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