Joanna Lumley: movies and TV shows
Joanna Lumley has 193 credits in the archive: 96 films and 97 TV series, from 1949 to 2025. Highest rated: The BAFTA Awards (10.0/10).
Career timeline
1949 – 2025 · busiest year: 2017 (10 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Amandaland | Felicity | TV | 6.8 | 79 |
| 2025 | Netflix Tudum 2025 | Self | Film | 5.5 | 79 |
| 2025 | Jewels of the Med | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | — | 79 |
| 2025 | David Frost Vs | self | TV | 6.9 | 79 |
| 2025 | Twiggy | Self | Film | 7.7 | 79 |
| 2025 | A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower | Mrs Stone | Film | 7.5 | 79 |
| 2025 | Jewel of the Med: Majorca and Menorca | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | 6.0 | 79 |
| 2025 | Joanna Lumley's Danube | Self - Host | TV | 2.5 | 79 |
| 2024 | Fool Me Once | Judith Burkett | TV | 7.1 | 78 |
| 2024 | Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out | Self / Patricia "Patsy" Stone | Film | 10.0 | 78 |
| 2024 | My Week with Maisy | Mrs. Foster | Film | 10.0 | 78 |
| 2023 | Joanna Lumley's Spice Trail Adventure | Self - Presenter | TV | 5.0 | 77 |
| 2023 | Late Night Lycett | Self - Guest | TV | 4.3 | 77 |
| 2023 | imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter | Self | Film | 7.0 | 77 |
| 2023 | Joanna Lumley: My Best Bits - In My Own Words | Self | Film | — | 77 |
| 2022 | Wednesday | Grandmama Hester Frump | TV | 8.3 | 76 |
| 2022 | Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg | Self | TV | 2.8 | 76 |
| 2022 | Joanna Lumley's Great Cities of the World | Self - Presenter | TV | 1.0 | 76 |
| 2022 | Joanna Lumley's Great Cities of the World | TV | 1.0 | 76 | |
| 2022 | Spike Milligan: The Unseen Archive | Self - Friend | Film | — | 76 |
| 2021 | Blankety Blank | TV | 7.0 | 75 | |
| 2021 | The Picture of Dorian Gray | Lady Narborough | Film | 3.0 | 75 |
| 2021 | Finding Alice | Sarah | TV | 5.6 | 75 |
| 2021 | Falling for Figaro | Meghan Geoffrey-Bishop | Film | 6.5 | 75 |
| 2021 | The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out | Self | Film | — | 75 |
| 2021 | Rosie Jones' Trip Hazard | Narrator | TV | 3.8 | 75 |
| 2021 | Joanna Lumley's Britain | Self - Host | TV | 1.0 | 75 |
| 2021 | Joanna Lumley’s Home Sweet Home – Travels in My Own Land | TV | 6.2 | 75 | |
| 2021 | Joanna Lumley and the Human Swan | Presenter | Film | — | 75 |
| 2021 | Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life | Self | Film | 10.0 | 75 |
| 2020 | The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse | Narrator (voice) | TV | 7.5 | 74 |
| 2020 | In Search of Dracula | Herself | Film | 8.4 | 74 |
| 2020 | Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime | Self | TV | 8.0 | 74 |
| 2020 | Coronation Street: 60 Unforgettable Years | Narrator | Film | 6.5 | 74 |
| 2020 | Joanna Lumley's Hidden Caribbean: Havana to Haiti | Herself - Presenter | TV | 6.0 | 74 |
| 2020 | Joanna Lumley's Unseen Adventures | Cast | TV | 1.0 | 74 |
| 2020 | Joanna Lumley's Unseen Adventures | TV | 1.0 | 74 | |
| 2019 | Celebrity Gogglebox | Self | TV | 6.6 | 73 |
| 2019 | Celebrity Gogglebox | TV | 6.6 | 73 | |
| 2019 | RuPaul's Drag Race UK | Self - Guest Judge | TV | 7.1 | 73 |
| 2019 | 7 Up & Me | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.5 | 73 |
