Personal Info
Birth date
1946-05-01 (79 Years)
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, British India
Also known as
Joanna Lamond Lumley, OBE, FRGS
조안나 럼리
Dame Joanna Lamond Lumley
Dame Joanna Lumley
瓊安娜‧盧利
جوانا لاملی
Joanna Lumley
Biography
Dame Joanna Lamond Lumley DBE FRGS 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.
Filmography
Wednesday
8.406
Overview:
Smart, sarcastic and a little dead inside, Wednesday Addams investigates twisted mysteries while making new friends — and foes — at Nevermore Academy.The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
5.8
Overview:
After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in Los Angeles the program was brought back to New York.The Graham Norton Show
7.185
Overview:
Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun and share their opinions on the main news stories. Graham is often joined by a band or artist to play the show out.Top Gear
7.509
Overview:
This fast-paced and stunt-filled motor show tests whether cars, both mundane and extraordinary, live up to their manufacturers' claims. The long-running show travels to locations around the world, performing extreme stunts and challenges to see what the featured cars are capable of doing. The current hosts are Paddy Mcguinness, Chris Harris and Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff.The One Show
4.607
Overview:
A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One.Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
5.1
Overview:
Bravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality show personalities.Tony Awards
5.917
Overview:
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway productions and performances, and an award is given for regional theatre.Wogan
4.5
Overview:
Chat show hosted by Terry Wogan, featuring live studio interviews with famous and notable personalities.Agatha Christie's Marple
7.737
Overview:
The adventures of Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster living in the quiet little village of St Mary Mead. During her many visits to friends and relatives in other villages, Miss Marple often stumbles upon mysterious murders which she helps solve. Although the police are sometimes reluctant to accept Miss Marple's help, her reputation and unparalleled powers of observation eventually win them over.The Avengers
7.7
Overview:
A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners. Jonathan Steed - an urbane, proper gentleman spy - teams with various assistants throughout the series' run, including Dr. David Keel, Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King, to repeatedly save the world from diabolical schemes plotted by equally diabolical evil-doers (among them robots and man-eating monsters).Me Before You
7.93
Overview:
A small town girl is caught between dead-end jobs. A high-profile, successful man becomes wheelchair bound following an accident. The man decides his life is not worth living until the girl is hired for six months to be his new caretaker. Worlds apart and trapped together by circumstance, the two get off to a rocky start. But the girl becomes determined to prove to the man that life is worth living and as they embark on a series of adventures together, each finds their world changing in ways neither of them could begin to imagine.The Wolf of Wall Street
8
Overview:
A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.Corpse Bride
7.582
Overview:
In a 19th-century European village, a young man about to be married is whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious corpse bride, while his real bride waits bereft in the land of the living.The Last Leg
5.6
Overview:
Adam Hills and co-hosts Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker provide some offbeat commentary on the significant moments of the past seven days.Lewis
7.599
Overview:
Inspector Robert Lewis and Sergeant James Hathaway solve the tough cases that the learned inhabitants of Oxford throw at them.Summer Camp Island
7.848
Overview:
Oscar and Hedgehog are dropped off at a strange summer camp, full of fantastical things ranging from magical camp counselors to sticky notes that are portals to other dimensions.Absolutely Fabulous
7.53
Overview:
Set in the world of fashion and PR, immature fun-loving mother Edina Monsoon and her best friend Patsy drive Eddie's sensible daughter, Saffron, up the wall with their constant drug abuse and outrageous selfishness. Numerous in-jokes and heavy doses of cruel humour have made this series a cult hit in the UK and abroad.Eurovision Song Contest
7.194
Overview:
The Eurovision Song Contest is an international song competition, organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and featuring participants representing primarily European countries. Each participating country submits an original song to be performed on live television and radio, transmitted to national broadcasters via the EBU's Eurovision and Euroradio networks, with competing countries then casting votes for the other countries' songs to determine the winner.An Audience with...
