Born 1946 in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, British India, English actress and former model 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 she received the Special Recognition Award at the National Television Awards, and in 2017 she was honored 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).
Lumley is also 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 an Officer of the Order of the British Empire by the Queen in the 1995 New Year Honours. In February 2013, she was assessed as one of the 100 most powerful women in the United Kingdom by BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour. These beautiful photos captured portrait of a young Joanna Lumley in the 1970s and 1980s.
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