Joanna Lumley
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Joanna Lamond Lumley, OBE, FRGS (born 1 May 1946) is an English actress, voice-over artist and author, best known for her roles in British television series Absolutely Fabulous portraying Edina Monsoon's best friend, Patsy Stone, as well as parts in The New Avengers, Sapphire & Steel, and Sensitive Skin. She is a former model and Bond girl. Her distinctive voice has been supplied for animated characters, film narration, and AOL's "You have email" notification in the UK. She has spoken out as a human rights activist for Survival International and the Gurkha Justice Campaign, and is now considered a "national treasure" of Nepal because of her support. She is an advocate for a number of charities and animal welfare groups such as CIWF and Viva!. She has won three BAFTA awards and a British comedy award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joanna Lumley, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- May 1, 1946 In Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, British India
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 92
- First Appeared:
- In the series Starting Out
- Latest Project:
- Movie Twiggy 2025-03-07
Known For
Filmography
| Series | Starting Out | Mrs Robertson | 2026 |
| Movie | Twiggy | 2025-03-07 | |
| Movie | Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out | Self | 2024-10-17 |
| Series | Fool Me Once | Judith Burkett | 2024-01-01 |
| Movie | imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter | Self | 2023-12-27 |
| Series | Finding Alice | Sarah | 2021-01-17 |
| Movie | The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out | Self | 2021-03-06 |
| Movie | Falling for Figaro | Meghan Geoffrey-Bishop | 2021-10-01 |
| Series | Rosie Jones' Trip Hazard | Narrator | 2021-04-09 |
| Movie | Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life | Self | 2021-12-25 |
| Movie | In Search of Dracula | Herself | 2020-01-03 |
| Movie | Coronation Street: 60 Unforgettable Years | Narrator | 2020-12-07 |
| Series | Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime | Self | 2020-10-04 |
| Movie | 7 Up & Me | Narrator (voice) | 2019-06-03 |
| Movie | 20 Years of the Black Eyed Peas | Herself - Host | 2018-12-22 |
| Movie | Carnage: Swallowing the Past | Herself (voice) | 2017-03-19 |
| Movie | And the Winner Isn't | Self | 2017-12-08 |
| Movie | Paddington 2 | Felicity Fanshaw | 2017-11-09 |
| Movie | Finding Your Feet | Jackie | 2017-12-26 |
| Movie | Me Before You | Mary Rawlinson | 2016-06-01 |
| Movie | Attenborough at 90 | Self | 2016-05-08 |
| Movie | British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves | Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2016-09-12 |
| Movie | Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie | Patsy Stone | 2016-07-01 |
| Movie | Absolutely Anything | Fenella | 2015-02-13 |
| Movie | She's Funny That Way | Vivian Claremont | 2015-04-22 |
| Movie | Joanna Lumley: Elvis and Me | Self | 2015-11-04 |
| Movie | 50 Years of BBC Two Comedy | Narrator (voice) | 2014-05-24 |
| Movie | Bette Midler: One Night Only | Self - Host | 2014-12-15 |
| Movie | Gangsta Granny | The Queen | 2013-12-26 |
| Movie | The Wolf of Wall Street | Aunt Emma | 2013-12-25 |
| Movie | The Making of a Lady | Lady Maria Byrne | 2012-12-19 |
| Movie | Wogan on Wodehouse | Self | 2011-09-02 |
| Movie | Late Bloomers | Charlotte | 2011-07-13 |
