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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.
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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
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Eurovision Song Contest
The Graham Norton Show
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Tony Awards
Summer Camp Island
Agatha Christie's Marple
Going Live!
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Roseanne
The One Show
Wogan
The Kenny Everett Television Show
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
Wednesday
Parkinson
Blankety Blank
Top Gear
French & Saunders
Lovejoy
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
The Michael McIntyre Chat Show
The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse
Comic Relief
Steptoe and Son
A Bucket O' French and Saunders
My Dad's the Prime Minister
EuroTrip
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Paddington 2
Attenborough at 90
Me Before You
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett
The Wolf of Wall Street
Mistral's Daughter
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
Celebrity Gogglebox
Gangsta Granny
Corpse Bride
Absolutely Anything
Twiggy
Cold Comfort Farm
Ella Enchanted
Shirley Valentine
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
The Cat's Meow
Fool Me Once
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
James and the Giant Peach
The New Avengers
Mirrorball
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
Absolutely Fabulous
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower
Amandaland
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
Starting Out
Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers
Girl Friday
Production Credits
The Cazalets
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