Joanna Lumley

ActorProducer May 1 (age 79) Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, British India 1949–2025 (76 year career)

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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 …

Known For

Film

The Wolf of Wall Street

Aunt Emma

Film

Wednesday

Grandmama Hester Frump

Film

Me Before You

Mary Rawlinson

Film

Corpse Bride

Maudeline Everglot (voice)

Film

Paddington 2

Felicity Fanshaw

Film

EuroTrip

Hostel Clerk

Film

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

The English Girl

Film

Ella Enchanted

Dame Olga

Filmography

Acting (186)

Movies (92)

Twiggy

as Self

Netflix Tudum 2025

as Self

A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower

2025

as Mrs Stone

7.0

My Week with Maisy

2024

as Mrs. Foster

Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out

2024

as Self

10.0

Joanna Lumley: My Best Bits - In My Own Words

2023

as Self

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

2023

as Self

7.0

The Picture of Dorian Gray

2021

as Lady Narborough

3.0

Falling for Figaro

2021

as Meghan Geoffrey-Bishop

6.5

The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out

2021

as Self

Joanna Lumley and the Human Swan

2021

as Presenter

Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life

2021

as Self

10.0

Coronation Street: 60 Unforgettable Years

2020

as Narrator

6.5

The Brave Little Squire

2020

as Narrator (voice)

In Search of Dracula

2020

as Herself

8.4

Counting Tigers

2019

as Narrator (voice)

7 Up & Me

2019

as Narrator (voice)

7.5

20 Years of the Black Eyed Peas

as Herself - Host

Paddington 2

as Felicity Fanshaw

Carnage: Swallowing the Past

2017

as Herself (voice)

6.4

Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers

as Self - Presenter

Finding Your Feet

as Jackie

And the Winner Isn't

as Self

The Man You're Not

as Joanna Lumley

Me Before You

2016

as Mary Rawlinson

7.9

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

as Patsy Stone

Attenborough at 90

as Self

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

2016

as Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)

Absolutely Anything

as Fenella

She's Funny That Way

as Vivian Claremont

Joanna Lumley: Elvis and Me

2015

as Self

Bette Midler: One Night Only

2014

as Self - Host

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy

2014

as Narrator (voice)

8.0

Joanna Lumley Meets Will.I.Am

2014

as Presenter

The Wolf of Wall Street

as Aunt Emma

Gangsta Granny

as The Queen

The Genius of Roald Dahl

2012

as Herself

The Making of a Lady

2012

as Lady Maria Byrne

5.9

Joanna Lumley: The Search for Noah's Ark

2012

as Herself - Presenter

Late Bloomers

2011

as Charlotte

5.2

Wogan on Wodehouse

2011

as Self

The Snowman Live Stage Show

2010

as Narrator

Boogie Woogie

2010

as Mrs. Alfreda Rhinegold

5.0

Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began

2008

as Herself

7.0

Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights

2008

as Herself

8.4

My Favourite Attenborough Moment

2006

as Self

Corpse Bride

2005

as Maudeline Everglot (voice)

7.6

The Magic Roundabout

2005

as Ermintrude (voice)

5.4

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

2005

as Miss French (archive footage) (uncredited)

EuroTrip

as Hostel Clerk

Ella Enchanted

as Dame Olga

Stories of Lost Souls

2004

as Last in Line

5.6

Standing Room Only

2004

as Last in line

The Cat's Meow

2001

as Elinor Glyn

5.8

Whispers: An Elephant's Tale

as Half Tusk (voice)

Maybe Baby

as Shiela

Mirrorball

as Jackie Riviera

Alice in Wonderland

as Tiger Lily (voice)

Parting Shots

as Freda

Mad Cows

as Gillian

Nancherrow

as Diana Carey-Lewis

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death

1999

as The Female Doctor

7.4

The Tale of Sweeney Todd

as Mrs. Lovett

Coming Home

as Diana Carey-Lewis

A Rather English Marriage

1998

as Liz Franks

5.3

Absolutely Fabulous: A Life

1998

as Patsy Stone (archive footage)

10.0

Prince Valiant

1997

as Morgan Le Fey

5.1

James and the Giant Peach

1996

as Aunt Spiker

6.6

Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout

1996

as Patsy Stone

7.3

Innocent Lies

1995

as Lady Helena Graves

Cold Comfort Farm

as Mary Smiling

The Forgotten Toys

as Annie (voice)

How to Be Absolutely Fabulous

1995

as Patsy Stone (archive footage)

6.0

In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett

1995

as Sketch Performer (Archive Footage)

7.0

Girl Friday

1994

as Presenter

A Ghost in Monte Carlo

as Lady Drayton

Shirley Valentine

as Marjorie Majors

Curse of the Pink Panther

1983

as Countess Chandra

4.6

The Weather in the Streets

1983

as Kate

2.3

Trail of the Pink Panther

1982

as Marie Jouvet

5.2

Electric Blue - The Movie

1982

as (archive footage)

4.5

An Audience with Dame Edna Everage

The Plank

as Hitcher

The Satanic Rites of Dracula

1973

as Jessica Van Helsing

5.6

Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!

