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Joanna Lumley

Television Actress / Film Actress / Model (person) / Penwoman / Stage Actress / Television Presenter / Comedian | * 05/01/1946 (77) | Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, British India
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Dame Joanna Lamond Lumley (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 includ... ()
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An English actress, voice-over artist and author, best known for her roles in British television series "Absolutely Fabulous" portraying Edina Monsoon's best friend, Patsy Stone, as well as parts in "The New Avengers", "Sapphire & Steel", and "Sensitive Skin". She is a former model and Bond girl. Her distinctive voice has been supplied for animated characters, film narration, and AOL's "You have email" notification in the UK. She has spoken out as a human rights activist for Survival International and the Gurkha Justice Campaign, and is now considered a "national treasure" of Nepal because of her support. She is an advocate for a number of charities and animal welfare groups such as CIWF and Viva!. She has won three BAFTA awards and a British comedy award.

Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Documentaries

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Set in a 19th-century European village, this stop-motion animation feature follows the story of Victor, a young man whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious corpse bride, while his real ...

Corpse Bride

PG

2005 | 3.8/5 | 1h 17min
Romance / Love, Fantasy, Animation
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A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography. ...

The Wolf of Wall Street

R

2013 | 4.0/5 | 3h
Crime, Drama, Comedy
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Edina and Patsy are still oozing glitz and glamor, living the high life they are accustomed to; shopping, drinking and clubbing their way around London's trendiest hot-spots. Blamed for a major incide ...

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

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2016 | 2.7/5 | 1h 31min
Comedy
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Set in the world of fashion and PR, immature fun-loving mother Edina Monsoon and her best friend Patsy drive Eddie's sensible daughter, Saffron, up the wall with their constant drug abuse and outrageo ...

Absolutely Fabulous

TV-PG

1992 | 3.7/5 | 30min per episode
Comedy
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Awards & Nominations for Joanna Lumley

Officer of The Order of The British Empire Fellow of The Royal Geographical Society 2x Dame Commander of The Order of The British Empire Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play
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Movies with Joanna Lumley as Actress(71)

as herself2021 Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life
as Meghan Geoffrey-Bishop2021 Falling for Figaro
as Lady Narborough2021 The Picture of Dorian Gray
as herself2020 In Search of Dracula with Mark Gatiss
as Narrator (voice)2019 7 Up & Me
as Herself - Host2018 20 Years of the Black Eyed Peas
as Felicity Fanshaw2017 Paddington 2
as Herself (voice)2017 Carnage: Swallowing the Past
as Jackie2017 Finding Your Feet
as herself2017 And the Winner Isn't
as Herself - Presenter2017 Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers
as herself2016 Attenborough at 90
as Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)2016 British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
as Mary Rawlinson2016 Me Before You
as Patsy Stone2016 Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
as Fenella2015 Absolutely Anything
as Presenter2015 Joanna Lumley: Elvis and Me
as Vivian Claremont2014 She's Funny That Way
as Narrator (voice)2014 50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
2014 Bette Midler: One Night Only
as Presenter2014 Joanna Lumley Meets Will.I.Am
as The Queen2013 Gangsta Granny
as Aunt Emma2013 The Wolf of Wall Street
as Lady Maria Byrne2012 The Making of a Lady
as Herself - Presenter2012 Joanna Lumley: The Search for Noah's Ark
as herself2011 Wogan on Wodehouse
as Charlotte2011 Late Bloomers
as Mrs. Alfreda Rhinegold2009 Boogie Woogie
as herself2008 Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began
as herself2008 Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights
as Maudeline Everglot (voice) (uncredited)2006 Inside the Two Worlds of 'The Corpse Bride'
as Maudeline Everglot (voice)2005 Corpse Bride
as Ermintrude (voice)2005 The Magic Roundabout
as Last in Line2004 Stories of Lost Souls
as Hostel Clerk2004 EuroTrip
as Dame Olga2004 Ella Enchanted
as Elinor Glyn2001 The Cat's Meow
as Half Tusk (voice)2000 Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
as Shiela2000 Maybe Baby
as Freda1999 Parting Shots
as The Doctor1999 Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
as Diana Carey-Lewis1999 Nancherrow
as Tiger Lily (voice)1999 Alice in Wonderland
as Gillian1999 Mad Cows
as Liz Franks1998 A Rather English Marriage
as Mrs. Lovett1998 The Tale of Sweeney Todd
as Diana Carey-Lewis1998 Coming Home
as Morgan Le Fey1997 Prince Valiant
as Aunt Spiker1996 James and the Giant Peach
as Mary Smiling1995 Cold Comfort Farm
as Lady Helena Graves1995 Innocent Lies
as Annie (voice)1995 The Forgotten Toys
as Presenter1994 Girl Friday
as Lady Drayton1990 A Ghost in Monte Carlo
as Marjorie Majors1989 Shirley Valentine
as Countess Chandra1983 Curse of the Pink Panther
as Kate1983 The Weather in the Streets
as (archive footage)1982 Electric Blue - The Movie
as Marie Jouvet1982 Trail of the Pink Panther
as (archive footage)1980 Electric Blue 002
1980 An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
as Hitcher1979 The Plank
as Miss Parkyn1973 Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!
as Jessica Van Helsing1973 The Satanic Rites of Dracula
as Fanny Hill1971 Games That Lovers Play
1971 The Abominable Dr. Phibes
1971 The House That Dripped Blood
as Georgia1970 The Ballad of Tam Lin
as Susie1970 The Breaking of Bumbo
as The English Girl1969 On Her Majesty's Secret Service
as Robot Saboteur (uncredited)1969 Some Girls Do

