Joanna Lumley

Joanna Lumley

Birthday: 1946-05-01

Place of birth: Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, British India

Also known as: Joanna Lamond Lumley, OBE, FRGS, 조안나 럼리 , Dame Joanna Lamond Lumley, Dame Joanna Lumley, 瓊安娜‧盧利, جوانا لاملی

imdb_id: nm0525921

Biography:

Dame Joanna Lamond Lumley DBE FRGS 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.

Played in movies:

Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers

Score: 10.0

Absolutely Fabulous: A Life

Score: 10.0

Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life

Score: 10.0

20 Years of the Black Eyed Peas

Score: 9.0

In Search of Dracula

Score: 9.0

Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights

Score: 8.4

Mirrorball

Score: 8.0

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy

Score: 8.0

The Wolf of Wall Street

Score: 8.0

Attenborough at 90

Score: 8.0

Me Before You

Score: 7.9

The Forgotten Toys

Score: 7.9

Corpse Bride

Score: 7.6

7 Up & Me

Score: 7.5

Paddington 2

Score: 7.5

The Plank

Score: 7.4

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death

Score: 7.4

Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout

Score: 7.3

Twiggy

Score: 7.2

Finding Your Feet

Score: 7.1

In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett

Score: 7.0

Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began

Score: 7.0

imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter

Score: 7.0

Cold Comfort Farm

Score: 6.8

EuroTrip

Score: 6.6

James and the Giant Peach

Score: 6.6

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

Score: 6.6

Carnage: Swallowing the Past

Score: 6.5

Falling for Figaro

Score: 6.5

Coronation Street: 60 Unforgettable Years

Score: 6.5

Ella Enchanted

Score: 6.5

The House That Dripped Blood

Score: 6.3

Shirley Valentine

Score: 6.3

Alice in Wonderland

Score: 6.2

The Making of a Lady

Score: 6.1

Gangsta Granny

Score: 6.1

How to Be Absolutely Fabulous

Score: 6.0

Nancherrow

Score: 6.0

She's Funny That Way

Score: 6.0

Some Girls Do

Score: 5.9

Absolutely Anything

Score: 5.9

The Cat's Meow

Score: 5.8

Whispers: An Elephant's Tale

Score: 5.8

And the Winner Isn't

Score: 5.7

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

Score: 5.7

The Tale of Sweeney Todd

Score: 5.7

A Ghost in Monte Carlo

Score: 5.7

A Rather English Marriage

Score: 5.7

Parting Shots

Score: 5.6

The Satanic Rites of Dracula

Score: 5.6

Stories of Lost Souls

Score: 5.6

Coming Home

Score: 5.5

The Magic Roundabout

Score: 5.4

Maybe Baby

Score: 5.4

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

Score: 5.3

Prince Valiant

Score: 5.2

Late Bloomers

Score: 5.2

Trail of the Pink Panther

Score: 5.2

Netflix Tudum 2025

Score: 5.2

The Ballad of Tam Lin

Score: 5.1

Boogie Woogie

Score: 5.1

Innocent Lies

Score: 4.8

Electric Blue - The Movie

Score: 4.7

Curse of the Pink Panther

Score: 4.6

Electric Blue 002

Score: 4.5

Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!