| 2019 | Counting Tigers | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 73 |
| 2018 | Summer Camp Island | Adult Susie (voice) | TV | 7.8 | 72 |
| 2018 | Saturday Knight Takeaway | Self | Film | 7.0 | 72 |
| 2018 | 20 Years of the Black Eyed Peas | Herself - Host | Film | 9.0 | 72 |
| 2018 | Joanna Lumley's Silk Road Adventure | Self - Presenter | TV | 5.3 | 72 |
| 2018 | Joanna Lumley's Silk Road Adventure | TV | 5.3 | 72 | |
| 2017 | Motherland | Felicity | TV | 7.1 | 71 |
| 2017 | Paddington 2 | Felicity Fanshaw | Film | 7.5 | 71 |
| 2017 | Finding Your Feet | Jackie | Film | 7.0 | 71 |
| 2017 | And the Winner Isn't | Self | Film | 6.3 | 71 |
| 2017 | Carnage: Swallowing the Past | Herself (voice) | Film | 6.4 | 71 |
| 2017 | The Missing Crown Jewels | Self | Film | 7.0 | 71 |
| 2017 | Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers | Self - Presenter | Film | 10.0 | 71 |
| 2017 | The Man You're Not | Joanna Lumley | Film | — | 71 |
| 2017 | Joanna Lumley's India | Herself | TV | 5.3 | 71 |
| 2017 | Joanna Lumley's Postcards | TV | 4.0 | 71 | |
| 2016 | Me Before You | Mary Rawlinson | Film | 7.9 | 70 |
| 2016 | Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie | Patsy Stone | Film | 5.3 | 70 |
| 2016 | Attenborough at 90 | Self | Film | 8.0 | 70 |
| 2016 | British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves | Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 5.7 | 70 |
| 2016 | Joanna Lumley's Japan | Herself | TV | 6.3 | 70 |
| 2015 | Absolutely Anything | Fenella | Film | 5.9 | 69 |
| 2015 | She's Funny That Way | Vivian Claremont | Film | 5.9 | 69 |
| 2015 | Britain's Busiest Airport: Heathrow | Narrator (voice) | TV | 6.4 | 69 |
| 2015 | Joanna Lumley's Trans-Siberian Adventure | Self - Presenter | TV | 5.8 | 69 |
| 2015 | Joanna Lumley: Elvis and Me | Self | Film | — | 69 |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | TV | 5.8 | 68 |
| 2014 | The Michael McIntyre Chat Show | Self - Guest | TV | 4.0 | 68 |
| 2014 | 50 Years of BBC Two Comedy | Narrator (voice) | Film | 8.0 | 68 |
| 2014 | Bette Midler: One Night Only | Self - Host | Film | — | 68 |
| 2014 | Joanna Lumley Meets Will.I.Am | Presenter | Film | — | 68 |
| 2013 | The Last Leg | Self | TV | 5.7 | 67 |
| 2013 | The Wolf of Wall Street | Aunt Emma | Film | 8.0 | 67 |
| 2013 | Car S.O.S. | Herself | TV | 7.1 | 67 |
| 2013 | Gangsta Granny | The Queen | Film | 6.1 | 67 |
| 2013 | The Great Comic Relief Bake Off | Self - Contestant | TV | — | 67 |
| 2012 | The Making of a Lady | Lady Maria Byrne | Film | 5.9 | 66 |
| 2012 | Joanna Lumley: The Search for Noah's Ark | Herself - Presenter | Film | — | 66 |
| 2012 | The Genius of Roald Dahl | Herself | Film | — | 66 |
| 2011 | Late Bloomers | Charlotte | Film | 5.2 | 65 |
| 2011 | Wogan on Wodehouse | Self | Film | — | 65 |
| 2011 | Joanna Lumley's Greek Odyssey | Herself | TV | 5.7 | 65 |
| 2010 | Justin Lee Collins: Good Times | Self | TV | — | 64 |
| 2010 | Boogie Woogie | Mrs. Alfreda Rhinegold | Film | 5.1 | 64 |
| 2010 | The Snowman Live Stage Show | Narrator | Film | — | 64 |
| 2010 | The National Television Awards Backstage Live | TV | — | 64 | |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | TV | 5.0 | 63 |
| 2009 | Live from Studio Five | Self | TV | 3.7 | 63 |
