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