Joanna Lumley
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.
Acting
Movie
The Wolf of Wall Street
as Aunt Emma
2013
Movie
Me Before You
as Mary Rawlinson
2016
TV
Wednesday
as Grandmama Hester Frump
2022
Movie
Corpse Bride
as Maudeline Everglot (voice)
2005
Movie
EuroTrip
as Hostel Clerk
2004
Movie
Paddington 2
as Felicity Fanshaw
2017
Movie
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
as The English Girl
1969
Movie
Ella Enchanted
as Dame Olga
2004
Movie
Absolutely Anything
as Fenella
2015
Movie
James and the Giant Peach
as Aunt Spiker
1996
TV
Top Gear
as Self
2002
Movie
She's Funny That Way
as Vivian Claremont
2015
TV
Fool Me Once
as Judith Burkett
2024
Movie
Alice in Wonderland
as Tiger Lily (voice)
1999
TV
Roseanne
as Patsy Stone
1988
TV
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
Movie
Trail of the Pink Panther
as Marie Jouvet
1982
TV
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
Movie
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
as Patsy Stone
2016
Movie
Curse of the Pink Panther
as Countess Chandra
1983
TV
Absolutely Fabulous
as Patsy Stone
1992
Movie
Finding Your Feet
as Jackie
2017
Movie
The House That Dripped Blood
1971
Movie
The Magic Roundabout
as Ermintrude (voice)
2005
