Joanna Lumley
Acting
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.
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower
Mrs Stone
Netflix Tudum 2025
Self
Twiggy
Self
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
Self / Patricia "Patsy" Stone
My Week with Maisy
Mrs. Foster
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
Self
Joanna Lumley: My Best Bits - In My Own Words
Self
Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life
Self
Joanna Lumley and the Human Swan
Presenter
Falling for Figaro
Meghan Geoffrey-Bishop
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Lady Narborough
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
Self
The Brave Little Squire
Narrator (voice)
Coronation Street: 60 Unforgettable Years
Narrator
In Search of Dracula
Herself
Counting Tigers
Narrator (voice)
7 Up & Me
Narrator (voice)
20 Years of the Black Eyed Peas
Herself - Host
Finding Your Feet
Jackie
Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers
Self - Presenter
And the Winner Isn't
Self
Paddington 2
Felicity Fanshaw
The Man You're Not
Joanna Lumley
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
Herself (voice)
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Patsy Stone
Me Before You
Mary Rawlinson
Attenborough at 90
Self
Joanna Lumley: Elvis and Me
Self
She's Funny That Way
Vivian Claremont
Absolutely Anything
Fenella
Bette Midler: One Night Only
Self - Host
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
Narrator (voice)
Joanna Lumley Meets Will.I.Am
Presenter
Gangsta Granny
The Queen
The Wolf of Wall Street
Aunt Emma
Joanna Lumley: The Search for Noah's Ark
Herself - Presenter
The Making of a Lady
Lady Maria Byrne
The Genius of Roald Dahl
Herself
Wogan on Wodehouse
Self
Late Bloomers
Charlotte
The Snowman Live Stage Show
Narrator
Boogie Woogie
Mrs. Alfreda Rhinegold
Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began
Herself
Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights
Herself
My Favourite Attenborough Moment
Self
Corpse Bride
Maudeline Everglot (voice)
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Miss French (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Magic Roundabout
Ermintrude (voice)
Stories of Lost Souls
Last in Line
Ella Enchanted
Dame Olga
EuroTrip
Hostel Clerk
Standing Room Only
Last in line
The Cat's Meow
Elinor Glyn
Mirrorball
Jackie Riviera
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
Half Tusk (voice)
Maybe Baby
Shiela
Mad Cows
Gillian
Parting Shots
Freda
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
The Female Doctor
Alice in Wonderland
Tiger Lily (voice)
Nancherrow
Diana Carey-Lewis
A Rather English Marriage
Liz Franks
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
Patsy Stone (archive footage)
The Tale of Sweeney Todd
Mrs. Lovett
Coming Home
Diana Carey-Lewis
Prince Valiant
Morgan Le Fey
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
Patsy Stone
James and the Giant Peach
Aunt Spiker
Innocent Lies
Lady Helena Graves
In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett
Sketch Performer (Archive Footage)
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
Patsy Stone (archive footage)
The Forgotten Toys
Annie (voice)
Cold Comfort Farm
Mary Smiling
Girl Friday
Presenter
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
Lady Drayton
Shirley Valentine
Marjorie Majors
The Weather in the Streets
Kate
Curse of the Pink Panther
Countess Chandra
Trail of the Pink Panther
Marie Jouvet
Electric Blue - The Movie
(archive footage)
An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
Electric Blue 002
(archive footage)
The Plank
Hitcher
Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!
Miss Parkyn
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
Jessica Van Helsing
The House That Dripped Blood
Games That Lovers Play
Fanny Hill
The Ballad of Tam Lin
Georgia
The Breaking of Bumbo
Susie
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
The English Girl
Some Girls Do
Robot Saboteur (uncredited)