
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)