Joanna Lumley

Joanna Lumley

CountryIndia India
GenderFemale
BirthdayMay 1, 1946
BiographyDame Joanna Lamond Lumley (born 1 May 1946) is an Indian-born 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) and Finding Alice (2021–present). She also as 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.

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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Amandaland
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BBC Children in Need
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Jewels of the Mediterranean
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Joanna Lumley's Home Sweet Home: Travels in My Own Land
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Joanna Lumley's Spice Trail Adventure
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Rosie Jones' Trip Hazard
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The British Academy Film Awards
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Wednesday
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Joanna Lumley's Danube
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Absolutely Fabulous
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Britain's Busiest Airport - Heathrow
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Call My Bluff
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Class Act
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Cluedo
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Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death
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Dr. Willoughby
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Finding Alice
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Gangsta Granny
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Harlan Coben's Fool Me Once
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Jam and Jerusalem
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Joanna Lumley's Great Cities of the World
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Joanna Lumley's Greek Odyssey
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Joanna Lumley's Hidden Caribbean: Havana to Haiti
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Joanna Lumley's India
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Joanna Lumley's Japan
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Joanna Lumley's Nile
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Joanna Lumley's Postcards
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Joanna Lumley's Silk Road Adventure
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Joanna Lumley's Trans-Siberian Adventure
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Joanna Lumley's Unseen Adventures
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Joanna Lumley: Catwoman
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Mistral's Daughter
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Posh Nosh
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Sapphire and Steel
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Sensitive Skin
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Summer Camp Island
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The Foxbusters
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The Glory Boys
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The New Avengers
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