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 s charities and animal welfare groups, such as Comion 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.
Filmography
all 177
TV Shows 89
Movies 88
self 60
Voice 14
Narrator 5
Producer 2
Amandaland (2025)
Jewels of the Med (2025)
My Week with Maisy (2024)
Fool Me Once (2024)
Joanna Lumley's Spice Trail Adventure (2023)
Late Night Lycett (2023)
Joanna Lumley's Great Cities of the World (2022)
Falling for Figaro (2021)
Rosie Jones' Trip Hazard (2021)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (2021)
Joanna Lumley's Britain (2021)
Finding Alice (2021)
The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse (2020)
Joanna Lumley's Unseen Adventures (2020)
Joanna Lumley's Hidden Caribbean: Havana to Haiti (2020)
RuPaul's Drag Race UK (2019)
Counting Tigers (2019)
7 Up & Me (2019)
20 Years of the Black Eyed Peas (2018)
Joanna Lumley's Silk Road Adventure (2018)
Summer Camp Island (2018)
Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers (2017)
Paddington 2 (2017)
Joanna Lumley's India (2017)
Carnage: Swallowing the Past (2017)
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves (2016)
Joanna Lumley's Japan (2016)
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016)
Me Before You (2016)
Joanna Lumley's Trans-Siberian Adventure (2015)
Britain's Busiest Airport: Heathrow (2015)
She's Funny That Way (2015)
Bette Midler: One Night Only (2014)
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy (2014)
The Michael McIntyre Chat Show (2014)
Gangsta Granny (2013)
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off (2013)
Joanna Lumley: The Search for Noah's Ark (2012)
The Making of a Lady (2012)
Late Bloomers (2011)
Animals United (2010)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009)
Boogie Woogie (2009)
Mistresses (2008)
Lewis (2007)
Jam and Jerusalem (2006)
Sensitive Skin (2005)
Corpse Bride (2005)
Final Chance to Save (2005)
The Magic Roundabout (2005)
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004)
Stories of Lost Souls (2004)
Ella Enchanted (2004)
EuroTrip (2004)
Standing Room Only (2004)
One Life (2003)
Posh Nosh (2003)
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (2002)
Up in Town (2002)
The Cat's Meow (2001)
The Cazalets (2001)
Mirrorball (2000)
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale (2000)
Maybe Baby (2000)
Dr Willoughby (1999)
Mad Cows (1999)
The Foxbusters (1999)
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death (1999)
Alice in Wonderland (1999)
Nancherrow (1999)
A Rather English Marriage (1998)
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life (1998)
The Tale of Sweeney Todd (1998)
Coming Home (1998)
Coming Home (1998)
Parkinson (1998)
Prince Valiant (1997)
The Forgotten Toys (1997)
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout (1996)
James and the Giant Peach (1996)
Innocent Lies (1995)
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous (1995)
The Forgotten Toys (1995)
Cold Comfort Farm (1995)
Girl Friday (1994)
Class Act (1994)
Cluedo (1990)
A Ghost in Monte Carlo (1990)
Shirley Valentine (1989)
Lovejoy (1986)
The Glory Boys (1984)
Mistral's Daughter (1984)
Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)
Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)
Wogan (1982)
Electric Blue - The Movie (1982)
The Plank (1979)
Sapphire & Steel (1979)
The New Avengers (1976)
The Cuckoo Waltz (1975)
The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)
Are You Being Served? (1972)
Games That Lovers Play (1971)
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
Some Girls Do (1969)
Eurovision Song Contest (1956)
Tony Awards (1956)
Starting Out
The Snowman Live Stage Show
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Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1946-05-01 (79 years old)
Birth Place
Srinagar, India
Height
Relationships
Jeremy Lloyd (1970 - 1970)
Spouse
Stephen Barlow
Children
James Aenas Lumley
Father
James Rutherford Lumley
Mother
Thyra Beatrice Rose Weir
Citizenships
United Kingdom
Residences
London · Penpont, United Kingdom
Also Known As
Joanna Lamond Lumley, OBE, FRGS, 조안나 럼리 , Dame Joanna Lamond Lumley, Dame Joanna Lumley, 瓊安娜‧盧利, جوانا لاملی
Awards
Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Academy Fellowship Award, Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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