5.3
Overview:
An Audience with... is a British entertainment television show produced by London Weekend Television, in which a host, usually a singer or comedian, performs for an invited audience of celebrity guests, interspersed with questions from the audience, in a light hearted revue/tribute style.EuroTrip
6.601
Overview:
When Scott learns that his longtime cyber-buddy from Berlin is a gorgeous young woman, he and his friends embark on a trip across Europe.RuPaul's Drag Race UK
7.2
Overview:
RuPaul has made the trip across the pond in search of a queen with the most charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent in all the land.Lovejoy
7.35
Overview:
The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he has a reputation as a “divvie”, a person with an almost supernatural powers for recognising exceptional items as well as distinguishing genuine antique from clever fakes or forgeries.Paddington 2
7.474
Overview:
Paddington, now happily settled with the Browns, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect present for his Aunt Lucy, but it is stolen.Fool Me Once
7.153
Overview:
When ex-soldier Maya sees her murdered husband on a secret nanny cam, she uncovers a deadly conspiracy that stretches deep into the past.The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
NYR
Overview:
Comic Relief takes over the Great British Bake Off tent. Different celebrity faces battle it out with their baking skills to claim one of the coveted Comic Relief Star Baker titles.Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
6.138
Overview:
A gameshow hosted by Ant and Dec filled with stunts, sketches, and special guest appearances.On Her Majesty's Secret Service
6.574
Overview:
James Bond tracks his archnemesis, Ernst Blofeld, to a mountaintop retreat in the Swiss alps where he is training an army of beautiful, lethal women. Along the way, Bond falls for Italian contessa Tracy Draco, and marries her in order to get closer to Blofeld.The New Avengers
6.978
Overview:
The New Avengers is a British secret agent fantasy adventure television series broadcast during 1976 and 1977. It is a sequel to the 1960s series The Avengers and was developed by Albert Fennell and Brian Clemens. A joint United Kingdom-France-Canada production, the show picks up the adventures of John Steed and his team of Avengers fighting evil plots and world domination. Whereas in the original series Steed had almost always been partnered with a woman, in the new series he had two partners: Mike Gambit, a top agent, crack marksman and trained martial artist, and Purdey, a former trainee with The Royal Ballet who was an amalgam of many of the best talents from Steed's previous female partners.Acting
2025Netflix Tudum 2025 as Self
2025Joanna Lumley's Danube (3 Episodes) as Self - Host
2025Twiggy as Self
2025Amandaland (6 Episodes) as Felicity
2025Jewel of the Med: Majorca and Menorca (5 Episodes) as Self - Narrator (voice)
2025Jewels of the Med (8 Episodes) as Self - Narrator (voice)
2024Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out as Self
2024My Week with Maisy as Mrs. Foster
2024Fool Me Once (8 Episodes) as Judith Burkett
2023imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter as Self
2023Joanna Lumley's Spice Trail Adventure (4 Episodes) as Self - Presenter
2023Joanna Lumley: My Best Bits - In My Own Words as Self
2023Late Night Lycett (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
2022Wednesday (1 Episode) as Grandmama Hester Frump
2022Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg (1 Episode) as Self
2022Joanna Lumley's Great Cities of the World (3 Episodes) as Self - Presenter
2021Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life as Self
2021Joanna Lumley and the Human Swan as Presenter
2021Blankety Blank (1 Episode) as Unknown
2021Falling for Figaro as Meghan Geoffrey-Bishop
2021Rosie Jones' Trip Hazard (5 Episodes) as Narrator
2021The Picture of Dorian Gray as Lady Narborough