TV Shows/Series with Joanna Lumley as Actress(61)

as Mrs Robertson2024 Starting Out
as Judith Burkett2024 Fool Me Once
as Self - Presenter2023 Joanna Lumley's Spice Trail Adventure
as Sarah2021 Finding Alice
2021 Joanna Lumley’s Home Sweet Home – Travels in My Own Land
as Narrator2021 Rosie Jones' Trip Hazard
as Narrator (voice)2020 The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse
as Herself - Presenter2020 Joanna Lumley's Hidden Caribbean: Havana to Haiti
as herself2020 Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime
as herself2019 Celebrity Gogglebox
as Self - Judge2019 RuPaul's Drag Race UK
2017 Joanna Lumley's Postcards From My Travels
as herself2017 Joanna Lumley's India
as herself2016 Joanna Lumley's Japan
as Self - Presenter2015 Joanna Lumley's Trans-Siberian Adventure
as Narrator2015 Britain's Busiest Airport: Heathrow
as Herself - Guest2014 The Michael McIntyre Chat Show
as herself2013 The Last Leg
as Herself - Contestant2013 The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
as Cast2011 Joanna Lumley's Greek Odyssey
as herself2009 Live from Studio Five
2008 Mistresses
as Vivienne Roden2008 Mistresses
2007 A Bucket O' French and Saunders
as Esme Ford2007 Lewis
as herself2007 The Graham Norton Show
as Delilah Stagg2006 Jam & Jerusalem
as Delilah2006 Jam & Jerusalem
as herself2006 The One Show
as Davina Jackson2005 Sensitive Skin
as Dolly Bantry2004 Agatha Christie's Marple
2003 My Dad's the Prime Minister
as Narrator (voice)2003 Posh Nosh
as Self - Guest Announcer2002 Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
2002 Top Gear
as Madison Blakelock2002 Up in Town
as Sims / Evita / Voracity (voice)1999 Foxbusters
1999 Comic Relief
as Rosalind Tartikoff1997 Jonathan Creek
as herself1997 Joanna Lumley in the Kingdom of the Thunderdragon
1995 The Mrs Merton Show
as Patsy1992 Absolutely Fabulous
as Mrs. Peacock1990 Cluedo
1988 Roseanne
as Victoria Cavero1986 Lovejoy
as Gigi1984 Oxbridge Blues
as Helen1984 The Glory Boys
as Lally Longbridge1984 Mistral's Daughter
as Various1982 The Kenny Everett Television Show
as herself1982 Wogan
as Self - Presenter1982 Wogan
as herself1982 Champs-Elysées
as Sapphire1979 Sapphire & Steel
as herself1978 An Audience with...
as Purdey1976 The New Avengers
as Harriet Paulden1975 The Cuckoo Waltz
as Miss French1972 Are You Being Served?
1964 The Wednesday Play
as Bunty1962 Steptoe and Son
as Purdey1961 The Avengers
as Samantha Ryder-Ross1961 Comedy Playhouse

TV Shows/Series with Joanna Lumley as Crew(1)

Production/Producer2001 The Cazalets

Full Name: Joanna Lumley
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Wednesday, 05/01 1946 (May) in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, British India (current age: 77 years + 362 days)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: English (EN)
Member of: Royal Geographical Society
Spouses (current/former): Stephen Barlow, Jeremy Lloyd
Children: James Aenas Lumley
Father: James Rutherford Lumley
Mother: Thyra Beatrice Rose Weir
Other names for Joanna Lumley (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Joanna Lamond Lumley, OBE, FRGS"
"조안나 럼리"
Joanna Lumley frequently works together with these people:
Jennifer Saunders (17x, Actress)
Dawn French (15x, Actress)
Declan Donnelly (11x, Actor)
Lorraine Kelly (11x, Actress)
Jeremy Clarkson (9x, Actor)
Elton John (9x, Actor)
Bill Bailey (9x, Actor)
Rob Brydon (9x, Actor)
Boy George (9x, Actor)
Cliff Richard (9x, Actor)
Jo Brand (8x, Actress)
Blake Edwards (7x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:2529, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/27/2024