| 2008 | Mistresses | Vivienne Roden | TV | 5.7 | 62 |
| 2008 | Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began | Herself | Film | 7.0 | 62 |
| 2008 | Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights | Herself | Film | 8.4 | 62 |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self | TV | 7.2 | 61 |
| 2007 | Lewis | Esme Ford | TV | 7.6 | 61 |
| 2007 | Counting Out Time | Herself | Film | — | 61 |
| 2007 | A Bucket O' French and Saunders | TV | 6.2 | 61 | |
| 2006 | The One Show | Self | TV | 4.4 | 60 |
| 2006 | Jam and Jerusalem | Delilah Stagg | TV | 7.1 | 60 |
| 2006 | My Favourite Attenborough Moment | Self | Film | — | 60 |
| 2006 | Philip and Elizabeth | TV | — | 60 | |
| 2006 | Betjeman and Me | TV | — | 60 | |
| 2005 | Corpse Bride | Maudeline Everglot (voice) | Film | 7.6 | 59 |
| 2005 | The Funny Blokes of British Comedy | Miss French (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 59 |
| 2005 | The Magic Roundabout | Ermintrude (voice) | Film | 5.4 | 59 |
| 2005 | Sensitive Skin | Davina Jackson | TV | 7.4 | 59 |
| 2005 | Final Chance to Save | Herself | TV | — | 59 |
| 2005 | The Friday Night Project | Self - Host | TV | 6.0 | 59 |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's Marple | Dolly Bantry | TV | 7.8 | 58 |
| 2004 | EuroTrip | Hostel Clerk | Film | 6.6 | 58 |
| 2004 | Ella Enchanted | Dame Olga | Film | 6.5 | 58 |
| 2004 | Stories of Lost Souls | Last in Line | Film | 5.7 | 58 |
| 2004 | Standing Room Only | Last in line | Film | — | 58 |
| 2003 | My Dad's the Prime Minister | TV | 7.0 | 57 | |
| 2003 | Posh Nosh | Narrator (voice) | TV | 7.8 | 57 |
| 2002 | Top Gear | Self | TV | 7.6 | 56 |
| 2002 | Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway | Self - Guest Announcer | TV | 6.1 | 56 |
| 2002 | Up in Town | Madison Blakelock | TV | 7.0 | 56 |
| 2001 | The Cazalets | TV | 8.5 | 55 | |
| 2001 | The Cat's Meow | Elinor Glyn | Film | 5.8 | 55 |
| 2000 | Whispers: An Elephant's Tale | Half Tusk (voice) | Film | 5.9 | 54 |
| 2000 | Maybe Baby | Shiela | Film | 5.4 | 54 |
| 2000 | Mirrorball | Jackie Riviera | Film | 8.0 | 54 |
| 1999 | Alice in Wonderland | Tiger Lily (voice) | Film | 6.2 | 53 |
| 1999 | Parting Shots | Freda | Film | 5.5 | 53 |
| 1999 | The Foxbusters | Sims / Evita / Voracity (voice) | TV | 9.0 | 53 |
| 1999 | Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death | The Female Doctor | Film | 7.4 | 53 |
| 1999 | Nancherrow | Diana Carey-Lewis | Film | 6.2 | 53 |
| 1999 | Nancherrow | TV | 8.0 | 53 | |
| 1999 | Dr Willoughby | Donna Sinclair | TV | 7.7 | 53 |
| 1999 | Mad Cows | Gillian | Film | 4.4 | 53 |
| 1998 | Parkinson | Self | TV | — | 52 |
| 1998 | Coming Home | Diana Carey-Lewis | Film | 5.4 | 52 |
| 1998 | Coming Home | Diana Carey-Lewis | TV | — | 52 |
| 1998 | The Tale of Sweeney Todd | Mrs. Lovett | Film | 5.7 | 52 |
| 1998 | A Rather English Marriage | Liz Franks | Film | 5.5 | 52 |
| 1998 | Absolutely Fabulous: A Life | Patsy Stone (archive footage) | Film | 8.5 | 52 |
| 1997 | Prince Valiant | Morgan Le Fey | Film | 5.2 | 51 |
| 1997 | The Forgotten Toys | Annie (voice) | TV | 7.5 | 51 |
| 1997 | Joanna Lumley in the Kingdom of the Thunderdragon | Herself | TV | 4.5 | 51 |
| 1996 | James and the Giant Peach | Aunt Spiker | Film | 6.6 | 50 |
