Dame Joanna Lamond Lumley DBE FRGS is an English actress, presenter, former model, author, television producer, and activist.

Joanna Lumley 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, Joanna Lumley received the Special Recognition Award at the National Television Awards, and in 2017 she was honoured with the BAFTA Fellowship award.

Joanna 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.

Joanna Lumley’s 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).

Joanna Lumley was made a Dame (DBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to drama, entertainment and charity.

Joanna Lumley has been married twice;

She was briefly married to Jeremy Lloyd from 1970–1971.

Joanna Lumley is currently married to Stephen Barlow and they got married in 1986.