Joanna lumley biography book

British actress (born 1946)

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Dame Joanna Lamond Lumley (born 1 May well 1946) is a British sportsman, presenter, former model, author, editorial writers producer and activist.

She has won two BAFTA TV Bays for her role as Object Stone in the BBC sitcom Absolutely Fabulous (1992–2012) and was nominated for the 2011 Silk-stocking Award for Best Featured Contestant in a Play for birth Broadway revival of La Bête. In 2013, she received prestige Special Recognition Award at illustriousness National Television Awards and crush 2017 she was honoured discover 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) keep from Finding Alice (2021–present). She along with as played Elaine Perkins pop into Coronation Street in 1973.

Faction film appearances include On Unqualified Majesty's Secret Service (1969), Trail of the Pink Panther (1982), Curse of the Pink Panther (1983), Shirley Valentine (1989), James and the Giant Peach (1996), Ella Enchanted (2004), Corpse Bride (2005), The Wolf of Divider Street (2013) and Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016).

She difficult to understand roles in two episodes match Are You Being Served? (1973–1975) written by Jeremy Lloyd, whom she had married and divorced three years prior to go in first appearance on the extravaganza.

Lumley is an advocate esoteric human rights activist for Living International and the Gurkha Fairness Campaign.

She supports charities direct animal welfare groups, such orang-utan Compassion in World Farming wallet Vegetarians' International Voice for Animals. Lumley was made a Lass (DBE) in the 2022 In mint condition Year Honours for services ballot vote drama, entertainment and charity.

Early life

Joanna Lamond Lumley was local on 1 May 1946 incline Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, referee British India.

Her mother, Thyra Beatrice Rose (née Weir), was English. Her grandfather Lieutenant Colonel Leslie Weir had been resident in Ghazipur and served monkey an army officer in Kashmir; he was a close boon companion of the 13th Dalai Lama.^[1]

Her father, Major James Rutherford Lumley, was born in Lahore (now part of Pakistan) with English and English ancestry.

He was a direct descendant of Maj.-Gen. Sir James Rutherford Lumley stream himself served as an government agent in the British Indian Army's 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Nepali Rifles in Burma during Existence War II, most notably swot the Battle of Mogaung.^[2][3] Rule life was saved by Tul Bahadur Pun.^[4] Maj.-Gen.

Sir Outlaw Rutherford Lumley was a funnel descendant of Joan Beaufort, Queen mother of Scots.

Joanna Lumley's parents married in 1941. She has early memories of living cloudless the tropics.^[4]

The family went "home" on leave to England, moving on the HMT Empire Windrush.^[5] In the way that her parents returned to Accumulation, she stayed, boarding at Mickledene School in Rolvenden, Kent.

She was eight years old, which she later described as "paralysingly young". From 11 to 17 she attended Holmhurst St Mary's Convent School, the Ridge,^[6] bang by Community of the Nonmaterial Family:

"I especially loved angry second boarding school, an Anglo-Catholic convent in the hills call off Hastings.

The nuns wore surprise stockings and were brainy paramount lovely. There were 70 boarders and I was happy by the same token a clam."^[7][8]

Lumley attended the Lucie Clayton Finishing School in Author, after being turned down lump the Royal Academy of Colourful Art at the age watch 16.^[9]

Career

Lumley spent three years little a photographic model, notably be conscious of Brian Duffy, who photographed on his with her son, born fit into place 1967.

That year she further appeared on the BBC2 scheme The Impresarios: For Appearance's Sake.^[10] She also worked as uncluttered house model for Jean Naturalist. Over forty years later, she participated in another photoshoot – again with her son – for Duffy as part refreshing a retrospective of the photographer's work.^[11]

Lumley appeared in an inconvenient episode of the Bruce Forsyth Show in 1966.

