Joanna Lumley
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
Series
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
1956
Series
Wednesday
Grandmama Hester Frump
2022
Series
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self
2022
Series
The Avengers
Purdey
1961
Series
Parkinson
Self
1998
Series
Top Gear
Self
2002
Series
The One Show
Self
2006
Series
Wogan
Self
1982
Series
Wogan
Self - Presenter
1982
Film
The Wolf of Wall Street
Aunt Emma
2013
Series
Agatha Christie's Marple
Dolly Bantry
2004
Series
Summer Camp Island
Adult Susie (voice)
2018
Series
Eurovision Song Contest
Self - Spokesperson
1956
Series
Lewis
Esme Ford
2007
Series
Champs-Elysées
Self
1982
Series
The Last Leg
Self
2013
Film
Corpse Bride
Maudeline Everglot (voice)
2005
Series
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
Self - Guest Judge
2019
Series
An Audience with...
Self
1978
Film
Me Before You
Mary Rawlinson
2016
Series
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Self - Guest Announcer
2002
Series
Going Live!
Self
1987
Series
Absolutely Fabulous
Patsy Stone
1992
Series
Car S.O.S.
Herself
2013
Series
Fool Me Once
Judith Burkett
2024
Series
The BAFTA Awards
Host
1949
Series
Celebrity Gogglebox
Self
2019
Series
Celebrity Gogglebox
2019
Film
EuroTrip
Hostel Clerk
2004
Series
The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse
Narrator (voice)
2020
Film
Paddington 2
Felicity Fanshaw
2017
Series
Lovejoy
Victoria Cavero
1986
Series
Are You Being Served?
Miss French
1972
Series
The New Avengers
Purdey
1976
Series
The Michael McIntyre Chat Show
Self - Guest
2014
Film
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
The English Girl
1969
Series
Rosie Jones' Trip Hazard
Narrator
2021
Series
The Kenny Everett Television Show
Various
1982
Film
Ella Enchanted
Dame Olga
2004
Series
A Ghost Story for Christmas
1971
Film
James and the Giant Peach
Aunt Spiker
1996
Challenge Anneka
Self
1989
Series
Steptoe and Son
Bunty
1962
Film
Absolutely Anything
Fenella
2015
Series
Children In Need
Self
1980
Series
A Bucket O' French and Saunders
2007
Series
The Foxbusters
Sims / Evita / Voracity (voice)
1999
Series
Blankety Blank
2021
Series
Motherland
Felicity
2017
Series
Jam and Jerusalem
Delilah Stagg
2006
Series
Roseanne
Patsy Stone
1988
Series
The Forgotten Toys
Annie (voice)
1997
Film
She's Funny That Way
Vivian Claremont
2015
Series
Mistral's Daughter
Lally Longbridge
1984
Series
Amandaland
Felicity
2025
Film
Alice in Wonderland
Tiger Lily (voice)
1999
Series
Sapphire & Steel
Sapphire
1979
Series
Cluedo
Mrs. Peacock
1990
Series
Mistresses
Vivienne Roden
2008
Film
Netflix Tudum 2025
Self
2025
Series
Britain's Busiest Airport: Heathrow
Narrator (voice)
2015
Film
Trail of the Pink Panther
Marie Jouvet
1982
Series
The Mrs Merton Show
Self
1995
Series
Sensitive Skin
Davina Jackson
2005
Film
The Magic Roundabout
Ermintrude (voice)
2005
Plunder
1990
Series
David Frost Vs
self
2025
Film
Curse of the Pink Panther
Countess Chandra
1983
Series
Oxbridge Blues
Gigi
1984
Series
Joanna Lumley's Silk Road Adventure
Self - Presenter
2018
Comic Relief
1988
Series
Late Night Lycett
Self - Guest
2023
Series
Justin Lee Collins: Good Times
Self
2010
Film
Finding Your Feet
Jackie
2017
Series
Class Act
Kate Swift
1994
Film
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Patsy Stone
2016
Film
Falling for Figaro
Meghan Geoffrey-Bishop
2021
Film
The Cat's Meow
Elinor Glyn
2002
Series
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
Self - Contestant
2013
Series
Joanna Lumley's Danube
Self - Host
2025
Series
Jewels of the Med
Self - Narrator (voice)
2025
Film
Innocent Lies
Lady Helena Graves
1995
Series
Up in Town
Madison Blakelock
2002
Film
Prince Valiant
Morgan Le Fey
1997
Film
Some Girls Do
Robot Saboteur (uncredited)
1969
Betjeman and Me
2006
Film
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
The Female Doctor
1999
Film
Boogie Woogie
Mrs. Alfreda Rhinegold
2010
Film
And the Winner Isn't
Self
2017
Film
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
Jessica Van Helsing
1973
Series
Coming Home
Diana Carey-Lewis
1998
Film
Shirley Valentine
Marjorie Majors
1989
Series
Nancherrow
1999
Film
Coming Home
Diana Carey-Lewis
1998
Series
Joanna Lumley's Greek Odyssey
Herself
2011
Series
Joanna Lumley's India
Herself
2017
Film
The House That Dripped Blood
1971
Series
Finding Alice
Sarah
2021
Film
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
Half Tusk (voice)
2000
Series
My Dad's the Prime Minister
2003
Film
Gangsta Granny
The Queen
2013
