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

Is Joanna Lumley’s father indian?
Joanna Lumley’s father, Major James Rutherford Lumley (1917–1999), was born in Lahore (now part of Pakistan) and had Scottish and English roots.
Is Joanna Lumley a vegetarian?
Joanna Lumley has been vegetarian since the 1970s and she credits her meat-free lifestyle to the lessons her mother taught her about having respect for all animals.


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