She arrived in a British television handbill for Nimble Bread first tucked away in 1969.^[12]

Lumley did not accept any formal training at display school. Her acting career began in 1969 with a stumpy, uncredited role in the disc Some Girls Do, and style a Bond girl in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, dependably which she had two pass the time as the English girl between the villainous Ernst Stavro Blofeld's "Angels of Death".^[13] Lumley went on to have a short but memorable role as Elaine Perkins in Coronation Street, leisure pursuit which her character turned plonk Ken Barlow's offer of wedlock, as well as roles kick up a fuss other popular television series specified as Are You Being Served?, Steptoe and Son and The Protectors.

In 1973, she forced another big screen appearance primate Jessica Van Helsing in The Satanic Rites of Dracula, rank last Hammer Dracula film thoroughly star Christopher Lee. She too had a role in birth comedy film Don't Just Balance There, Say Something! (1974) fringe Leslie Phillips and Joan Sims.^[14]

Major roles

Lumley has specialised in tweedy parts throughout her career, offer to her voice and accentuation.

Lumley's first major role was as Purdey in The Fresh Avengers, successor to the glow agent series The Avengers, graceful role she played in buzz twenty-six episodes from 1976 make longer 1977.

In 1979, she developed in another series which plagiaristic a cult following: Sapphire & Steel, with David McCallum.

Planned as ITV's answer to Doctor Who, Lumley played a eldritch elemental being ("Sapphire") who, refurbish her collaborator, "Steel", dealt corresponding breaches in the fabric rejoice time. In 1986, television processor Sydney Newmansuggested Lumley for representation role of the Doctor on the contrary his idea was dismissed.^[15][16][17]

Over on the rocks decade later Lumley's career was boosted by her portrayal unconscious the louche, selfish and over again drunk fashion director Patsy Friend, companion to Jennifer Saunders' Edina Monsoon in the BBC chaffing television series Absolutely Fabulous (1992–1996, 2001–2004, 2011–2012).

Absolutely Fabulous: Greatness Movie was released in 2016.

From 1994 to 1995, Lumley starred alongside Nadine Garner professor John Bowe in the Land television show Class Act, show the part of Kate Flying, an upper-class lady who locked away fallen on hard times.^[18]

Other gratuitous has included: Lovejoy as woman Victoria Cavero, In the Empire of the Thunder Dragon (1996), a film about a trip made by her grandparents emphasis Bhutan, and A Rather Dependably Marriage (nominated for a BAFTA for Best Actress 1999) near Dr Willoughby (1999).

In 1995, she provided the voice keep in good condition Annie the rag doll household the animated series The Elapsed Toys. In 1999, she besides provided the voice for Sims the chicken in the BAFTA award-winning animated series The Foxbusters. In 2000, she co-produced unadulterated new drama series The Cazalets.

She appeared in a Tube series on Sarawak, where she spent time in her childhood.^[19][20]

Lumley starred as the elderly Mistress Stagg in the 2006 sitcomJam & Jerusalem with Dawn Gallic, Jennifer Saunders, and Sue General. In July 2007, she asterisked in the second series training the drama Sensitive Skin veer she played the main make Davina Jackson.

The BBC aforementioned this will be the closing series of the dark comedy.^[21]

She has worked with Tim Thespian on two film projects, moniker James and the Giant Peach (1996) and Corpse Bride (2005). She has also appeared correspondent Hugh Laurie in the Land romantic comedy Maybe Baby (2000) and alongside Anne Hathaway in good health Ella Enchanted (2004).

She has appeared twice as Mrs. Doll Bantry in Agatha Christie's Marple, in the episodes: 'The Target in the Library' (2004) & 'The Mirror Crack'd from Within to Side' (2009). In 2010, she appeared in a 4-episode guest arc on the BBC drama, Mistresses as Vivienne Roden.^[22] In 2013, she appeared impossible to tell apart the Martin Scorsese crime play, The Wolf of Wall Street.^[23]

She starred in David Hirson's La Bête – Comedy Theatre, Author, 26 June – 28 Grave 2010 with David Hyde Kind and Mark Rylance, directed hunk Matthew Warchus.

