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.
Born: 01 May 1946
Played In
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower
Mrs Stone
Netflix Tudum 2025
Self
Joanna Lumley's Danube
Self - Host
Twiggy
Self
David Frost Vs
self
Amandaland
Felicity
Jewel of the Med: Majorca and Menorca
Self - Narrator (voice)
Jewels of the Med
Self - Narrator (voice)
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
Self / Patricia "Patsy" Stone
My Week with Maisy
Mrs. Foster
Fool Me Once
Judith Burkett
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
Self
Joanna Lumley's Spice Trail Adventure
Self - Presenter
Joanna Lumley: My Best Bits - In My Own Words
Self
Late Night Lycett
Self - Guest
Wednesday
Grandmama Hester Frump
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self
Joanna Lumley's Great Cities of the World
Self - Presenter
Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life
Self
Joanna Lumley and the Human Swan
Presenter
Blankety Blank
Falling for Figaro
Meghan Geoffrey-Bishop
Rosie Jones' Trip Hazard
Narrator
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Lady Narborough
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
Self
Joanna Lumley’s Home Sweet Home – Travels in My Own Land
Joanna Lumley's Britain
Self - Host
Finding Alice
Sarah
Coronation Street: 60 Unforgettable Years
Narrator
The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse
Narrator (voice)
Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime
Self
Joanna Lumley's Unseen Adventures
Cast
Joanna Lumley's Hidden Caribbean: Havana to Haiti
Herself - Presenter
In Search of Dracula
Herself
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
Self - Guest Judge
Counting Tigers
Narrator (voice)
Celebrity Gogglebox
Self
Celebrity Gogglebox
7 Up & Me
Narrator (voice)
20 Years of the Black Eyed Peas
Herself - Host
Joanna Lumley's Silk Road Adventure
Self - Presenter
Summer Camp Island
Adult Susie (voice)
Saturday Knight Takeaway
Self
Finding Your Feet
Jackie
The Missing Crown Jewels
Self
Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers
Self - Presenter
And the Winner Isn't
Self
Paddington 2
Felicity Fanshaw
Motherland
Felicity
Joanna Lumley's India
Herself
The Man You're Not
Joanna Lumley
Joanna Lumley's Postcards
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
Herself (voice)
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
Joanna Lumley's Japan
Herself
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Patsy Stone
Me Before You
Mary Rawlinson
Attenborough at 90
Self
Joanna Lumley: Elvis and Me
Self
Joanna Lumley's Trans-Siberian Adventure
Self - Presenter
Britain's Busiest Airport: Heathrow
Narrator (voice)
She's Funny That Way
Vivian Claremont
Absolutely Anything
Fenella
Bette Midler: One Night Only
Self - Host
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
Narrator (voice)
Joanna Lumley Meets Will.I.Am
Presenter
The Michael McIntyre Chat Show
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
Gangsta Granny
The Queen
The Wolf of Wall Street
Aunt Emma
Car S.O.S.
Herself
The Last Leg
Self
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
Self - Contestant
Joanna Lumley: The Search for Noah's Ark
Herself - Presenter
The Making of a Lady
Lady Maria Byrne
The Genius of Roald Dahl
Herself
Joanna Lumley's Greek Odyssey
Herself
Wogan on Wodehouse
Self
Late Bloomers
Charlotte
The Snowman Live Stage Show
Narrator
Boogie Woogie
Mrs. Alfreda Rhinegold
Justin Lee Collins: Good Times
Self
The National Television Awards Backstage Live
Live from Studio Five
Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began
Herself
Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights
Herself
Mistresses
Vivienne Roden
A Bucket O' French and Saunders
The Graham Norton Show
Self
Lewis
Esme Ford
Counting Out Time
Herself
Jam and Jerusalem
Delilah Stagg
The One Show
Self
Betjeman and Me
Philip and Elizabeth
My Favourite Attenborough Moment
Self
Sensitive Skin
Davina Jackson
Corpse Bride
Maudeline Everglot (voice)
Final Chance to Save
Herself
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Miss French (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Friday Night Project
Self - Host
The Magic Roundabout
Ermintrude (voice)
Agatha Christie's Marple
Dolly Bantry
Stories of Lost Souls
Last in Line
Ella Enchanted
Dame Olga
EuroTrip
Hostel Clerk
Standing Room Only
Last in line
My Dad's the Prime Minister
Posh Nosh
Narrator (voice)
Top Gear
Self
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Self - Guest Announcer
Up in Town
Madison Blakelock
The Cat's Meow
Elinor Glyn
Mirrorball
Jackie Riviera
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
Half Tusk (voice)
Maybe Baby
Shiela
Dr Willoughby
Donna Sinclair
Mad Cows
Gillian
The Foxbusters
Sims / Evita / Voracity (voice)
Parting Shots
Freda
Nancherrow
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
The Female Doctor
Alice in Wonderland
Tiger Lily (voice)
Nancherrow
Diana Carey-Lewis
A Rather English Marriage
Liz Franks
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
Patsy Stone (archive footage)
The Tale of Sweeney Todd
Mrs. Lovett
Coming Home
Diana Carey-Lewis
Coming Home
Diana Carey-Lewis
Parkinson
Self
Joanna Lumley in the Kingdom of the Thunderdragon
Herself
Prince Valiant
Morgan Le Fey
The Forgotten Toys
Annie (voice)
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
Patsy Stone
James and the Giant Peach
Aunt Spiker
Innocent Lies
Lady Helena Graves
In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett
Sketch Performer (Archive Footage)
The Mrs Merton Show
Self
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
Patsy Stone (archive footage)
Cold Comfort Farm
Mary Smiling
The Forgotten Toys
Annie (voice)
Girl Friday
Presenter
Class Act
Kate Swift
Absolutely Fabulous
Patsy Stone
Cluedo
Mrs. Peacock
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
Lady Drayton
Plunder
Shirley Valentine
Marjorie Majors
Roseanne
Patsy Stone
Comic Relief
Going Live!
Self
Lovejoy
Victoria Cavero
Oxbridge Blues
Gigi
The Glory Boys
Helen
Mistral's Daughter
Lally Longbridge
The Weather in the Streets
Kate
Curse of the Pink Panther
Countess Chandra
Trail of the Pink Panther
Marie Jouvet
Wogan
Self
Wogan
Self - Presenter
Electric Blue - The Movie
(archive footage)
The Kenny Everett Television Show
Various
Champs-Elysées
Self
An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
Children In Need
Self
Electric Blue 002
(archive footage)
The Plank
Hitcher
Sapphire & Steel
Sapphire
An Audience with...
Self
The New Avengers
Purdey
Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!
Miss Parkyn
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
Jessica Van Helsing
Are You Being Served?
Miss French
A Ghost Story for Christmas
The House That Dripped Blood
Games That Lovers Play
Fanny Hill
The Ballad of Tam Lin
Georgia
The Breaking of Bumbo
Susie
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
The English Girl
Some Girls Do
Robot Saboteur (uncredited)
Steptoe and Son
Bunty
The Avengers
Purdey
Eurovision Song Contest
Self - UK’s Spokesperson
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
The BAFTA Awards
Host
Frank and Percy