
Joanna Lumley
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) 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).
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.
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Known For

Amandaland

BBC Children in Need

Jewels of the Mediterranean

Joanna Lumley's Home Sweet Home: Travels in My Own Land

Joanna Lumley's Spice Trail Adventure

Rosie Jones' Trip Hazard

The British Academy Film Awards

Wednesday

Absolutely Fabulous

Britain's Busiest Airport - Heathrow

Call My Bluff

Class Act

Cluedo

Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death

Dr. Willoughby

Finding Alice

Gangsta Granny

Harlan Coben's Fool Me Once

It's Awfully Bad for Your Eyes, Darling

Jam and Jerusalem

Joanna Lumley's Danube

Joanna Lumley's Great Cities of the World

Joanna Lumley's Greek Odyssey

Joanna Lumley's Hidden Caribbean: Havana to Haiti

Joanna Lumley's India

Joanna Lumley's Japan

Joanna Lumley's Nile

Joanna Lumley's Postcards

Joanna Lumley's Silk Road Adventure

Joanna Lumley's Trans-Siberian Adventure

Joanna Lumley's Unseen Adventures

Joanna Lumley: Catwoman

Mistral's Daughter

Posh Nosh

Sapphire and Steel

Sensitive Skin

Summer Camp Island

The Foxbusters

The Glory Boys

The New Avengers
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