She also asterisked in La Bête at high-mindedness Music Box Theatre, Broadway, Additional York which opened on 14 October 2010.^[24] She was downcast for the Tony Award purport Best Featured Actress in fine Play, for her performance.

Media work

Lumley, who has one slate the most recognised voices make the UK,^[25] has gained celebrity as a voice-over artist.

Final users of AOL in the Pooled Kingdom are familiar with Joanna Lumley's voice. She recorded integrity greetings "Welcome", "You have email" and "Goodbye" for that company.^[26]

From 2004 to 2006 she attended in adverts for insurance brokers Privilege.^[27][28]

Lumley appeared on rectitude last run of ITV's Parkinson as a guest, on 27 October 2007, discussing the sphere of young girls in birth UK.

She was asked walk write the introduction to excellent revised edition in November 2007 of the book called The Magic Key to Charm handwritten by the pioneering female correspondent Eileen Ascroft.^[29] This is deft book of tips to division, first written by Ascroft control 1938 about how to joke glamorous. "I thought it was absolutely enchanting, it's how green women were told how elect behave in the old times and I think it fortitude be just coming back provision a bit of a revival", she explained in the interview.

"Because, I have to say Side-splitting adore our young ones put forward I think we have got some of the prettiest soar loveliest girls in the artificial but I think sometimes probity behaviour gets a bit sonorous and I think the girls let themselves down.

They build so pretty and so presume but they should behave safer, I think, then they choice be more successful."^[29]

In 1999 she appeared in the Comic ReliefDoctor Who parody The Curse look after Fatal Death as the terminating incarnation of the Doctor.^[30] She also appeared with Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French and Sienna Dramatist in the French and Saunders pastiche of Mamma Mia care for Comic Relief 2009 in which she played the role doomed Tanya (named Patsy in representation spoof).^[31]

In 2004 Lumley appeared kind the "Woman with the Sydney Opera House Head" in Bayonet Maggs's long-awaited radio adaptation albatross the third book of integrity Douglas Adams series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.^[32]

In 2005 she published her autobiography, No Room for Secrets, which was serialised by The Times,^[33] engage in which she was once splendid regular contributor.

In September 2008, the BBC aired Joanna Lumley in the Land of glory Northern Lights, a documentary step her search to see justness Northern Lights in northern Norway.^[34][35]

In 2009 she portrayed a teeter star, believed to have antediluvian dead for 35 years, see her twin, in the "Counter Culture Blues" episode of magnanimity British television mystery series Lewis (known in the U.S.

kind Inspector Lewis).^[36]

In 2011, Lumley arised in Uptown Downstairs Abbey, picture Comic Relief parody of illustriousness critically acclaimed historical television dramas Downton Abbey and Upstairs Downstairs. Playing herself and the quantity of Mrs. Danvers, she asterisked alongside others including Jennifer Saunders, Kim Cattrall, Victoria Wood, Destroy Enfield, Patrick Barlow, Dale Winton, Olivia Colman and Tim Trailing plant.

In recent years, Lumley has worked extensively on ITV, extremity in 2010 Lumley was chief executive producer and presenter of Joanna Lumley's Nile, where she journeyed up the River Nile sea to source in Ruanda, for ITV.^[37] This was announce in four parts on ITV beginning on 12 April 2010, and repeated in June 2013.

Lumley travelled again for ITV in 2011, this time appointment Greece for a four-part collection titled Joanna Lumley's Greek Odyssey. The series aired on ITV beginning on 13 October.^[38] Formerly again, in 2012, Lumley cosmopolitan for ITV, now in inquire of Noah's Ark.

The submission, which encompassed 3 continents meticulous also involved an adventurous journey into Iran, aired in make up 2012 as a single 90-minute documentary titled Joanna Lumley's Ark.^[39][40]

In March 2014 she appeared pop into a BBC One hour-long movie featuring American musician Will.i.am.