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Miss French (archive footage) (uncredited)
2005
Series
Joanna Lumley's Trans-Siberian Adventure
Self - Presenter
2015
Series
The Glory Boys
Helen
1984
Film
Maybe Baby
Shiela
2000
Film
Twiggy
Self
2025
Film
Stories of Lost Souls
Last in Line
2004
Film
Parting Shots
Freda
1999
Film
Cold Comfort Farm
Mary Smiling
1995
Film
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016
Series
Posh Nosh
Narrator (voice)
2003
Series
Final Chance to Save
Herself
2005
The National Television Awards Backstage Live
2010
Series
Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime
Self
2020
Film
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
Self
2023
Series
Joanna Lumley's Great Cities of the World
Self - Presenter
2022
Philip and Elizabeth
2006
Film
Attenborough at 90
Self
2016
Film
Mad Cows
Gillian
1999
Film
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
Lady Drayton
1990
Series
Joanna Lumley's Spice Trail Adventure
Self - Presenter
2023
Frank and Percy
Film
Late Bloomers
Charlotte
2011
Film
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
Herself (voice)
2017
Series
Joanna Lumley's Unseen Adventures
Cast
2020
Film
The Forgotten Toys
Annie (voice)
1995
Film
The Ballad of Tam Lin
Georgia
1970
Series
Joanna Lumley's Japan
Herself
2016
Series
Joanna Lumley’s Home Sweet Home – Travels in My Own Land
2021
Series
Dr Willoughby
Donna Sinclair
1999
Film
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
Patsy Stone
1996
Film
Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers
Self - Presenter
2017
Series
Live from Studio Five
Self
2009
Film
Electric Blue - The Movie
(archive footage)
1982
Film
In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett
Sketch Performer (Archive Footage)
1995
Film
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
Self / Patricia "Patsy" Stone
2024
Film
The Breaking of Bumbo
Susie
1970
The Missing Crown Jewels
Self
2017
Film
The Tale of Sweeney Todd
Mrs. Lovett
1998
Series
Jewel of the Med: Majorca and Menorca
Self - Narrator (voice)
2025
Film
Standing Room Only
Last in line
2004
Film
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Lady Narborough
2021
Film
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
Narrator (voice)
2014
Film
Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!
Miss Parkyn
1973
Film
7 Up & Me
Narrator (voice)
2019
Film
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
Self
2021
Film
Spike Milligan: The Unseen Archive
Self - Friend
2022
Series
The Friday Night Project
Self - Host
2005
Film
Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life
Self
2021
Series
Joanna Lumley's Hidden Caribbean: Havana to Haiti
Herself - Presenter
2020
My Favourite Attenborough Moment
Self
2006
Film
Nancherrow
Diana Carey-Lewis
1999
Film
The Plank
Hitcher
1979
Film
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
Patsy Stone (archive footage)
1995
Film
The House of Clemens
Self
2025
Series
Joanna Lumley in the Kingdom of the Thunderdragon
Herself
1997
Film
In Search of Dracula
Herself
2020
Film
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower
Mrs Stone
2025
Saturday Knight Takeaway
Self
2018
Film
My Week with Maisy
Mrs. Foster
2024
Film
Coronation Street: 60 Unforgettable Years
Narrator
2020
Film
A Rather English Marriage
Liz Franks
1998
Series
Joanna Lumley's Postcards
2017
Film
Counting Tigers
Narrator (voice)
2019
Film
The Making of a Lady
Lady Maria Byrne
2012
Film
An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
1980
Film
The Weather in the Streets
Kate
1983
Film
Mirrorball
Jackie Riviera
2000
Series
Joanna Lumley's Britain
Self - Host
2021
Film
Counting Out Time
Herself
2007
Film
Joanna Lumley: Elvis and Me
Self
2015
Film
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
Patsy Stone (archive footage)
1998
Film
Girl Friday
Presenter
1994
Film
20 Years of the Black Eyed Peas
Herself - Host
2018
Film
Games That Lovers Play
Fanny Hill
1971
Film
Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began
Herself
2008
Film
Joanna Lumley and the Human Swan
Presenter
2021
Film
The Genius of Roald Dahl
Herself
2012
Film
Wogan on Wodehouse
Self
2011
Film
Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights
Herself
2008
Film
Joanna Lumley: My Best Bits - In My Own Words
Self
2023
Film
The Man You're Not
Joanna Lumley
2017
Film
The Snowman Live Stage Show
Narrator
2010
Bette Midler: One Night Only
Self - Host
2014
Film
Joanna Lumley: The Search for Noah's Ark
Herself - Presenter
2012
Film
Joanna Lumley Meets Will.I.Am
Presenter
2014
Film
Electric Blue 002
(archive footage)
1980