Her father, Major James Rutherford Lumley, was born in Lahore (now part of Pakistan) with Scottish and English ancestry. Her grandfather Lieutenant Colonel Leslie Weir had been born in Ghazipur and served as an army officer in Kashmir he was a close friend of the 13th Dalai Lama. Her mother, Thyra Beatrice Rose (née Weir), was English. Joanna Lamond Lumley was born on in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, in the last days of British India. Lumley was made a Dame (DBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to drama, entertainment and charity. She supports charities and animal welfare groups, such as Compassion in World Farming and Vegetarians' International Voice for Animals. Lumley is an advocate and human rights activist for Survival International and the Gurkha Justice Campaign.

She had roles in two episodes of Are You Being Served? written by Jeremy Lloyd, whom she had married and divorced three years previously. 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'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. In 2013, she received the Special Recognition Award at the National Television Awards, and in 2017 she was honoured with the BAFTA Fellowship award. She has 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. Dame Joanna Lamond Lumley DBE FRGS (born ) is a British actress, presenter, former model, author, television producer, and activist.

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