Joanna Lumley
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Joanna Lamond Lumley, OBE, FRGS (born 1 May 1946) is an English actress, voice-over artist and author, best known for her roles in British television series Absolutely Fabulous portraying Edina Monsoon's best friend, Patsy Stone, as well as parts in The New Avengers, Sapphire & Steel, and Sensitive Skin. She is a former model and Bond girl. Her distinctive voice has been supplied for animated characters, film narration, and AOL's "You have email" notification in the UK. She has spoken out as a human rights activist for Survival International and the Gurkha Justice Campaign, and is now considered a "national treasure" of Nepal because of her support. She is an advocate for a number of charities and animal welfare groups such as CIWF and Viva!. She has won three BAFTA awards and a British comedy award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joanna Lumley, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Read bio at tmdb | Read bio at Wikipedia
- Born:
- May 1, 1946 In Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, British India
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 127
- First Appeared:
- In the series Starting Out
- Latest Project:
- Movie Netflix Tudum 2025 2025-05-30
Known For
Filmography
| Series | Starting Out | Mrs Robertson | 2026 |
| Movie | Netflix Tudum 2025 | Self | 2025-05-30 |
| Movie | Twiggy | Self | 2025-03-07 |
| Series | Fool Me Once | Judith Burkett | 2024-01-01 |
| Movie | Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out | Self | 2024-10-17 |
| Movie | imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter | Self | 2023-12-27 |
| Series | Finding Alice | Sarah | 2021-01-17 |
| Movie | The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out | Self | 2021-03-06 |
| Movie | Falling for Figaro | Meghan Geoffrey-Bishop | 2021-10-01 |
| Series | Rosie Jones' Trip Hazard | Narrator | 2021-04-09 |
| Movie | Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life | Self | 2021-12-25 |
| Movie | Coronation Street: 60 Unforgettable Years | Narrator | 2020-12-07 |
| Movie | In Search of Dracula | Herself | 2020-01-03 |
| Movie | 7 Up & Me | Narrator (voice) | 2019-06-03 |
| Movie | 20 Years of the Black Eyed Peas | Herself - Host | 2018-12-22 |
| Movie | Carnage: Swallowing the Past | Herself (voice) | 2017-03-19 |
| Movie | The Man You're Not | Joanna Lumley | 2017-04-28 |
| Movie | Finding Your Feet | Jackie | 2017-12-26 |
| Movie | And the Winner Isn't | Self | 2017-12-08 |
| Movie | Paddington 2 | Felicity Fanshaw | 2017-11-09 |
| Series | Joanna Lumley's India | Herself | 2017-07-05 |
| Movie | Attenborough at 90 | Self | 2016-05-08 |
| Movie | Me Before You | Mary Rawlinson | 2016-06-01 |
| Movie | Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie | Patsy Stone | 2016-07-01 |
| Movie | British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves | Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2016-09-12 |
| Series | Joanna Lumley's Japan | Herself | 2016-09-09 |
| Movie | Absolutely Anything | Fenella | 2015-02-13 |
| Series | Joanna Lumley's Trans-Siberian Adventure | Self - Presenter | 2015-07-12 |
| Movie | Joanna Lumley: Elvis and Me | Self | 2015-11-04 |
| Movie | She's Funny That Way | Vivian Claremont | 2015-04-22 |
| Movie | Joanna Lumley Meets Will.I.Am | Presenter | 2014-03-28 |
| Movie | Bette Midler: One Night Only | Self - Host | 2014-12-15 |
| Movie | 50 Years of BBC Two Comedy | Narrator (voice) | 2014-05-24 |
| Series | The Last Leg | Herself | 2013-01-25 |
| Movie | The Wolf of Wall Street | Aunt Emma | 2013-12-25 |
| Movie | Gangsta Granny | The Queen | 2013-12-26 |
| Movie | Joanna Lumley: The Search for Noah's Ark | Herself - Presenter | 2012-12-23 |
| Movie | The Making of a Lady | Lady Maria Byrne | 2012-12-19 |
| Movie | Late Bloomers | Charlotte | 2011-07-13 |
| Movie | Wogan on Wodehouse | Self | 2011-09-02 |
| Series | The National Television Awards Backstage Live | Unknown | 2010-01-20 |
| Movie | The Snowman Live Stage Show | Narrator | 2010-06-01 |
| Movie | Boogie Woogie | Mrs. Alfreda Rhinegold | 2010-04-16 |
| Series | Justin Lee Collins: Good Times | Unknown | 2010-03-29 |
| Series | Live from Studio Five | Unknown | 2009-09-14 |
| Movie | Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights | Herself | 2008-09-07 |
| Series | Mistresses | Vivienne Roden | 2008-01-08 |
| Series | Lewis | Esme Ford | 2007-02-18 |
| Series | A Bucket O' French and Saunders | Unknown | 2007-09-07 |
