Cast
Joanna Lumley
Acting
Cast
Joanna Lumley
Known for
Acting
Born
1946-05-01
From
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, British India
Also known as Joanna Lamond Lumley, OBE, FRGS, 조안나 럼리 , Dame Joanna Lamond 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.
The Wolf of Wall Street
as Aunt Emma
Corpse Bride
as Maudeline Everglot (voice)
Me Before You
as Mary Rawlinson
EuroTrip
as Hostel Clerk
Paddington 2
as Felicity Fanshaw
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
as The English Girl
Ella Enchanted
as Dame Olga
Absolutely Anything
as Fenella
James and the Giant Peach
as Aunt Spiker
Boogie Woogie
as Mrs. Alfreda Rhinegold
She's Funny That Way
as Vivian Claremont
Alice in Wonderland
as Tiger Lily (voice)
Finding Your Feet
as Jackie
The Magic Roundabout
as Ermintrude (voice)
Curse of the Pink Panther
as Countess Chandra
Trail of the Pink Panther
as Marie Jouvet
Parting Shots
as Freda
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
as Patsy Stone
Some Girls Do
as Robot Saboteur (uncredited)
Prince Valiant
as Morgan Le Fey
Cold Comfort Farm
as Mary Smiling
Netflix Tudum 2025
as Self
Coming Home
as Diana Carey-Lewis
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
as Jessica Van Helsing
The Cat's Meow
as Elinor Glyn
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
as Miss French (archive footage) (uncredited)
The House That Dripped Blood
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
as Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
Maybe Baby
as Shiela
Shirley Valentine
as Marjorie Majors
Twiggy
as Self
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
as Half Tusk (voice)
And the Winner Isn't
as Self
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
as The Female Doctor
Mad Cows
as Gillian
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
as Patsy Stone
Innocent Lies
as Lady Helena Graves
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
as Narrator (voice)
Falling for Figaro
as Meghan Geoffrey-Bishop
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
as Herself (voice)
Stories of Lost Souls
as Last in Line
The Ballad of Tam Lin
as Georgia
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
as Self
7 Up & Me
as Narrator (voice)
The Plank
as Hitcher
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
as Lady Drayton
Nancherrow
as Diana Carey-Lewis
A Rather English Marriage
as Liz Franks
Late Bloomers
as Charlotte
Attenborough at 90
as Self
Electric Blue - The Movie
as (archive footage)
Mirrorball
as Jackie Riviera
Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers
as Self - Presenter
The Tale of Sweeney Todd
as Mrs. Lovett
In Search of Dracula
as Herself
An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!
as Miss Parkyn
The Making of a Lady
as Lady Maria Byrne
Amandaland - Christmas special
as Felicity
In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett
as Sketch Performer (Archive Footage)
Standing Room Only
as Last in line
The Picture of Dorian Gray
as Lady Narborough
Frank and Percy
Gangsta Granny
as The Queen
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
as Patsy Stone (archive footage)
Girl Friday
as Presenter
Joanna Lumley: The Search for Noah's Ark
as Herself - Presenter
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
as Patsy Stone (archive footage)
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
as Self
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower
as Mrs Stone
The Breaking of Bumbo
as Susie
My Week with Maisy
as Mrs. Foster
The Forgotten Toys
as Annie (voice)
The Weather in the Streets
as Kate
Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights
as Herself
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
as Self / Patricia "Patsy" Stone
Games That Lovers Play
as Fanny Hill
Joanna Lumley Meets Will.I.Am
as Presenter
20 Years of the Black Eyed Peas
as Herself - Host
Coronation Street: 60 Unforgettable Years
as Narrator
My Favourite Attenborough Moment
as Self
Counting Tigers
as Narrator (voice)
Bette Midler: One Night Only
as Self - Host
Saturday Knight Takeaway
as Self
Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life
as Self
Joanna Lumley and the Human Swan
as Presenter
The Genius of Roald Dahl
as Herself
The Snowman Live Stage Show
as Narrator
Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began
as Herself
Wogan on Wodehouse
as Self
Joanna Lumley: Elvis and Me
as Self
The Missing Crown Jewels
as Self
Joanna Lumley: My Best Bits - In My Own Words
as Self
The Man You're Not
as Joanna Lumley
Electric Blue 002
as (archive footage)