1973

as Miss Parkyn

3.6

The House That Dripped Blood

1971

6.4

Games That Lovers Play

1971

as Fanny Hill

3.3

The Ballad of Tam Lin

1970

as Georgia

4.9

The Breaking of Bumbo

1970

as Susie

2.0

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

1969

as The English Girl

6.6

Some Girls Do

1969

as Robot Saboteur (uncredited)

5.7

Frank and Percy

Television (94)

Amandaland

as Felicity

Amandaland

as Felicity

Jewel of the Med: Majorca and Menorca

2025

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Jewels of the Med

2025

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Joanna Lumley's Danube

as Self - Host

Fool Me Once

as Judith Burkett

Joanna Lumley's Spice Trail Adventure

as Self - Presenter

Late Night Lycett

as Self - Guest

Wednesday

as Grandmama Hester Frump

8.4

Wednesday

2022

as Grandmama Hester Frump

8.4

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

2022

as Self

2.8

Joanna Lumley's Great Cities of the World

as Self - Presenter

Blankety Blank

Finding Alice

as Sarah

Rosie Jones' Trip Hazard

2021

as Narrator

3.8

Joanna Lumley's Britain

2021

as Self - Host

1.0

Joanna Lumley’s Home Sweet Home – Travels in My Own Land

2021

6.2

The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse

2020

as Narrator (voice)

7.5

Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime

2020

as Self

7.3

Joanna Lumley's Unseen Adventures

2020

as Cast

1.0

Joanna Lumley's Hidden Caribbean: Havana to Haiti

2020

as Herself - Presenter

5.8

Celebrity Gogglebox

2019

as Self

6.6

RuPaul's Drag Race UK

2019

as Self - Guest Judge

7.1

Summer Camp Island

2018

as Adult Susie (voice)

7.9

Joanna Lumley's Silk Road Adventure

2018

as Self - Presenter

4.8

Joanna Lumley's Postcards

2017

4.0

Joanna Lumley's India

2017

as Herself

4.0

Joanna Lumley's Japan

2016

as Herself

5.9

Britain's Busiest Airport: Heathrow

2015

as Narrator (voice)

6.4

Joanna Lumley's Trans-Siberian Adventure

2015

as Self - Presenter

5.5

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

as Self

5.9

The Michael McIntyre Chat Show

as Self - Guest

The Last Leg

as Self

Car S.O.S.

as Herself

The Great Comic Relief Bake Off

2013

as Self - Contestant

Joanna Lumley's Greek Odyssey

2011

as Herself

5.7

Justin Lee Collins: Good Times

2010

as Self

The National Television Awards Backstage Live

2010

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009

as Self - Guest

5.1

Live from Studio Five

as Self

Mistresses

as Vivienne Roden

The Graham Norton Show

as Self

Lewis

as Esme Ford

A Bucket O' French and Saunders

The One Show

as Self

Jam and Jerusalem

as Delilah Stagg

Philip and Elizabeth

Betjeman and Me

A Ghost Story for Christmas

2005

as Mrs. Stone

Sensitive Skin

2005

as Davina Jackson

7.0

Final Chance to Save

2005

as Herself

The Friday Night Project

2005

as Self - Host

5.8

Agatha Christie's Marple

2004

as Dolly Bantry

7.8

My Dad's the Prime Minister

Posh Nosh

as Narrator (voice)

Top Gear

as Self

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

2002

as Self - Guest Announcer

Up in Town

as Madison Blakelock

The Foxbusters

as Sims / Evita / Voracity (voice)

Nancherrow

1999

8.0

Dr Willoughby

1999

as Donna Sinclair

Parkinson

1998

as Self

Coming Home

1998

as Diana Carey-Lewis

Jonathan Creek

1997

as Rosalind Tartikoff

7.5

The Forgotten Toys

1997

as Annie (voice)

8.0

Joanna Lumley in the Kingdom of the Thunderdragon

as Herself

The Mrs Merton Show

as Self

Class Act

as Kate Swift

Absolutely Fabulous

as Patsy

Absolutely Fabulous

as Patsy

Cluedo

as Mrs. Peacock

Plunder

Roseanne

as Patsy Stone

Comic Relief

Going Live!

as Self

French & Saunders

as Self

Lovejoy

as Victoria Cavero

Mistral's Daughter

as Lally Longbridge

Oxbridge Blues

as Gigi

The Glory Boys

as Helen

Wogan

as Self

Champs-Elysées

as Self

The Kenny Everett Television Show

as Various

Children In Need

as Self

Sapphire & Steel

as Sapphire

An Audience with...

as Self

The New Avengers

as Purdey

The Cuckoo Waltz

as Harriet Paulden

Are You Being Served?

1972

as Miss French

7.2

A Ghost Story for Christmas

Steptoe and Son

as Bunty

Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

Eurovision Song Contest

1956

as Self - UK’s Spokesperson

7.2

The BAFTA Awards

1949

as Host

10.0

Crew (4)

Television (4)

Joanna Lumley's Great Cities of the World

2022

Executive Producer

1.0

Joanna Lumley's Unseen Adventures

2020

Executive Producer

1.0

Joanna Lumley's Silk Road Adventure

Executive Producer

The Cazalets

Producer