanna Lumley's Japan
Character:Herself
Joanna Lumley's Trans-Siberian Adventure
Character:Self - Presenter
Britain's Busiest Airport: Heathrow
Character:Narrator (voice)
The Michael McIntyre Chat Show
Character:Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Character:Self
The Last Leg
Character:Self
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
Character:Self - Contestant
Joanna Lumley's Greek Odyssey
Character:Herself
Justin Lee Collins: Good Times
Character:Self
The National Television Awards Backstage Live
Character:
Live from Studio Five
Character:Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Character:Self - Guest
Mistresses
Character:Vivienne Roden
A Bucket O' French and Saunders
Character:
The Graham Norton Show
Character:Self
Lewis
Character:Esme Ford
Jam and Jerusalem
Character:Delilah Stagg
The One Show
Character:Self
Betjeman and Me
Character:
Philip and Elizabeth
Character:
A Ghost Story for Christmas
Character:Mrs. Stone
Sensitive Skin
Character:Davina Jackson
Final Chance to Save
Character:Herself
The Friday Night Project
Character:Self - Host
Agatha Christie's Marple
Character:Dolly Bantry
My Dad's the Prime Minister
Character:
Posh Nosh
Character:Narrator (voice)
Top Gear
Character:Self
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Character:Self - Guest Announcer
Up in Town
Character:Madison Blakelock
Dr Willoughby
Character:Donna Sinclair
The Foxbusters
Character:Sims / Evita / Voracity (voice)
Nancherrow
Character:
Coming Home
Character:Diana Carey-Lewis
Parkinson
Character:Self
Joanna Lumley in the Kingdom of the Thunderdragon
Character:Herself
The Forgotten Toys
Character:Annie (voice)
The Mrs Merton Show
Character:Self
Class Act
Character:Kate Swift
Absolutely Fabulous
Character:Patsy
Cluedo
Character:Mrs. Peacock
Plunder
Character:
Roseanne
Character:Patsy Stone
Comic Relief
Character:
Going Live!
Character:Self
Lovejoy
Character:Victoria Cavero
Oxbridge Blues
Character:Gigi
The Glory Boys
Character:Helen
Mistral's Daughter
Character:Lally Longbridge
Wogan
Character:Self
Wogan
Character:Self - Presenter
The Kenny Everett Television Show
Character:Various
Champs-Elysées
Character:Self
Children In Need
Character:Self
Sapphire & Steel
Character:Sapphire
An Audience with...
Character:Self
The New Avengers
Character:Purdey
The Cuckoo Waltz
Character:Harriet Paulden
Are You Being Served?
Character:Miss French
A Ghost Story for Christmas
Character:
Steptoe and Son
Character:Bunty
The Avengers
Character:Purdey
Eurovision Song Contest
Character:Self - UK’s Spokesperson
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Nominee
The BAFTA Awards
Character:Host
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