Joanna Lumley
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1946-05-01
Place of Birth
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, British India
Joanna Lumley
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.
Also Known For
James and the Giant Peach
Apr 12, 1996
Corpse Bride
Sep 12, 2005
The House That Dripped Blood
Feb 22, 1971
Prince Valiant
Jul 24, 1997
Cold Comfort Farm
Jan 01, 1995
The Cat's Meow
Oct 08, 2001
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
Apr 17, 1973
Maybe Baby
Jun 02, 2000
Ella Enchanted
Apr 09, 2004
Curse of the Pink Panther
Aug 12, 1983
Attenborough at 90
May 08, 2016
Joanna Lumley and the Human Swan
Nov 01, 2021
The Magic Roundabout
Oct 24, 2004
Mad Cows
Oct 29, 1999
Joanna Lumley: My Best Bits - In My Own Words
Apr 16, 2023
Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life
Dec 25, 2021
A Rather English Marriage
Dec 30, 1998
Shirley Valentine
Aug 30, 1989
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
Oct 03, 2000
Innocent Lies
Jun 30, 1995
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
Apr 02, 1990
Late Bloomers
Jul 13, 2011
The Wolf of Wall Street
Dec 25, 2013
The Ballad of Tam Lin
Dec 01, 1970
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
May 24, 2014
Counting Tigers
Jul 30, 2019
Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights
Sep 07, 2008
The Tale of Sweeney Todd
Aug 30, 1998
Nancherrow
Jan 01, 1999
Coming Home
Apr 11, 1998
The Making of a Lady
Dec 19, 2012
The Breaking of Bumbo
Sep 28, 1970
Gangsta Granny
Dec 26, 2013
She's Funny That Way
Apr 22, 2015
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
Nov 06, 1996
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
Oct 28, 1998
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
Jan 06, 1995
Boogie Woogie
Jun 26, 2009
An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
Dec 26, 1980
My Week with Maisy
Jan 24, 2024
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Dec 18, 1969
Absolutely Anything
Feb 13, 2015
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
Dec 27, 2023
Games That Lovers Play
Jan 25, 1971
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
Mar 26, 1999
Trail of the Pink Panther
Dec 03, 1982
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Jul 01, 2016
Electric Blue Special: Nude Celebrity Special
Jan 01, 1984
Joanna Lumley: Elvis and Me
Nov 04, 2015
Bette Midler: One Night Only
Dec 15, 2014
Girl Friday
Dec 28, 1994
Joanna Lumley: The Search for Noah's Ark
Dec 23, 2012
Joanna Lumley Meets Will.I.Am
Mar 28, 2014
Alice in Wonderland
Feb 28, 1999
Me Before You
Jun 01, 2016
Finding Your Feet
Dec 26, 2017
The Snowman Live Stage Show
Jun 01, 2010
Stories of Lost Souls
Nov 12, 2004
Standing Room Only
Jan 12, 2004
Parting Shots
May 14, 1999
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
Mar 19, 2017
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
Sep 12, 2016
Some Girls Do
Jan 23, 1969
Paddington 2
Nov 09, 2017
And the Winner Isn't
Dec 08, 2017
Wogan on Wodehouse
Sep 02, 2011
EuroTrip
Feb 20, 2004
The Forgotten Toys
Jan 01, 1995
The Weather in the Streets
Nov 30, 1983
Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers
Dec 21, 2017
Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!
Oct 17, 1973
Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began
Oct 19, 2008
7 Up & Me
Jun 03, 2019
Electric Blue - The Movie
Mar 01, 1982
Electric Blue 002
Jan 01, 1980
The Genius of Roald Dahl
Apr 22, 2012
In Search of Dracula
Jan 03, 2020
20 Years of the Black Eyed Peas
Dec 22, 2018
Falling for Figaro
Oct 01, 2021
The Plank
Dec 17, 1979
Coronation Street: 60 Unforgettable Years
Dec 07, 2020
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
Mar 06, 2021
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Mar 16, 2021
Mirrorball
Dec 22, 2000
Twiggy
Mar 07, 2025
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
Oct 17, 2024
In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett
May 26, 1995
The Man You're Not
Apr 28, 2017
Netflix Tudum 2025
May 31, 2025
Top Gear
Oct 20, 2002
Are You Being Served?
