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.
95 movies · 91 shows
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower
2025·7.5
Netflix Tudum 2025
2025·5.5
Twiggy
2025·7.7
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
2024·8.0
My Week with Maisy
2024·10.0
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
2023·7.0
Joanna Lumley: My Best Bits - In My Own Words
2023·0.0
Spike Milligan: The Unseen Archive
2022·0.0
Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life
2021·10.0
Joanna Lumley and the Human Swan
2021·0.0
Falling for Figaro
2021·6.5
The Picture of Dorian Gray
2021·3.0
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
2021·0.0
Coronation Street: 60 Unforgettable Years
2020·6.5
In Search of Dracula
2020·8.4
Counting Tigers
2019·0.0
7 Up & Me
2019·7.5
20 Years of the Black Eyed Peas
2018·9.0
Saturday Knight Takeaway
2018·7.0
Finding Your Feet
2017·7.0
The Missing Crown Jewels
2017·7.0
Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers
2017·10.0
And the Winner Isn't
2017·6.3
Paddington 2
2017·7.5
The Man You're Not
2017·0.0
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
2017·6.4
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016·5.7
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016·5.3
Me Before You
2016·7.9
Attenborough at 90
2016·8.0
Joanna Lumley: Elvis and Me
2015·0.0
She's Funny That Way
2015·5.9
Absolutely Anything
2015·5.9
Bette Midler: One Night Only
2014·0.0
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
2014·8.0
Joanna Lumley Meets Will.I.Am
2014·0.0
Gangsta Granny
2013·6.1
The Wolf of Wall Street
2013·8.0
Joanna Lumley: The Search for Noah's Ark
2012·0.0
The Making of a Lady
2012·5.9
The Genius of Roald Dahl
2012·0.0
Wogan on Wodehouse
2011·0.0
Late Bloomers
2011·5.2
The Snowman Live Stage Show
2010·0.0
Boogie Woogie
2010·5.1
Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began
2008·7.0
Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights
2008·8.4
Counting Out Time
2007·0.0
My Favourite Attenborough Moment
2006·0.0
Corpse Bride
2005·7.6
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005·6.5
The Magic Roundabout
2005·5.4
Stories of Lost Souls
2004·5.7
Ella Enchanted
2004·6.5
EuroTrip
2004·6.6
Standing Room Only
2004·0.0
The Cat's Meow
2001·5.8
Mirrorball
2000·8.0
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
2000·5.9
Maybe Baby
2000·5.4
Mad Cows
1999·4.4
Parting Shots
1999·5.5
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
1999·7.4
Alice in Wonderland
1999·6.2
Nancherrow
1999·6.2
A Rather English Marriage
1998·5.5
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
1998·7.7
The Tale of Sweeney Todd
1998·5.7
Coming Home
1998·5.4
Prince Valiant
1997·5.2
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
1996·7.3
James and the Giant Peach
1996·6.6
Innocent Lies
1995·4.7
In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett
1995·7.0
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
1995·7.0
Cold Comfort Farm
1995·6.8
The Forgotten Toys
1995·8.0
Girl Friday
1994·0.0
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
1990·5.3
Shirley Valentine
1989·6.3
The Weather in the Streets
1983·4.3
Curse of the Pink Panther
1983·4.6
Trail of the Pink Panther
1982·5.2
Electric Blue - The Movie
1982·4.5
An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
1980·3.8
Electric Blue 002
1980·6.0
The Plank
1979·7.4
Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!
1973·4.2
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
1973·5.6
The House That Dripped Blood
1971·6.4
Games That Lovers Play
1971·4.0
The Ballad of Tam Lin
1970·5.1
The Breaking of Bumbo
1970·4.7
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1969·6.6
Some Girls Do
1969·5.8