Score: 4.3

Games That Lovers Play

Score: 3.7

Mad Cows

Score: 3.6

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Score: 3.0

The Weather in the Streets

Score: 3.0

The Breaking of Bumbo

Score: 2.0

An Audience with Dame Edna Everage

Score: 1.0

The Man You're Not

Score: 0.0

Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out

Score: 0.0

The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out

Score: 0.0

The Genius of Roald Dahl

Score: 0.0

Wogan on Wodehouse

Score: 0.0

Standing Room Only

Score: 0.0

The Snowman Live Stage Show

Score: 0.0

Joanna Lumley Meets Will.I.Am

Score: 0.0

Joanna Lumley: The Search for Noah's Ark

Score: 0.0

Girl Friday

Score: 0.0

Bette Midler: One Night Only

Score: 0.0

Joanna Lumley: Elvis and Me

Score: 0.0

Electric Blue Special: Nude Celebrity Special

Score: 0.0

My Week with Maisy

Score: 0.0

Counting Tigers

Score: 0.0

Joanna Lumley: My Best Bits - In My Own Words

Score: 0.0

Joanna Lumley and the Human Swan

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

The BAFTA Awards

Score: 10.0

Wednesday

Score: 8.4

Nancherrow

Score: 8.0

The Forgotten Toys

Score: 8.0

Summer Camp Island

Score: 7.8

Steptoe and Son

Score: 7.8

Agatha Christie's Marple

Score: 7.7

The Avengers

Score: 7.7

Lewis

Score: 7.6

Top Gear

Score: 7.5

Amandaland

Score: 7.5

Absolutely Fabulous

Score: 7.5

The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse

Score: 7.4

Sapphire & Steel

Score: 7.4

Lovejoy

Score: 7.4

Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime

Score: 7.3

Are You Being Served?

Score: 7.3

Eurovision Song Contest

Score: 7.2

RuPaul's Drag Race UK

Score: 7.2

The Graham Norton Show

Score: 7.2

Fool Me Once

Score: 7.2

Blankety Blank

Score: 7.0

The Kenny Everett Television Show

Score: 7.0

Sensitive Skin

Score: 7.0

Up in Town

Score: 7.0

Jam and Jerusalem

Score: 7.0

The New Avengers

Score: 7.0

Celebrity Gogglebox

Score: 6.9

Roseanne

Score: 6.8

Posh Nosh

Score: 6.7

The Cuckoo Waltz

Score: 6.7

Cluedo

Score: 6.4

The Mrs Merton Show

Score: 6.4

Champs-Elysées

Score: 6.3

Mistral's Daughter

Score: 6.3

A Bucket O' French and Saunders

Score: 6.2

Joanna Lumley’s Home Sweet Home – Travels in My Own Land

Score: 6.2

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

Score: 6.1

Going Live!

Score: 6.0

Britain's Busiest Airport: Heathrow

Score: 6.0

Tony Awards

Score: 5.9

Mistresses

Score: 5.9

The Friday Night Project

Score: 5.8

Joanna Lumley's Hidden Caribbean: Havana to Haiti

Score: 5.8

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Score: 5.8

Joanna Lumley's Greek Odyssey

Score: 5.7

Joanna Lumley's Japan

Score: 5.7

Comic Relief

Score: 5.7

The Last Leg

Score: 5.6

The Glory Boys

Score: 5.6

My Dad's the Prime Minister

Score: 5.5

Finding Alice

Score: 5.5

An Audience with...

Score: 5.3

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Score: 5.1

Late Night Lycett

Score: 5.0

Joanna Lumley's Spice Trail Adventure

Score: 5.0

Oxbridge Blues

Score: 5.0

Joanna Lumley's Silk Road Adventure

Score: 4.8

Rosie Jones' Trip Hazard

Score: 4.7

The One Show

Score: 4.6

Wogan

Score: 4.5

Wogan

Score: 4.5

Joanna Lumley's Danube

Score: 4.0

Joanna Lumley's Postcards From My Travels

Score: 4.0

The Michael McIntyre Chat Show

Score: 4.0

Joanna Lumley's India

Score: 4.0

Joanna Lumley's Trans-Siberian Adventure

Score: 4.0

Live from Studio Five

Score: 3.7

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

Score: 2.7

Joanna Lumley's Unseen Adventures

Score: 1.0

Joanna Lumley's Great Cities of the World

Score: 1.0

Joanna Lumley in the Kingdom of the Thunderdragon

Score: 1.0

Joanna Lumley's Britain

Score: 1.0

Class Act

Score: 0.0

Jewel of the Med: Majorca and Menorca

Score: 0.0

Jewels of the Med

Score: 0.0

Parkinson

Score: 0.0

Final Chance to Save

Score: 0.0

The Great Comic Relief Bake Off

Score: 0.0

Coming Home

Score: 0.0

The Foxbusters

Score: 0.0

The National Television Awards Backstage Live

Score: 0.0

Justin Lee Collins: Good Times

Score: 0.0

Betjeman and Me

Score: 0.0

Philip and Elizabeth

Score: 0.0

Dr Willoughby

Score: 0.0

Plunder

Score: 0.0