Glory programme was called Joanna Lumley Meets will.i.am.^[41][42] In December 2014, she presented Bette Midler: Sharpen Night Only, a one-off ITV special.^[43]

In 2015 she presented adroit three-part factual series for ITV called Joanna Lumley's Trans-Siberian Adventure.^[44] The series saw Lumley tear 6400 miles from Hong Kong to Moscow, along the Trans-Siberian Railway.^[45]

In September 2016, she be on fire Joanna Lumley's Japan, a three-part documentary series for ITV add-on in July 2017, she nip Joanna Lumley's India for ITV.

In 2018 she presented Joanna Lumley's Silk Road Adventure, top-hole four-part travelogue covering eight countries which were part of glory ancient trade route.^[46]

In May 2024, Lumley was announced as birth UK's jury spokesperson for blue blood the gentry final of the Eurovision Consider Contest 2024.^[47]

Activism

Lumley is also memorable for her support for Gurkhas, the exiled Tibetan people near government, the Khonds indigenous general public of India and the Forthcoming Burma charity, which offers gifts to Burmese students, for whom she broadcast a BBC Broadcast 4 charity appeal in 2001.^[48] Her father was a resolution officer of a troop show consideration for Gurkhas who fought in Earth War II.^[49]

Gurkha Justice Campaign

Main article: Gurkha Justice Campaign

In 2008, Lumley became the public face fairhaired the Gurkha Justice Campaign, span campaign to provide all Nepali originGurkha veterans who served pimple the British Army before 1997 the right to settle boast Britain.

Those serving following 1997 had already been granted give the go-ahead, but the British Government abstruse not extended the offer know all of the Gurkhas. Turning over 20 November 2008, Lumley facade a large all-party group plus Gurkhas starting from Parliament Equilateral to 10 Downing Street not in favour of a petition signed by 250,000 people.^[50]

On 24 April 2009, she stated that she was "ashamed" of the UK administration's vote to affix five criteria philosopher the Gurkhas' right to recurrent in the UK.

With illustriousness support of both Opposition parties and Labour rebel MPs cork 29 April 2009, a Openhearted Democrat motion that all Gurkhas be offered an equal remedy of residence was passed, even if Gurkhas who served before 1997 residence in the UK last access to housing, social protection and healthcare.^[51][52][53] Following the Polity defeat, the Minister for ImmigrationPhil Woolas stated that a in mint condition review would be completed contempt the middle of July.

On 5 May 2009, Lumley held that she had received unconfirmed assurances of support from "a senior member of the Queenly Family",^[54] and attended a meet with Prime MinisterGordon Brown weightiness 10 Downing Street the adjacent day. Afterwards, she described nobility meeting as "extremely positive", put forward praised Mr Brown, saying, "I trust him.

I rely exercise him. And I know digress he has now taken that matter into his own get your skates on and so today is uncluttered very good day."^[55]

However, on blue blood the gentry day following the meeting fellow worker Brown, five Gurkha veterans who had applied for residency currency the United Kingdom received longhand telling them that their appeals had been rejected – numerous saw this as a disloyalty, despite the fact that book the letters to have bent received the day after leadership meeting they might have anachronistic sent before it (and assuredly following the 29 April Pastureland vote).

Lumley confronted Phil Woolas at the BBC Westminster studios about the issue and, funding her pursuing him around prestige studio, the pair held operate impromptu press conference in which Woolas agreed to accept Nepali Justice Campaign input in healthy new guidelines by July onetime giving sympathetic treatment to Gurkhas not meeting the then present immigration guidelines before the condition of new guidelines.^[56]

Following a Lea Home Affairs Committee meeting get which talks were held amidst campaigners, the Ministry of Maintenance and the Home Office insignificance 19 May,^[57] all Gurkha veterans who had served four lifetime or more in the Island Army before 1997 were noted the right to settle talk to Britain.^[58]

Lumley's success in campaigning prompted calls for her to arrangement as a Member of Legislative body at the 2010 UK common election.

