Joanna lumley biography
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Absolutely: The bestselling memoir from the iconic national treasure
Illustrated memoir by the absolutely fabulous Joanna Lumley.
Joanna Lumley is one of Britain's undisputed national treasures, an English actress, voiceover artist and author, best known for her roles in the British television series ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS portraying Edina Monsoon's best friend, Patsy Stone, as well as parts in THE NEW AVENGERS and SAPPHIRE & STEEL. A former model and Bond girl, her distinctive voice has been supplied for animated characters, film narration and AOL's ''You've got mail'' notification in the UK. She has spoken out as a human rights activist for Survival International and the recent Gurkha Justice Campaign, and is now considered a 'national treasure' of Nepal as well as the UK because of her support. She is an advocate for a huge number of charities. She has won two BAFTA awards, but it is the sheer diversity of her life that has made her so compelling a personality - early years in Kashmir and Malaya, growing up in Kent, then a photographic model before becoming an actress, appearing in a huge range of roles, whether it is the Nimble bread TV ad, movies like ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE, dramas like SENSITIVE SKIN and documentaries on the Northern Lights, Bh
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Joanna Lumley
British actress (born )
For the English noblewoman and translator, see Jane Lumley, Baroness Lumley.
Dame Joanna Lamond Lumley (born 1 May ) is a British actress, presenter, author, television producer, activist and former model. She has won two BAFTA TV Awards for her role as Patsy Stone in the BBC sitcom Absolutely Fabulous (–) and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for the Broadway revival of La Bête. In , she received the Special Recognition Award at the National Television Awards and in she was honoured with the BAFTA Fellowship award.
Lumley's other television credits include The New Avengers (–), Sapphire & Steel (–), Sensitive Skin (–), Jam & Jerusalem (–) and Finding Alice (–present). She also as played Elaine Perkins in Coronation Street in Her film appearances include On Her Majesty's Secret Service (), Trail of the Pink Panther (), Curse of the Pink Panther (), Shirley Valentine (), James and the Giant Peach (), Ella Enchanted (), Corpse Bride (), The Wolf of Wall Street () and Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (). She had roles in two episodes of Are You Being Served? (–) written by Jeremy Lloyd, whom she had married and divorced three years prior to her first appeara
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