Joanna Lumley
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.
Known for
Wednesday
Grandmama Hester Frump
The Avengers
Purdey
Agatha Christie's Marple
Dolly Bantry
Summer Camp Island
Adult Susie (voice)
Absolutely Fabulous
Patsy Stone
Lewis
Esme Ford
The Wolf of Wall Street
Aunt Emma
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Self - Guest Announcer
Are You Being Served?
Miss French
Corpse Bride
Maudeline Everglot (voice)
Me Before You
Mary Rawlinson
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
Self - Guest Judge
Going Live!
Self
Lovejoy
Victoria Cavero
The BAFTA Awards
Host
Fool Me Once
Judith Burkett
Children In Need
Self
The New Avengers
Purdey
A Ghost Story for Christmas
Jam and Jerusalem
Delilah Stagg
The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse
Narrator (voice)
Blankety Blank
Roseanne
Patsy Stone
The Kenny Everett Television Show
Various
Celebrity Gogglebox
Self
Cluedo
Mrs. Peacock
Paddington 2
Felicity Fanshaw
EuroTrip
Hostel Clerk
Mistresses
Vivienne Roden
Sapphire & Steel
Sapphire
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
The English Girl
The Foxbusters
Sims / Evita / Voracity (voice)
Amandaland
Felicity
Comic Relief
Mistral's Daughter
Lally Longbridge
The Forgotten Toys
Annie (voice)
Steptoe and Son
Bunty
A Ghost Story for Christmas
Mrs. Stone
Oxbridge Blues
Gigi
Ella Enchanted
Dame Olga
Plunder
Joanna Lumley's Great Cities of the World
Self - Presenter
Absolutely Anything
Fenella
Britain's Busiest Airport: Heathrow
Narrator (voice)
The Cuckoo Waltz
Harriet Paulden
James and the Giant Peach
Aunt Spiker
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
Self - Contestant
Coming Home
Diana Carey-Lewis
Finding Alice
Sarah
The Making of a Lady
Lady Maria Byrne
The Breaking of Bumbo
Susie
Class Act
Kate Swift
Sensitive Skin
Davina Jackson
Rosie Jones' Trip Hazard
Narrator
Justin Lee Collins: Good Times
Self
Parting Shots
Freda
A Bucket O' French and Saunders
My Dad's the Prime Minister
Gangsta Granny
The Queen
Trail of the Pink Panther
Marie Jouvet
Alice in Wonderland
Tiger Lily (voice)
Shirley Valentine
Marjorie Majors
The Magic Roundabout
Ermintrude (voice)
The Glory Boys
Helen
She's Funny That Way
Vivian Claremont
Coming Home
Diana Carey-Lewis
Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime
Self
Joanna Lumley's Silk Road Adventure
Self - Presenter
Joanna Lumley's Unseen Adventures
Cast
Prince Valiant
Morgan Le Fey
Nancherrow
Curse of the Pink Panther
Countess Chandra
Joanna Lumley's Danube
Self - Host
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
Jessica Van Helsing
Innocent Lies
Lady Helena Graves
Joanna Lumley's Britain
Self - Host
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
Patsy Stone
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Patsy Stone
Joanna Lumley's Spice Trail Adventure
Self - Presenter
The Cat's Meow
Elinor Glyn
Joanna Lumley's Japan
Herself
Finding Your Feet
Jackie
Jewel of the Med: Majorca and Menorca
Self - Narrator (voice)
The House That Dripped Blood
Posh Nosh
Narrator (voice)
Dr Willoughby
Donna Sinclair
Boogie Woogie
Mrs. Alfreda Rhinegold
Joanna Lumley's India
Herself
Netflix Tudum 2025
Self
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
Final Chance to Save
Herself
Joanna Lumley's Postcards
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
The Female Doctor
Falling for Figaro
Meghan Geoffrey-Bishop
The National Television Awards Backstage Live
Betjeman and Me
Jewels of the Med
Self - Narrator (voice)
Late Bloomers
Charlotte
Twiggy
Self
Joanna Lumley's Trans-Siberian Adventure
Self - Presenter
Some Girls Do
Robot Saboteur (uncredited)
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
Lady Drayton
And the Winner Isn't
Self
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
Half Tusk (voice)
Cold Comfort Farm
Mary Smiling
Joanna Lumley's Greek Odyssey
Herself
Up in Town
Madison Blakelock
Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!
Miss Parkyn
Maybe Baby
Shiela
7 Up & Me
Narrator (voice)
The Friday Night Project
Self - Host
Philip and Elizabeth
Joanna Lumley’s Home Sweet Home – Travels in My Own Land
Electric Blue - The Movie
(archive footage)
Joanna Lumley in the Kingdom of the Thunderdragon
Herself
Stories of Lost Souls
Last in Line
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
Herself (voice)
The Ballad of Tam Lin
Georgia
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
Self / Patricia "Patsy" Stone
A Rather English Marriage
Liz Franks
Mad Cows
Gillian
Attenborough at 90
Self
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Miss French (archive footage) (uncredited)
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
Patsy Stone (archive footage)
Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began
Herself
Joanna Lumley's Hidden Caribbean: Havana to Haiti
Herself - Presenter
Wogan on Wodehouse
Self
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
Self
The Tale of Sweeney Todd
Mrs. Lovett
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Lady Narborough
An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
Girl Friday
Presenter
Standing Room Only
Last in line
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
Narrator (voice)
In Search of Dracula
Herself
Mirrorball
Jackie Riviera
My Favourite Attenborough Moment
Self
The Weather in the Streets
Kate
The Plank
Hitcher
Coronation Street: 60 Unforgettable Years
Narrator
Counting Tigers
Narrator (voice)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower
Mrs Stone
Bette Midler: One Night Only
Self - Host
Joanna Lumley: Elvis and Me
Self
Games That Lovers Play
Fanny Hill
Nancherrow
Diana Carey-Lewis
Frank and Percy
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
Self
Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers
Self - Presenter
My Week with Maisy
Mrs. Foster
20 Years of the Black Eyed Peas
Herself - Host
The Man You're Not
Joanna Lumley
Joanna Lumley Meets Will.I.Am
Presenter
The Forgotten Toys
Annie (voice)
Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life
Self
In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett
Sketch Performer (Archive Footage)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
The Genius of Roald Dahl
Herself
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
Patsy Stone (archive footage)
Joanna Lumley: My Best Bits - In My Own Words
Self
Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights
Herself
Joanna Lumley and the Human Swan
Presenter
The Snowman Live Stage Show
Narrator
The Graham Norton Show
Self
The Brave Little Squire
Narrator (voice)
Top Gear
Self
The One Show
Self
Joanna Lumley: The Search for Noah's Ark
Herself - Presenter
Eurovision Song Contest
Self - UK’s Spokesperson
Wogan
Self
Wogan
Self - Presenter
Champs-Elysées
Self
The Last Leg
Self
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self
An Audience with...
Self
Parkinson
Self
The Mrs Merton Show
Self
Late Night Lycett
Self - Guest
The Michael McIntyre Chat Show
Self - Guest
Live from Studio Five
Self
Electric Blue 002
(archive footage)