Joanna Lumley

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
May 01, 1946 (79 years old)

Joanna Lumley

Known For

Joanna Lumley's Danube
0h 46m
TV Show 2025

Joanna Lumley's Danube

The actress and presenter travels down the famous river. On the way she'll encounter Bavaria’s beer-brewing nuns, Slovakia's stunning snow-capped peaks, Hungary's Great Plain and its distinctive cowboys, the majesty of Vienna and Budapest, the raw beauty of Transylvania, and the unique wilderness that is the Danube delta.

Twiggy
1h 30m
Movie 2025

Twiggy

Twiggy takes a comprehensive look at the life story of UK model and cultural icon Twiggy, real name Lesley Lawson, whose career kickstarted in the 1960s. It features interviews with Twiggy and her husband Leigh Lawson, as well as commentary from Erin O’Connor, Paul McCartney, Lulu, Poppy Delavigne, Brooke Shields, Pattie Boyd and Zandra Rhodes.

Amandaland
0h 30m
TV Show 2025

Amandaland

Post her divorce, Amanda has had to downsize and up sticks to South Harlesden, or as the Estate Agent calls it SoHa (definitely not the area around Wormwood Scrubs prison). With both Manus and Georgie now at secondary school, Amanda has to try and get her head around raising teenagers, dealing with modern motherhood horrors like teenage drinking, fake Instagram accounts and eco anxiety. Spin off from Motherland.

Jewel of the Med: Majorca and Menorca
TV Show 2025

Jewel of the Med: Majorca and Menorca

Joanna Lumley narrates, as we meet locals and explore traditions in Majorca and Menorca.

Jewels of the Med
TV Show 2025

Jewels of the Med

Joanna Lumley narrates this exploration of the Mediterranean.

Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
1h 30m
Movie 2024

Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out

A star-studded retrospective reunites the lead cast for the first time since 2016 to rampage down memory lane revealing how the show was made, pay tribute to much-missed castmember June Whitfield, and celebrate its ground-breaking influence on female comedy.

My Week with Maisy
0h 18m
Movie 2024

My Week with Maisy

Mrs Foster, a retired lady whose cup is half empty, is starting chemotherapy and is understandably anxious. The last thing she needs, is to have to share the treatment room with a 'know it all child' who wants to grow up to be a lesbian. But through their unexpected friendship, Maisy Jones gives Mrs Foster much more than just a glimmer of hope.

Fool Me Once
TV Show 2024

Fool Me Once

When ex-soldier Maya sees her murdered husband on a secret nanny cam, she uncovers a deadly conspiracy that stretches deep into the past.

imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
1h 29m
Movie 2023

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

imagine... profiles the UK’s most successful double act of the last 40 years, French & Saunders, exploring a brand of comedy based on satire, silliness and, above all, friendship.

Joanna Lumley's Spice Trail Adventure
TV Show 2023

Joanna Lumley's Spice Trail Adventure

Joanna Lumley sets off on one of her most epic voyages yet, a journey through the world’s greatest spice continents to discover the rich tapestry of flavours and cultures which have shaped our world. Touring Indonesia, Zanzibar, India and Madagascar, Joanna explores the centuries-old spice trade in this brand new four-part series of discovery.

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.

Acting

2025
Joanna Lumley's Danube
2025
Twiggy
2025
Amandaland
2025
Jewel of the Med: Majorca and Menorca
2025
Jewels of the Med
2024
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
2024
My Week with Maisy
2024
Fool Me Once
2023
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
2023
Joanna Lumley's Spice Trail Adventure
2022
Joanna Lumley's Great Cities of the World
2021
Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life
2021
Joanna Lumley and the Human Swan
2021
Falling for Figaro
2021
Rosie Jones' Trip Hazard
2021
The Picture of Dorian Gray
2021
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
2021
Joanna Lumley's Britain
2021
Joanna Lumley’s Home Sweet Home – Travels in My Own Land
2021
Finding Alice
2020
Coronation Street: 60 Unforgettable Years
2020
Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime
2020
Joanna Lumley's Unseen Adventures
2020
Joanna Lumley's Hidden Caribbean: Havana to Haiti
2020
In Search of Dracula
2019
Counting Tigers
2019
7 Up & Me
2018
Joanna Lumley's Silk Road Adventure
2017
Finding Your Feet
2017
Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers
2017
And the Winner Isn't
2017
Paddington 2
2017
Joanna Lumley's India
2017
The Man You're Not
2017
Joanna Lumley's Postcards From My Travels
2017
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
2016
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016
Joanna Lumley's Japan
2016
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016
Me Before You
2016
Attenborough at 90
2015
Joanna Lumley: Elvis and Me
2015
Joanna Lumley's Trans-Siberian Adventure
2014
Bette Midler: One Night Only
2014
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
2014
Joanna Lumley Meets Will.I.Am
2013
The Wolf of Wall Street
2011
Joanna Lumley's Greek Odyssey
2008
Mistresses
2005
Sensitive Skin
2004
EuroTrip
2003
Posh Nosh
2002
Up in Town
1999
Dr Willoughby
1999
The Foxbusters
1999
Nancherrow
1998
Coming Home
1997
Joanna Lumley in the Kingdom of the Thunderdragon
1997
The Forgotten Toys
1994
Class Act
1992
Absolutely Fabulous
1990
Cluedo

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