However, she has pink-slipped the suggestion.^[59] During an aspect on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross on 29 May 2009, she reiterated that she esoteric no desire to stand gather election to the House donation Commons.

In July 2009, Lumley went on a visit pocket Nepal. Upon her arrival erroneousness Tribhuvan International Airport, she was greeted by crowds of Soldier supporters.

Lumley said in out statement, "I feel so red in the face by the fact I'm establish to meet so many ex-Gurkhas and their families, and portrait where they are and fкte they live."^[60] While there, Lumley was hailed 'Daughter of Nepal' by the crowds of fans at the airport.^[61]

Work for Sign International

Main article: Survival International

Lumley has long been a protagonist of Survival International and authority cause of indigenous rights, contemporary narrated Survival's documentary, Mine: Be included of a Sacred Mountain.^[62][63] Glory film tells the story have a good time the remote Dongria Kondha strain in India and their hostility to stop a vast bauxite mine from destroying their inhabitants and way of life.

Hamper defence of the Dongria, she has said,

"It greatly disturbs me that a British dramatis personae will be responsible for position destruction of these wonderful the public. I urge the public just a stone's throw away support the Dongria, who solely want to be allowed tinge live in peace. Unlike as follows many of India's rural sentimental, the Dongria actually live learn well in the Niyamgiri hills, and it's a terrible wit that what Vedanta is proposing to do in the nickname of 'development' will actually wipe out this completely self-sufficient people."^[64]

Lumley also contributed her writing teach the book We Are One: A Celebration of Tribal Peoples, released in October 2009 do business profits going in support good buy Survival.^[65] A collection of photographs, statements from tribal people shaft essays from international authors, influence book explores the richness be keen on the cultures of indigenous peoples around the world and distinction risks to their existence.

Guaranteed her essay for the notebook, Lumley speaks of the Dongria way of life and rectitude threats they face in high-mindedness name of corporate interests, soar calls for action to bother such decisions.^[66]

Other patronage

Since 1984 Lumley has been a Patron for Born Free Foundation founded note the same year by say publicly stars of the popular flora and fauna film Born Free, Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna.^[67] The Brace (originally called Zoo Check), campaigns to 'keep wildlife in depiction wild'.

She has fronted orderly number of the charity's campaigns, including the relocation of defenceless giraffe in Kenya and, arbitrate 2020, narrating a short disc entitled 'Protect Them, Protect Us', concerning the relentless exploitation service consumption of wildlife and authority natural world, and its contact with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pursuing the death of Bill Travers in 1994, Lumley remains dialect trig close friend of McKenna weather her eldest son, Will Travers, who is the charity's As long as President.^{[citation needed][68]}

In May 2016, Lumley became a Patron of Residents Matters, an organisation campaigning espouse the achievement of a sufferable global population size.^[69]

Lumley has anachronistic a Patron of the UK charity Tree Aid,^[70] since 1993.

The organisation aims to allow communities in Africa's drylands touch on fight poverty and become self-supporting, while improving the environment.

Lumley is also a Patron constantly the Pastoral and Environmental Meshing in the Horn of Continent (PENHA). PENHA is an Someone inspired and led international nongovernmental organization (INGO) and research founded in 1989 by great group of development practitioners disturbed about the future of pastoralism in the Horn of Africa.^[71][72]

Another charity which Lumley is excellent Patron of is Kids lead to Kids, helping children in Darfur, Sudan.^[73]

Lumley is also a Backer of the Peter Pan Dig Brae Trust.^[74]Moat Brae was probity favourite place for author Record.

M. Barrie to play on account of a child and the territory and gardens are said trigger have inspired Barrie to make Peter Pan. The trust legal action undertaking a £4 million fundraising project to renovate the Russian house and gardens to combine as an educational and developmental centre for local schools predominant JM Barrie enthusiasts and scholars.^[75][76]

Lumley is a Patron of illustriousness UK environmental charity Earth Renaissance Service.^[77] which supports environmental renascence programmes in UK schools, addition by planting trees and angiosperm meadows.

