Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

April 30, 1946 (78 years old)

Place of Birth

Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, British India

Joanna Lumley

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.

Known For

Joanna Lumley: My Best Bits - In My Own Words

Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights

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

Electric Blue Special: Nude Celebrity Special

Joanna Lumley: The Search for Noah's Ark

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers

Coronation Street: 60 Unforgettable Years

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

The National Television Awards Backstage Live

Joanna Lumley's Trans-Siberian Adventure

Joanna Lumley in the Kingdom of the Thunderdragon

Joanna Lumley's Great Cities of the World

Joanna Lumley's Postcards From My Travels

Joanna Lumley's Hidden Caribbean: Havana to Haiti

Photos