Joanna Lumley
Born May 01, 1946 (Age: 79)
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Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, British India
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 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.
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.
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Filmography
Falling for Figaro
2021
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as Meghan Geoffrey-Bishop
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Age: 75
No Image
The Brave Little Squire
2020
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 74
Counting Tigers
2019
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 73
Finding Your Feet
2017
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as Jackie
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Age: 71
Paddington 2
2017
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as Felicity Fanshaw
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Age: 71
The Man You're Not
2017
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as Joanna Lumley
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Age: 70
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016
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as Patsy Stone
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Age: 70
Me Before You
2016
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as Mary Rawlinson
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Age: 70
Attenborough at 90
2016
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as Self
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Age: 70
She's Funny That Way
2015
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as Vivian Claremont
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Age: 68
Absolutely Anything
2015
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as Fenella
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Age: 68
The Wolf of Wall Street
2013
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as Aunt Emma
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Age: 67
The Genius of Roald Dahl
2012
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as Herself
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Age: 65
Wogan on Wodehouse
2011
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as Self
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Age: 65
The Snowman Live Stage Show
2010
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as Narrator
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Age: 64
Boogie Woogie
2010
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as Mrs. Alfreda Rhinegold
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Age: 63
No Image
My Favourite Attenborough Moment
2006
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as Self
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Age: 59
Corpse Bride
2005
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as Maudeline Everglot (voice)
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Age: 59
The Magic Roundabout
2005
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as Ermintrude (voice)
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Age: 58
Ella Enchanted
2004
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as Dame Olga
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Age: 57
EuroTrip
2004
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as Hostel Clerk
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Age: 57
Standing Room Only
2004
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as Last in line
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Age: 57
The Cat's Meow
2001
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as Elinor Glyn
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Age: 55
Mirrorball
2000
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as Jackie Riviera
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Age: 54
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
2000
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as Half Tusk (voice)
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Age: 54
Maybe Baby
2000
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as Shiela
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Age: 54
A Rather English Marriage
1998
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as Liz Franks
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Age: 52
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
1998
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as Patsy Stone (archive footage)
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Age: 52
The Tale of Sweeney Todd
1998
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as Mrs. Lovett
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Age: 52
Coming Home
1998
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as Diana Carey-Lewis
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Age: 51
Prince Valiant
1997
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as Morgan Le Fey
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Age: 51
James and the Giant Peach
1996
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as Aunt Spiker
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Age: 49
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
1990
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as Lady Drayton
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Age: 43
Shirley Valentine
1989
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as Marjorie Majors
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Age: 43
Curse of the Pink Panther
1983
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as Countess Chandra
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Age: 37
Trail of the Pink Panther
1982
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as Marie Jouvet
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Age: 36
An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
1980
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as
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Age: 34
Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!
1973
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as Miss Parkyn
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Age: 27
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
1973
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as Jessica Van Helsing
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Age: 26
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1969
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as The English Girl
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Age: 23
Some Girls Do
1969
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as Robot Saboteur (uncredited)
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Age: 22