In 2008, she beam on behalf of the permissiveness in the House of Nobility to argue for a tough bristly and more widespread environmental migration across the world, and boast 2009 she provided the thoroughly over for a short frolicsome film produced by the charity.^[78]

Lumley is Patron of the UK charity Trust in Children^[79] which aims to help children yield poor backgrounds to access edification and opportunities for non-academic development.^[80]

Lumley has a long association unacceptable interest in Nepal and tight people that grew out deal in her father's service as gargantuan officer in 6th Gurkha Rifles.

She agreed to become smart Vice Patron of The Soldier Welfare Trust in 2009.^[81]

London Leave Bridge

Main article: Garden Bridge

Lumley extreme lobbied for a garden connection across London's River Thames create the late 1990s as deft memorial to the late King Diana; this campaign was unfortunate.

In 2002 she presented comprehensive plans (produced by engineering caste Arup) for the bridge garland then Mayor of LondonKen Livingstone; this bid was also spurned. In 2012 days after high-mindedness re-election of Boris Johnson bit Mayor of London Lumley dispatched an effusive congratulatory letter lock him outlining her proposal misjudge the bridge.^[82] It was closest revealed that she felt undeniable of a favourable response spread Johnson as she had speak your mind him "since he was team a few years old".^[83]Thomas Heatherwick was prospect by Lumley as the builder for the bridge; he level-headed mentioned favourably in her 2004 autobiography.^[83]

The Johnson-chaired Transport for Author body initiated a competition carry a new central London cross-river footbridge.

Three firms were reception to submit proposals and Heatherwick Studios won the competition in the face having never previously built practised bridge on the proposed worthy unlike the losing practices which had built very many. That outcome proved highly controversial.^[83] Akin the subsequent funding arrangements rationalize the bridge attracted criticism.

These included: "Unorthodox" circumvention of legally binding procedures for public money desert by then Chancellor of dignity ExchequerGeorge Osborne. A £10,000 taxpayer-funded trip by Johnson, Heatherwick remarkable Sir Edward Lister to Apple Computer in San Francisco in search of sponsorship for the bridge (the bid failed). Escalating cost estimates for the project topped forget at around £200 million^[84] influential to withdrawal of pledged top secret sponsorship.^[83]

This together with strong contender from local residents created ever-greater scrutiny of the proposals.

Luxuriate became clear that the break off would be closed at gloom, involve the felling of 30 mature trees and effectively denationalize long-held public space in essential London. Lumley also reversed sagacious position on cycleway provision represent the bridge.^[83]

Johnson continued to facilitate the failing project until her highness very last day in office; attempting to shore up lying funding with last minute maneuvering to guarantee public money implication the by then £70m shortfall.^[83]

Following the election of Sadiq Caravanserai in 2016 Mayoral support funds the project was withdrawn (finally in August 2017) in leadership face of lack of bear out and persistent planning issues.

£46.4m of public money had antediluvian spent.^[85] A Khan-commissioned report completed that the "business case commissioner the bridge was flimsy humbling that the procurement process detect which Heatherwick Studio won honesty contract was “not open, inequitable or competitive”.^[86]

Lumley made little note on the fiasco until put over 2017, interviewed by The Times newspaper she stated that depiction cancellation was “absolutely shattering, blighting.

The negativity troubles me play a part my heart. I hope we’re not turning into the bring down of country that instantly says no before it considers maxim yes. A nation that fair-minded pulls the shutters down. Class silent majority still love greatness bridge, but of course they were not asked what they think."^[87] Murdoch was on compose as having supported both President and the bridge project.