| Movie | Boogie Woogie | Mrs. Alfreda Rhinegold | 2009-06-26 |
| Series | Mistresses | Vivienne Roden | 2008-01-08 |
| Series | Jam and Jerusalem | Delilah | 2006-11-24 |
| Movie | The Magic Roundabout | Ermintrude (voice) | 2005-02-02 |
| Movie | Corpse Bride | Maudeline Everglot (voice) | 2005-09-12 |
| Series | Sensitive Skin | Davina Jackson | 2005-11-10 |
| Movie | EuroTrip | Hostel Clerk | 2004-02-20 |
| Movie | Stories of Lost Souls | Last in Line | 2004-11-12 |
| Movie | Ella Enchanted | Dame Olga | 2004-04-09 |
| Series | Posh Nosh | Narrator (voice) | 2003-02-04 |
| Movie | The Cat's Meow | Elinor Glyn | 2001-10-08 |
| Movie | Maybe Baby | Shiela | 2000-06-02 |
| Movie | Mirrorball | Jackie Riviera | 2000-12-22 |
| Movie | Whispers: An Elephant's Tale | Half Tusk (voice) | 2000-10-03 |
| Movie | Alice in Wonderland | Tiger Lily (voice) | 1999-02-28 |
| Movie | Nancherrow | Diana Carey-Lewis | 1999-01-01 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death | The Female Doctor | 1999-03-26 |
| Series | Nancherrow | 1999-04-04 | |
| Series | Dr Willoughby | Donna Sinclair | 1999-11-14 |
| Movie | Mad Cows | Gillian | 1999-10-29 |
| Movie | Parting Shots | Freda | 1999-05-14 |
| Series | Coming Home | Diana Carey-Lewis | 1998-04-12 |
| Movie | Coming Home | Diana Carey-Lewis | 1998-04-11 |
| Movie | The Tale of Sweeney Todd | Mrs. Lovett | 1998-08-30 |
| Movie | A Rather English Marriage | Liz Franks | 1998-12-30 |
| Movie | Prince Valiant | Morgan Le Fey | 1997-07-24 |
| Movie | James and the Giant Peach | Aunt Spiker | 1996-04-12 |
| Movie | Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout | Patsy Stone | 1996-11-06 |
| Movie | Cold Comfort Farm | Mary Smiling | 1995-01-01 |
| Movie | Innocent Lies | Lady Helena Graves | 1995-06-30 |
| Series | Class Act | Kate Swift | 1994-04-07 |
| Series | Absolutely Fabulous | Patsy | 1992-11-12 |
| Series | Cluedo | Mrs. Peacock | 1990-07-25 |
| Movie | A Ghost in Monte Carlo | Lady Drayton | 1990-04-02 |
| Movie | Shirley Valentine | Marjorie Majors | 1989-08-30 |
| Series | Mistral's Daughter | Lally Longbridge | 1984-09-24 |
| Series | The Glory Boys | Helen | 1984-10-01 |
| Series | Oxbridge Blues | 1984-11-14 | |
| Movie | Curse of the Pink Panther | Countess Chandra | 1983-08-12 |
| Movie | Electric Blue - The Movie | (archive footage) | 1982-03-01 |
| Movie | Trail of the Pink Panther | Marie Jouvet | 1982-12-03 |
| Movie | Electric Blue 002 | (archive footage) | 1980-01-01 |
| Series | Sapphire & Steel | Sapphire | 1979-07-10 |
| Movie | The Plank | Hitcher | 1979-12-17 |
| Series | The New Avengers | Purdey | 1976-10-22 |
| Series | The Cuckoo Waltz | Harriet Paulden | 1975-10-27 |
| Movie | Don't Just Lie There, Say Something! | Miss Parkyn | 1973-10-17 |
| Movie | The Satanic Rites of Dracula | Jessica Van Helsing | 1973-04-17 |
| Series | The Protectors | Liz | 1972-09-29 |
| Movie | The Abominable Dr. Phibes | 1971-05-18 | |
| Movie | Games That Lovers Play | Fanny Hill | 1971-01-25 |
| Movie | The House That Dripped Blood | 1971-02-22 | |
| Movie | The Ballad of Tam Lin | Georgia | 1970-12-01 |
| Movie | The Breaking of Bumbo | Susie | 1970-09-28 |
| Movie | On Her Majesty's Secret Service | The English Girl | 1969-12-18 |
| Movie | Some Girls Do | Robot Saboteur (uncredited) | 1969-01-23 |
| Series | Steptoe and Son | Bunty | 1962-01-05 |
| Series | The Avengers | Purdey | 1961-01-07 |
| Series | Emergency – Ward 10 | Patient | 1957-02-19 |