Joanna Lumley
Acting
Born: May 01, 1946
From: Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, British India
Credits: 30 titles
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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joanna Lumley: My Best Bits - In My Own Words | Self | 2023 | — |
| Joanna Lumley and the Human Swan | Presenter | 2021 | — |
| Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life | Self | 2021 | 10.0 |
| Counting Tigers | Narrator (voice) | 2019 | — |
| Attenborough at 90 | Self | 2016 | 8.0 |
| 50 Years of BBC Two Comedy | Narrator (voice) | 2014 | 8.0 |
| The Wolf of Wall Street | Aunt Emma | 2013 | 8.027 |
| Late Bloomers | Charlotte | 2011 | 5.2 |
| Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights | Herself | 2008 | 8.4 |
| Corpse Bride | Maudeline Everglot (voice) | 2005 | 7.584 |
| The Magic Roundabout | Ermintrude (voice) | 2005 | 5.375 |
| Ella Enchanted | Dame Olga | 2004 | 6.477 |
| The Cat's Meow | Elinor Glyn | 2001 | 5.836 |
| Maybe Baby | Shiela | 2000 | 5.429 |
| Whispers: An Elephant's Tale | Half Tusk (voice) | 2000 | 5.923 |
| Mad Cows | Gillian | 1999 | 4.409 |
| Nancherrow | Diana Carey-Lewis | 1999 | 6.25 |
| A Rather English Marriage | Liz Franks | 1998 | 5.5 |
| The Tale of Sweeney Todd | Mrs. Lovett | 1998 | 5.658 |
| Coming Home | Diana Carey-Lewis | 1998 | 5.4 |
| Prince Valiant | Morgan Le Fey | 1997 | 5.195 |
| James and the Giant Peach | Aunt Spiker | 1996 | 6.591 |
| Cold Comfort Farm | Mary Smiling | 1995 | 6.794 |
| Innocent Lies | Lady Helena Graves | 1995 | 4.696 |
| A Ghost in Monte Carlo | Lady Drayton | 1990 | 5.3 |
| Shirley Valentine | Marjorie Majors | 1989 | 6.278 |
| Curse of the Pink Panther | Countess Chandra | 1983 | 4.617 |
| The Satanic Rites of Dracula | Jessica Van Helsing | 1973 | 5.597 |
| The House That Dripped Blood | 1971 | 6.395 | |
| The Ballad of Tam Lin | Georgia | 1970 | 5.056 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1946 |
| From | Srinagar, Jammu and … |