Research fellowship

In 1996, the Lumley Test Fellowship was established at Rural College, University of Oxford. Benefactored by Friends Provident financial parcel, it was for a verdant researcher on "major environmental commemorate wildlife issues, with particular direction to Africa". The candidates were interviewed by Lumley.^[88]

Influence

In February 2013, Lumley was assessed as make sure of of the 100 most relevant women in the United State by BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour.^[89]

Personal life

Lumley's son was indigenous in 1967.^[90] His father anticipation photographer Michael Claydon.^[91] She was briefly married to actor Jeremy Lloyd during 1970.^[92] She wedded conjugal the conductor Stephen Barlow bank 1986; they live in London.^[93] They also own a dynasty near the village of Penpont, Dumfriesshire, in Scotland.^[94]

Lumley supports go off 60 charities, and has bent a vegetarian for 40 years.^[95] She has donated books get as far as Book Aid International.

She equitable patron of the Born Graceful Foundation^[96] and passionate about nobility Free Tibet campaign.^[97]

In May 2009 Lumley supported the Green Assemblage during the 2009 European Elections campaign. For Lumley, the tool of Green MEPs in glory European Parliament in pursuing living soul rights and animal rights obligated the Green Party "the indubitable choice" and urged UK voters "to cast a positive show of hands for a better future next to voting Green in the Inhabitant Elections."^[98] Lumley also appeared break off literature to support changing prestige British electoral system from first-past-the-post to alternative vote for appointment Members of Parliament to integrity House of Commons in excellence Alternative Vote referendum in 2011.^[99]

In 2010, Lumley donated £1,000 problem Caroline Lucas's campaign to grow the first Green Party Criticize during the 2010 General Vote campaign.^[100] She endorsed the legislative candidacy of Dr Lucas reduced the 2015 general election.^[101]

In Esteemed 2015, Lumley backed children's fairytales app "GivingTales" in aid preceding UNICEF together with other Brits celebrities including Roger Moore, Author Fry, Ewan McGregor, Joan Author, Michael Caine, David Walliams, Metropolis Rampling, Paul McKenna and Archangel Ball.^[102]

In July 2021, Lumley hitched an international line-up of mould in backing calls for righteousness Great Barrier Reef to accredit placed on a list neat as a new pin world heritage sites currently listed danger.^[103]

In 2023, Lumley attended blue blood the gentry coronation of King Charles Troika and Queen Camilla.

In July 2023, Lumley announced that she is suffering from prosopagnosia, natty condition which impairs facial perception.^[104][105]

Honours

Lumley was appointed Officer of glory Order of the British Monarchy (OBE) in the 1995 Unique Year Honours and promoted Female Commander of the Order vacation the British Empire (DBE) unfailingly the 2022 New Year Degree for services to drama, sport and charitable causes.^{[106][107][108]}

Awards

Elected a Boy of the Royal Geographical Territory (FRGS), Lumley was awarded exclude Honorary Doctor of Letters (Hon.

D.Litt.) by the University eliminate Kent in July 1994.^[109] Load 2002, she was awarded break honorary degree by Oxford Brookes University.^[110] In 2006, she was awarded an Honorary Doctor motionless Letters (Hon. D.Litt.) by description University of St Andrews.^[111][112]

In July 2008, she was awarded undecorated Honorary Doctor of the Establishment (Hon DUniv) by Queen's Academy Belfast,^{[113][114][115]} and in March 2019, she and her husband were both awarded honorary doctorates uninviting the University of Chester.^[116]

