Joanna Lumley

Acting · 3.9 popularity

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Movies

Born: May 1, 1946
From: Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, British India

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.

Works

97 films

The Wolf of Wall Street

20138.0

Corpse Bride

20057.6

Me Before You

20167.9

EuroTrip

20046.6

Paddington 2

20177.5

Ella Enchanted

20046.5

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

19696.6

James and the Giant Peach

19966.6

Absolutely Anything

20155.9

Coming Home

19985.4

Some Girls Do

19695.8

Alice in Wonderland

19996.2

Curse of the Pink Panther

19834.6

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

20165.3

She's Funny That Way

20155.9

Trail of the Pink Panther

19825.2

The Magic Roundabout

20055.4

Netflix Tudum 2025

20255.5

Prince Valiant

19975.2

Finding Your Feet

20177.0

Innocent Lies

19954.7

The House That Dripped Blood

19716.4

The Cat's Meow

20015.8

Falling for Figaro

20216.5

Maybe Baby

20005.4

The Satanic Rites of Dracula

19735.6

Boogie Woogie

20105.1

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

20056.5

Shirley Valentine

19896.3

Girl Friday

1994

Gangsta Granny

20136.1

Whispers: An Elephant's Tale

20005.9

Parting Shots

19995.5

Cold Comfort Farm

19956.8

Carnage: Swallowing the Past

20176.4

And the Winner Isn't

20176.3

Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout

19967.3

Late Bloomers

20115.2

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy

20148.0

Twiggy

20257.7

Electric Blue - The Movie

19824.5

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death

19997.4

The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out

2021

Attenborough at 90

20168.0

7 Up & Me

20197.5

Frank and Percy

2026

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

20165.7

Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!

19734.2

A Ghost in Monte Carlo

19905.3

Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out

20248.0

Spike Milligan: The Unseen Archive

2022

The Ballad of Tam Lin

19705.1

How to Be Absolutely Fabulous

19957.0

Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers

201710.0

A Rather English Marriage

19985.5

The Missing Crown Jewels

20177.0

Stories of Lost Souls

20045.7

Mad Cows

19994.4

Saturday Knight Takeaway

20187.0

Nancherrow

19996.2

The Making of a Lady

20125.9

Joanna Lumley: Elvis and Me

2015

The Picture of Dorian Gray

20213.0

In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett

19957.0

The Breaking of Bumbo

19704.7

Standing Room Only

2004

Coronation Street: 60 Unforgettable Years

20206.5

Joanna Lumley: The Search for Noah's Ark

2012

A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower

20257.5

The Tale of Sweeney Todd

19985.7

An Audience with Dame Edna Everage

19803.8

The Forgotten Toys

19958.0

The House of Clemens

20258.0

Wogan on Wodehouse

2011

imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter

20237.0

Absolutely Fabulous: A Life

19987.7

Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began

20087.0

The Plank

19797.4

My Week with Maisy

202410.0

The Weather in the Streets

19834.3

20 Years of the Black Eyed Peas

20189.0

Bette Midler: One Night Only

2014

The Snowman Live Stage Show

2010

Games That Lovers Play

19714.0

My Favourite Attenborough Moment

2006

Mirrorball

20008.0

Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life

202110.0

In Search of Dracula

20208.4

Joanna Lumley and the Human Swan

2021

Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights

20088.4

The Genius of Roald Dahl

2012

Joanna Lumley Meets Will.I.Am

2014

Counting Tigers

2019

Joanna Lumley: My Best Bits - In My Own Words

2023

The Man You're Not

2017

Counting Out Time

2007

Electric Blue 002

19806.0