| 1996 | Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout | Patsy Stone | Film | 7.3 | 50 |
| 1995 | Innocent Lies | Lady Helena Graves | Film | 4.7 | 49 |
| 1995 | The Mrs Merton Show | Self | TV | 6.8 | 49 |
| 1995 | Cold Comfort Farm | Mary Smiling | Film | 6.8 | 49 |
| 1995 | The Forgotten Toys | Annie (voice) | Film | 8.0 | 49 |
| 1995 | In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett | Sketch Performer (Archive Footage) | Film | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1995 | How to Be Absolutely Fabulous | Patsy Stone (archive footage) | Film | 7.5 | 49 |
| 1994 | Girl Friday | Presenter | Film | — | 48 |
| 1994 | Class Act | Kate Swift | TV | — | 48 |
| 1992 | Absolutely Fabulous | Patsy Stone | TV | 7.6 | 46 |
| 1990 | Plunder | TV | — | 44 | |
| 1990 | Cluedo | Mrs. Peacock | TV | 6.8 | 44 |
| 1990 | A Ghost in Monte Carlo | Lady Drayton | Film | 5.3 | 44 |
| 1989 | Challenge Anneka | Self | TV | — | 43 |
| 1989 | Shirley Valentine | Marjorie Majors | Film | 6.3 | 43 |
| 1988 | Roseanne | Patsy Stone | TV | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1988 | Comic Relief | TV | 6.0 | 42 | |
| 1987 | Going Live! | Self | TV | 8.0 | 41 |
| 1986 | Lovejoy | Victoria Cavero | TV | 7.4 | 40 |
| 1984 | Mistral's Daughter | Lally Longbridge | TV | 6.0 | 38 |
| 1984 | Oxbridge Blues | Gigi | TV | 7.0 | 38 |
| 1984 | The Glory Boys | Helen | TV | 6.1 | 38 |
| 1983 | Curse of the Pink Panther | Countess Chandra | Film | 4.6 | 37 |
| 1983 | The Weather in the Streets | Kate | Film | 4.3 | 37 |
| 1982 | Wogan | Self | TV | 5.3 | 36 |
| 1982 | Wogan | Self - Presenter | TV | 5.3 | 36 |
| 1982 | Champs-Elysées | Self | TV | 6.8 | 36 |
| 1982 | The Kenny Everett Television Show | Various | TV | 7.3 | 36 |
| 1982 | Electric Blue - The Movie | (archive footage) | Film | 4.5 | 36 |
| 1982 | Trail of the Pink Panther | Marie Jouvet | Film | 5.2 | 36 |
| 1980 | Children In Need | Self | TV | 7.0 | 34 |
| 1980 | An Audience with Dame Edna Everage | Film | 3.8 | 34 | |
| 1980 | Electric Blue 002 | (archive footage) | Film | 6.0 | 34 |
| 1979 | Sapphire & Steel | Sapphire | TV | 7.3 | 33 |
| 1979 | The Plank | Hitcher | Film | 7.4 | 33 |
| 1978 | An Audience with... | Self | TV | 5.3 | 32 |
| 1976 | The New Avengers | Purdey | TV | 7.1 | 30 |
| 1973 | The Satanic Rites of Dracula | Jessica Van Helsing | Film | 5.6 | 27 |
| 1973 | Don't Just Lie There, Say Something! | Miss Parkyn | Film | 4.2 | 27 |
| 1972 | Are You Being Served? | Miss French | TV | 7.3 | 26 |
| 1971 | A Ghost Story for Christmas | TV | 7.4 | 25 | |
| 1971 | The House That Dripped Blood | Film | 6.4 | 25 | |
| 1971 | Games That Lovers Play | Fanny Hill | Film | 4.0 | 25 |
| 1970 | The Ballad of Tam Lin | Georgia | Film | 5.1 | 24 |
| 1970 | The Breaking of Bumbo | Susie | Film | 4.7 | 24 |
| 1969 | Some Girls Do | Robot Saboteur (uncredited) | Film | 5.8 | 23 |
| 1969 | On Her Majesty's Secret Service | The English Girl | Film | 6.6 | 23 |
| 1962 | Steptoe and Son | Bunty | TV | 7.8 | 16 |
| 1961 | The Avengers | Purdey | TV | 7.8 | 15 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | TV | — | 10 |
| 1956 | Eurovision Song Contest | Self - UK’s Spokesperson | TV | 7.2 | 10 |
| 1949 | The BAFTA Awards | Host | TV | 10.0 | 3 |
| Frank and Percy | Film | — | — |