Joanna Lumley

Also known as Joanna Lamond Lumley, Dame Joanna Lumley, Dame Joanna Lamond Lumley

British actress and former model

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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…

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Twiggy — Self2025
Netflix Tudum 2025 — Self2025
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower — Mrs Stone2025
Amandaland - Christmas special — Felicity2025
Amandaland — Felicity2025
Jewels of the Med — Self - Narrator (voice)2025
Jewel of the Med: Majorca and Menorca — Self - Narrator (voice)2025
Joanna Lumley's Danube — Self - Host2025
David Frost Vs — self2025
My Week with Maisy — Mrs. Foster

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Dame Joanna Lamond Lumley (born 1 May 1946) is a British actress, presenter, author, television producer, activist and former model. 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), Finding Alice (2021–present) and Amandaland (2025–present). She also played Elaine Perkins in Coronation Street in 1973. Her film appearances include On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), Trail of the Pink Panther (1982), Curse of the Pink Panther (1983), 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. In 2025, she played Grandmama in the American series Wednesday (2022).