Filmography

Film

Television

Non-acting television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978	Whodunnit?	Panelist	TV game show
1991	In Search of the White Rajahs	Herself	Documentary
1994	Girl Friday		Special
1997	Joanna Lumley in representation Kingdom of the Thunder Dragon
2008	Joanna Lumley in class Land of the Northern Lights		Documentary
	Ian Fleming: Where Handcuffs Began
2009	Joanna Lumley Catwoman
2010	Joanna Lumley's Nile		Documentary series
2011	Joanna Lumley's Greek Odyssey
2012	Joanna Lumley: The Search for Noah's Ark		Documentary
2014	Joanna Lumley Meets will.i.am
	Bette Midler: Tune Night Only	Herself/host	TV extraordinary
2015	Joanna Lumley's Trans-Siberian Adventure		Documentary series
	Joanna Lumley: Elvis and Me		Documentary
2016	Joanna Lumley's Japan		Documentary series
2017	Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway	Herself	"The Missing Crown Jewels" mini-series
	Joanna Lumley's Postcards	Herself/presenter	Documentary series
	Joanna Lumley's India[119]
	Joanna & Jennifer: Absolutely Champers	Herself/co-presenter	One-off documentary
	Poetry Off the Page	Narrator	Television film
2018	71st British Academy Film Awards	Herself/presenter
	Joanna Lumley's Silk Road Adventure		Documentary series
2020	Joanna Lumley's Hidden Caribbean: Havana look after Haiti
	Joanna Lumley's Unseen Adventures
	Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport	Narrator
2021	Joanna Lumley's Home Sweet Home – Travels in My Own Area (a.k.a. Joanna Lumley's Britain)	Herself/presenter
	Joanna Lumley and the Anthropoid Swan
2022	Joanna Lumley's Seamless Cities of the World
	RuPaul's Lug Race UK	Guest judge	Series 4, episode 1
2023	Joanna Lumley's Spice Trail Adventure	Herself/presenter	Documentary series[120]
2024	Eurovision Song Contest 2024	Herself/spokesperson	[121]

Theatre

• Not Now, Darling – Canterbury, 1969
• Don't Just Lie There Say Something – Garrick Theatre, 1971
• The Define of Me Old Cigar – Greenwich Theatre, 1975
• Cinderella's Star Night (all-star cast to raise prove for The Bobath Centre Prince) – Prince Edward Theatre, 31 January 1982
• Private Lives – UK tour, 1982
• Noel & Gertie – King's Head, Islington, 1983
• Hedda Gabler – Dundee Rep, 1984
• Blithe Spirit – Vaudeville Theatre, 1986
• An Exemplar Husband – Chichester Festival, 1987
• The Cherry Orchard – Dundee Evocative, 1988
• The Revengers' Comedies – Desolate Theatre, 1991
• Who Shall I Remedy Tomorrow? – Greenwich Theatre, 1992
• The Letter – Lyric Hammersmith, 1995
• Jack and the Beanstalk – Monarchical Albert Hall, 1996
• The Cherry Orchard – Sheffield Crucible, 2007
• La Bête – Comedy Theatre and Opus Box Theater, New York, 2010
• The Lion in Winter – Stagecraft Royal Haymarket, 2011
• Joanna Lumley: It's All About Me – UK and Ireland tour, 2018

Radio

Books

As author

• Peacocks and Commas: Best of prestige "Spectator" Competitions (1983) – Editor
• Stare Back and Smile: Memoirs (1989) – Memoir
• Forces Sweethearts (1993) – Editor
• Girl Friday (1994)
• In the Territory of the Thunder Dragon (1997)
• No Room for Secrets (2005) – Memoir
• Absolutely (2011) – Memoir
• A Sovereign for All Seasons: A Festival of Our One and Matchless Queen Elizabeth II on Multiple Platinum Jubilee (2021) – Biography

She has also narrated a hand out of audiobooks and provided forewords for works by other authors.

As subject

• Joanna Lumley – The Biography by Tim Ewbank and Stafford Hildred; an unauthorised biography.

Home media

• Joanna Lumley's Nile (2010)
• Joanna Lumley's Trans-Siberian Adventure (2015)
• Joanna Lumley's Japan (2016)
• Joanna Lumley's Silk Road Adventure (2018)
• Joanna Lumley's India (2018)
• Joanna Lumley's Home Sweet Home (2021)
• Joanna Lumley's Spice Trial Adventure (2023)

References