| Series | The Graham Norton Show | Herself | 2007-02-22 |
| Series | Philip and Elizabeth | Unknown | 2006-06-12 |
| Series | Betjeman and Me | Unknown | 2006-08-14 |
| Series | The One Show | Unknown | 2006-08-14 |
| Series | Jam and Jerusalem | Delilah | 2006-11-24 |
| Series | Sensitive Skin | Davina Jackson | 2005-11-10 |
| Movie | Corpse Bride | Maudeline Everglot (voice) | 2005-09-12 |
| Movie | EuroTrip | Hostel Clerk | 2004-02-20 |
| Movie | Ella Enchanted | Dame Olga | 2004-04-09 |
| Series | Agatha Christie's Marple | Dolly Bantry | 2004-12-12 |
| Movie | The Magic Roundabout | Ermintrude (voice) | 2004-10-24 |
| Movie | Stories of Lost Souls | Last in Line | 2004-11-12 |
| Series | My Dad's the Prime Minister | Unknown | 2003-03-23 |
| Series | Posh Nosh | Narrator (voice) | 2003-02-04 |
| Series | Up in Town | Madison Blakelock | 2002-03-06 |
| Series | Top Gear | Unknown | 2002-10-20 |
| Movie | The Cat's Meow | Elinor Glyn | 2001-10-08 |
| Movie | Maybe Baby | Shiela | 2000-06-02 |
| Movie | Mirrorball | Jackie Riviera | 2000-12-22 |
| Movie | Whispers: An Elephant's Tale | Half Tusk (voice) | 2000-10-03 |
| Movie | Alice in Wonderland | Tiger Lily (voice) | 1999-02-28 |
| Movie | Nancherrow | Diana Carey-Lewis | 1999-01-01 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death | The Female Doctor | 1999-03-26 |
| Series | Nancherrow | 1999-04-04 | |
| Movie | Parting Shots | Freda | 1999-05-14 |
| Series | Dr Willoughby | Donna Sinclair | 1999-11-14 |
| Movie | Mad Cows | Gillian | 1999-10-29 |
| Movie | Coming Home | Diana Carey-Lewis | 1998-04-11 |
| Movie | The Tale of Sweeney Todd | Mrs. Lovett | 1998-08-30 |
| Movie | A Rather English Marriage | Liz Franks | 1998-12-30 |
| Series | Coming Home | Diana Carey-Lewis | 1998-04-12 |
| Series | Joanna Lumley in the Kingdom of the Thunderdragon | Herself | 1997-11-25 |
| Movie | Prince Valiant | Morgan Le Fey | 1997-07-24 |
| Movie | Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout | Patsy Stone | 1996-11-06 |
| Movie | James and the Giant Peach | Aunt Spiker | 1996-04-12 |
| Movie | The Forgotten Toys | Annie (voice) | 1995-01-01 |
| Series | The Mrs Merton Show | Unknown | 1995-02-10 |
| Movie | Innocent Lies | Lady Helena Graves | 1995-06-30 |
| Movie | Cold Comfort Farm | Mary Smiling | 1995-01-01 |
| Movie | Girl Friday | Presenter | 1994-12-28 |
| Series | Class Act | Kate Swift | 1994-04-07 |
| Series | Absolutely Fabulous | Patsy | 1992-11-12 |
| Series | Plunder | Unknown | 1990-03-05 |
| Movie | A Ghost in Monte Carlo | Lady Drayton | 1990-04-02 |
| Series | Cluedo | Mrs. Peacock | 1990-07-25 |
| Movie | Shirley Valentine | Marjorie Majors | 1989-08-30 |
| Series | Comic Relief | Unknown | 1988-02-05 |
| Series | Roseanne | Unknown | 1988-10-18 |
| Series | Lovejoy | Unknown | 1986-01-10 |
| Series | Mistral's Daughter | Lally Longbridge | 1984-09-24 |
| Series | Oxbridge Blues | 1984-11-14 | |
| Series | The Glory Boys | Helen | 1984-10-01 |
| Movie | Curse of the Pink Panther | Countess Chandra | 1983-08-12 |
| Movie | Trail of the Pink Panther | Marie Jouvet | 1982-12-03 |
| Series | Wogan | Herself, Presenter | 1982-05-04 |
| Movie | An Audience with Dame Edna Everage | 1980-12-26 | |
| Movie | The Plank | Hitcher | 1979-12-17 |
| Series | Sapphire & Steel | Sapphire | 1979-07-10 |
| Series | An Audience with... | Herself | 1978-01-08 |
| Series | The New Avengers | Purdey | 1976-10-22 |
| Series | The Cuckoo Waltz | Harriet Paulden | 1975-10-27 |
| Movie | Don't Just Lie There, Say Something! | Miss Parkyn | 1973-10-17 |
| Movie | The Satanic Rites of Dracula | Jessica Van Helsing | 1973-04-17 |
| Series | The Protectors | Liz | 1972-09-29 |
| Series | Are You Being Served? | Unknown | 1972-09-08 |
| Movie | The Abominable Dr. Phibes | 1971-05-18 | |
| Movie | Games That Lovers Play | Fanny Hill | 1971-01-25 |
| Movie | The House That Dripped Blood | 1971-02-22 | |
| Series | The Two Ronnies | Unknown | 1971-04-10 |
| Movie | The Ballad of Tam Lin | Georgia | 1970-12-01 |
| Movie | The Breaking of Bumbo | Susie | 1970-09-28 |
| Movie | On Her Majesty's Secret Service | The English Girl | 1969-12-18 |
| Movie | Some Girls Do | Robot Saboteur (uncredited) | 1969-01-23 |
| Series | The Wednesday Play | Unknown | 1964-09-30 |
| Series | Steptoe and Son | Bunty | 1962-01-05 |
| Series | Comedy Playhouse | Samantha Ryder-Ross | 1961-12-15 |
| Series | The Avengers | Purdey | 1961-01-07 |
| Series | Emergency – Ward 10 | Patient | 1957-02-19 |