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.
Filmography
all 167
Movies 84
TV Shows 83
self 59
Voice 8
Narrator 3
Producer 2
Fool Me Once (2024)
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter (2023)
Joanna Lumley's Spice Trail Adventure (2023)
Joanna Lumley: My Best Bits - In My Own Words (2023)
Late Night Lycett (2023)
Joanna Lumley's Great Cities of the World (2022)
Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life (2021)
Joanna Lumley and the Human Swan (2021)
Blankety Blank (2021)
Falling for Figaro (2021)
Rosie Jones' Trip Hazard (2021)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (2021)
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out (2021)
Joanna Lumley’s Home Sweet Home – Travels in My Own Land (2021)
Joanna Lumley's Britain (2021)
Finding Alice (2021)
The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse (2020)
Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime (2020)
Joanna Lumley's Unseen Adventures (2020)
Joanna Lumley's Hidden Caribbean: Havana to Haiti (2020)
In Search of Dracula (2020)
RuPaul's Drag Race UK (2019)
Counting Tigers (2019)
7 Up & Me (2019)
20 Years of the Black Eyed Peas (2018)
Joanna Lumley's Silk Road Adventure (2018)
Summer Camp Island (2018)
Finding Your Feet (2017)
300 Years of French & Saunders (2017)
Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers (2017)
And the Winner Isn't (2017)
Paddington 2 (2017)
Joanna Lumley's India (2017)
Joanna Lumley's Postcards From My Travels (2017)
Carnage: Swallowing the Past (2017)
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves (2016)
Joanna Lumley's Japan (2016)
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016)
Me Before You (2016)
Attenborough at 90 (2016)
Joanna Lumley: Elvis and Me (2015)
Joanna Lumley's Trans-Siberian Adventure (2015)
Absolutely Anything (2015)
Britain's Busiest Airport: Heathrow (2015)
Bette Midler: One Night Only (2014)
She's Funny That Way (2014)
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy (2014)
Joanna Lumley Meets Will.I.Am (2014)
The Michael McIntyre Chat Show (2014)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Gangsta Granny (2013)
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
The Last Leg (2013)
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off (2013)
Joanna Lumley: The Search for Noah's Ark (2012)
The Making of a Lady (2012)
Maestro (2012)
The Genius of Roald Dahl (2012)
Joanna Lumleys Greek Odyssey (2011)
Wogan on Wodehouse (2011)
Late Bloomers (2011)
Love Your Garden (2011)
Joanna Lumley's Nile (2010)
Justin Lee Collins: Good Times (2010)
The National Television Awards Backstage Live (2010)
Live from Studio Five (2009)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009)
Boogie Woogie (2009)
Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began (2008)
Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights (2008)
Mistresses (2008)
A Bucket O' French and Saunders (2007)
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
Lewis (2007)
Jam & Jerusalem (2006)
The One Show (2006)
Betjeman and Me (2006)
Philip and Elizabeth (2006)
Inside the Two Worlds of 'The Corpse Bride' (2006)
Sensitive Skin (2005)
Corpse Bride (2005)
Final Chance to Save (2005)
The Magic Roundabout (2005)
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004)
Stories of Lost Souls (2004)
Ella Enchanted (2004)
EuroTrip (2004)
One Life (2003)
My Dad's the Prime Minister (2003)
Posh Nosh (2003)
Top Gear (2002)
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (2002)
Up in Town (2002)
The Cat's Meow (2001)
The Cazalets (2001)
Mirrorball (2000)
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale (2000)
Maybe Baby (2000)
Dr Willoughby (1999)
Mad Cows (1999)
Foxbusters (1999)
Parting Shots (1999)
Nancherrow (1999)
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death (1999)
Comic Relief (1999)
Alice in Wonderland (1999)
Nancherrow (1999)
A Rather English Marriage (1998)
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life (1998)
The Tale of Sweeney Todd (1998)
Coming Home (1998)
Coming Home (1998)
Joanna Lumley in the Kingdom of the Thunderdragon (1997)
Prince Valiant (1997)
The Forgotten Toys (1997)
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout (1996)
James and the Giant Peach (1996)
Innocent Lies (1995)
The Mrs Merton Show (1995)
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous (1995)
The Forgotten Toys (1995)
Cold Comfort Farm (1995)
Girl Friday (1994)
Class Act (1994)
Absolutely Fabulous (1992)
Cluedo (1990)
A Ghost in Monte Carlo (1990)
Plunder (1990)
Shirley Valentine (1989)
Roseanne (1988)
Going Live! (1987)
Lovejoy (1986)
Oxbridge Blues (1984)
The Glory Boys (1984)
Mistral's Daughter (1984)
The Weather in the Streets (1983)
Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)
Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)
Wogan (1982)
Electric Blue - The Movie (1982)
The Kenny Everett Television Show (1982)
Champs-Elysées (1982)
An Audience with Dame Edna Everage (1980)
Children In Need (1980)
The Plank (1979)
Sapphire & Steel (1979)
An Audience with... (1978)
The New Avengers (1976)
The Cuckoo Waltz (1975)
The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)
Don't Just Lie There, Say Something! (1973)
Are You Being Served? (1972)
The House That Dripped Blood (1971)
Games That Lovers Play (1971)
Tam Lin (1970)
The Breaking of Bumbo (1970)
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
Some Girls Do (1969)
Steptoe and Son (1962)
Comedy Playhouse (1961)
Tony Awards (1956)
The BAFTA Awards (1949)
My Week with Maisy
Starting Out
Andorra
Coronation Street: 60 Unforgettable Years
The Snowman Live Stage Show
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1946-05-01 (77 years old)
Birth PlaceJammu and Kashmir, British Raj
Height
RelationshipsJeremy Lloyd (1970-05-23 - 1970-09-01)
SpouseStephen Barlow
ChildrenJames Aenas Lumley
FatherJames Rutherford Lumley
MotherThyra Beatrice Rose Weir
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsJoanna Lamond Lumley, OBE, FRGS, 조안나 럼리 , Dame Joanna Lamond Lumley, Dame Joanna Lumley
AwardsDame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
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