2021The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out as Self
2021Joanna Lumley’s Home Sweet Home – Travels in My Own Land (3 Episodes) as Unknown
2021Joanna Lumley's Britain (3 Episodes) as Self - Host
2021Finding Alice (6 Episodes) as Sarah
2020Coronation Street: 60 Unforgettable Years as Narrator
2020The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse (1 Episode) as Narrator (voice)
2020Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime (4 Episodes) as Self
2020Joanna Lumley's Unseen Adventures (3 Episodes) as Cast
2020Joanna Lumley's Hidden Caribbean: Havana to Haiti (2 Episodes) as Herself - Presenter
2020In Search of Dracula as Herself
2019RuPaul's Drag Race UK (1 Episode) as Self - Guest Judge
2019Counting Tigers as Narrator (voice)
2019Celebrity Gogglebox (1 Episode) as Self
20197 Up & Me as Narrator (voice)
201820 Years of the Black Eyed Peas as Herself - Host
2018Joanna Lumley's Silk Road Adventure (4 Episodes) as Self - Presenter
2018Summer Camp Island (2 Episodes) as Adult Susie (voice)
2017Finding Your Feet as Jackie
2017Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers as Self - Presenter
2017And the Winner Isn't as Self
2017Paddington 2 as Felicity Fanshaw
2017Joanna Lumley's India (3 Episodes) as Herself
2017The Man You're Not as Joanna Lumley
2017Joanna Lumley's Postcards From My Travels (6 Episodes) as Unknown
2017Carnage: Swallowing the Past as Herself (voice)
2016British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves as Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016Joanna Lumley's Japan (3 Episodes) as Herself
2016Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie as Patsy Stone
2016Me Before You as Mary Rawlinson
2016Attenborough at 90 as Self
2015Joanna Lumley: Elvis and Me as Self
2015Joanna Lumley's Trans-Siberian Adventure (3 Episodes) as Self - Presenter
2015Britain's Busiest Airport: Heathrow (12 Episodes) as Narrator (voice)
2015She's Funny That Way as Vivian Claremont
2015Absolutely Anything as Fenella
2014Bette Midler: One Night Only as Self - Host
201450 Years of BBC Two Comedy as Narrator (voice)
2014Joanna Lumley Meets Will.I.Am as Presenter
2014The Michael McIntyre Chat Show (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (1 Episode) as Self
2013Gangsta Granny as The Queen
2013The Wolf of Wall Street as Aunt Emma
2013The Last Leg (5 Episodes) as Self
2013The Great Comic Relief Bake Off (1 Episode) as Self - Contestant
2012Joanna Lumley: The Search for Noah's Ark as Herself - Presenter
2012The Making of a Lady as Lady Maria Byrne
2012The Genius of Roald Dahl as Herself
2011Joanna Lumley's Greek Odyssey (4 Episodes) as Herself
2011Wogan on Wodehouse as Self
2011Late Bloomers as Charlotte
2010The Snowman Live Stage Show as Narrator
2010Justin Lee Collins: Good Times (1 Episode) as Self
2010The National Television Awards Backstage Live (1 Episode) as Unknown
2009Live from Studio Five (1 Episode) as Self
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
2009Boogie Woogie as Mrs. Alfreda Rhinegold
2008Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began as Herself
2008Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights as Herself
2008Mistresses (4 Episodes) as Vivienne Roden
2007A Bucket O' French and Saunders (1 Episode) as Unknown
2007The Graham Norton Show (3 Episodes) as Self
2007Lewis (1 Episode) as Esme Ford
2006Jam and Jerusalem (5 Episodes) as Delilah Stagg
2006The One Show (4 Episodes) as Self
2006Betjeman and Me (1 Episode) as Unknown
2006Philip and Elizabeth (1 Episode) as Unknown
2005Sensitive Skin (12 Episodes) as Davina Jackson
2005Corpse Bride as Maudeline Everglot (voice)
2005Final Chance to Save (1 Episode) as Herself
2005The Friday Night Project (1 Episode) as Self - Host
2004Agatha Christie's Marple (2 Episodes) as Dolly Bantry
2004Stories of Lost Souls as Last in Line
2004The Magic Roundabout as Ermintrude (voice)
2004Ella Enchanted as Dame Olga
2004EuroTrip as Hostel Clerk
