Joanna Lamond Lumley,
OBE FRGS (born 1 May 1946) is an English actress,
voice-over artist, former model, author and activist, who starred in the British television series
Absolutely Fabulous as Edina Monsoon's best friend,
Patsy Stone, as well as in
The New Avengers,
Sapphire & Steel,
Jam & Jerusalem and
Sensitive Skin. In film she has appeared in
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969),
Trail of the Pink Panther (1982), and
James and the Giant Peach (1996).