Sep 08, 1972
Jam and Jerusalem
Nov 24, 2006
The One Show
Aug 14, 2006
Lewis
Feb 18, 2007
Finding Alice
Jan 17, 2021
Sapphire & Steel
Jul 10, 1979
Roseanne
Oct 18, 1988
Joanna Lumley’s Home Sweet Home – Travels in My Own Land
Feb 02, 2021
Absolutely Fabulous
Nov 12, 1992
Lovejoy
Jan 10, 1986
The BAFTA Awards
May 29, 1949
Up in Town
Mar 06, 2002
The Cuckoo Waltz
Oct 27, 1975
Starting Out
The New Avengers
Oct 22, 1976
Plunder
Mar 05, 1990
Dr Willoughby
Nov 14, 1999
Sensitive Skin
Nov 10, 2005
Philip and Elizabeth
Jun 12, 2006
Class Act
Apr 07, 1994
Comic Relief
Feb 05, 1988
Live from Studio Five
Sep 14, 2009
Betjeman and Me
Aug 14, 2006
Justin Lee Collins: Good Times
Mar 29, 2010
Mistral's Daughter
Sep 24, 1984
The National Television Awards Backstage Live
Jan 20, 2010
The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse
Nov 18, 2020
Joanna Lumley's Britain
Feb 02, 2021
The Kenny Everett Television Show
Feb 25, 1982
Mistresses
Jan 08, 2008
Oxbridge Blues
Nov 14, 1984
Tony Awards
Apr 01, 1956
Joanna Lumley's Trans-Siberian Adventure
Jul 12, 2015
A Bucket O' French and Saunders
Sep 07, 2007
My Dad's the Prime Minister
Mar 23, 2003
Joanna Lumley's Spice Trail Adventure
Jul 05, 2023
Britain's Busiest Airport: Heathrow
Jun 04, 2015
Joanna Lumley's Japan
Sep 09, 2016
The Graham Norton Show
Feb 22, 2007
Joanna Lumley in the Kingdom of the Thunderdragon
Nov 25, 1997
An Audience with...
Jan 08, 1978
The Mrs Merton Show
Feb 10, 1995
Joanna Lumley's India
Jul 05, 2017
Agatha Christie's Marple
Dec 12, 2004
Summer Camp Island
Jul 07, 2018
The Foxbusters
Sep 09, 1999
The Forgotten Toys
Jan 01, 1997
Joanna Lumley's Great Cities of the World
Mar 17, 2022
The Avengers
Jan 07, 1961
The Glory Boys
Oct 01, 1984
Wogan
May 04, 1982
Coming Home
Apr 12, 1998
Nancherrow
Apr 04, 1999
The Last Leg
Jan 25, 2013
Wogan
May 04, 1982
Jam and Jerusalem
Nov 24, 2006
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Feb 17, 2014
Celebrity Gogglebox
Jun 14, 2019
Joanna Lumley's Silk Road Adventure
Sep 12, 2018
Late Night Lycett
Mar 31, 2023
Going Live!
Sep 26, 1987
Rosie Jones' Trip Hazard
Apr 09, 2021
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
Jan 21, 2013
The Michael McIntyre Chat Show
Mar 10, 2014
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
Oct 03, 2019
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Jul 16, 2009
Joanna Lumley's Greek Odyssey
Oct 13, 2011
Posh Nosh
Feb 04, 2003
Champs-Elysées
Jan 16, 1982
Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime
Oct 04, 2020
Steptoe and Son
Jan 05, 1962
Blankety Blank
Oct 02, 2021
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Sep 04, 2022
Eurovision Song Contest
May 24, 1956
Final Chance to Save
Sep 03, 2005
Amandaland
Feb 05, 2025
Cluedo
Jul 25, 1990
Joanna Lumley's Postcards From My Travels
Apr 20, 2017
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Jun 08, 2002
Fool Me Once
Jan 01, 2024
Joanna Lumley's Hidden Caribbean: Havana to Haiti
Mar 10, 2020
Joanna Lumley's Unseen Adventures
Jul 28, 2020
Parkinson
Jan 09, 1998
Jewels of the Med
Jan 02, 2025
Jewel of the Med: Majorca and Menorca
Jan 09, 2025
The Friday Night Project
Feb 04, 2005