2004Standing Room Only as Last in line
2003My Dad's the Prime Minister (1 Episode) as Unknown
2003Posh Nosh (9 Episodes) as Narrator (voice)
2002Top Gear (1 Episode) as Self
2002Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (1 Episode) as Self - Guest Announcer
2002Up in Town (10 Episodes) as Madison Blakelock
2001The Cat's Meow as Elinor Glyn
2000Mirrorball as Jackie Riviera
2000Whispers: An Elephant's Tale as Half Tusk (voice)
2000Maybe Baby as Shiela
1999Dr Willoughby (6 Episodes) as Donna Sinclair
1999Mad Cows as Gillian
1999The Foxbusters (26 Episodes) as Sims / Evita / Voracity (voice)
1999Parting Shots as Freda
1999Nancherrow (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1999Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death as The Female Doctor
1999Alice in Wonderland as Tiger Lily (voice)
1999Nancherrow as Diana Carey-Lewis
1998A Rather English Marriage as Liz Franks
1998Absolutely Fabulous: A Life as Patsy Stone (archive footage)
1998The Tale of Sweeney Todd as Mrs. Lovett
1998Coming Home (2 Episodes) as Diana Carey-Lewis
1998Coming Home as Diana Carey-Lewis
1998Parkinson (1 Episode) as Self
1997Joanna Lumley in the Kingdom of the Thunderdragon (1 Episode) as Herself
1997Prince Valiant as Morgan Le Fey
1997The Forgotten Toys (26 Episodes) as Annie (voice)
1996Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout as Patsy Stone
1996James and the Giant Peach as Aunt Spiker
1995Innocent Lies as Lady Helena Graves
1995In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett as Sketch Performer (Archive Footage)
1995The Mrs Merton Show (1 Episode) as Self
1995How to Be Absolutely Fabulous as Patsy Stone (archive footage)
1995Cold Comfort Farm as Mary Smiling
1995The Forgotten Toys as Annie (voice)
1994Girl Friday as Presenter
1994Class Act (14 Episodes) as Kate Swift
1992Absolutely Fabulous (39 Episodes) as Patsy
1990Cluedo (6 Episodes) as Mrs. Peacock
1990A Ghost in Monte Carlo as Lady Drayton
1990Plunder (1 Episode) as Unknown
1989Shirley Valentine as Marjorie Majors
1988Roseanne (1 Episode) as Patsy Stone
1988Comic Relief (1 Episode) as Unknown
1987Going Live! (1 Episode) as Self
1986Lovejoy (3 Episodes) as Victoria Cavero
1984Oxbridge Blues (1 Episode) as Gigi
1984The Glory Boys (3 Episodes) as Helen
1984Mistral's Daughter (8 Episodes) as Lally Longbridge
1984Electric Blue Special: Nude Celebrity Special as Unknown
1983The Weather in the Streets as Kate
1983Curse of the Pink Panther as Countess Chandra
1982Trail of the Pink Panther as Marie Jouvet
1982Wogan (5, 9 Episode) as Self, Self - Presenter
1982Electric Blue - The Movie as (archive footage)
1982The Kenny Everett Television Show (1 Episode) as Various
1982Champs-Elysées (1 Episode) as Self
1980An Audience with Dame Edna Everage as Unknown
1980Electric Blue 002 as (archive footage)
1979The Plank as Hitcher
1979Sapphire & Steel (34 Episodes) as Sapphire
1978An Audience with... (3 Episodes) as Self
1976The New Avengers (26 Episodes) as Purdey
1975The Cuckoo Waltz (26 Episodes) as Harriet Paulden
1973Don't Just Lie There, Say Something! as Miss Parkyn
1973The Satanic Rites of Dracula as Jessica Van Helsing
1972Are You Being Served? (2 Episodes) as Miss French
1971The House That Dripped Blood as Unknown
1971Games That Lovers Play as Fanny Hill
1970The Ballad of Tam Lin as Georgia
1970The Breaking of Bumbo as Susie
1969On Her Majesty's Secret Service as The English Girl
1969Some Girls Do as Robot Saboteur (uncredited)
1962Steptoe and Son (1 Episode) as Bunty
1961The Avengers as Purdey
1956Eurovision Song Contest (1 Episode) as Self - UK’s Spokesperson
1956Tony Awards (1 Episode) as Self - Nominee
1949The BAFTA Awards (2 Episodes) as Host
Production
2022Joanna Lumley's Great Cities of the World (3 Episodes) ... Executive Producer
2020Joanna Lumley's Unseen Adventures (3 Episodes) ... Executive Producer
2018Joanna Lumley's Silk Road Adventure (4 Episodes) ... Executive Producer
2001The Cazalets (6 Episodes) ... Producer