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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
September 9, 1968
Place of Birth:
Wandsworth, London, England
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Julia Sawalha
Biography
Julia Sawalha (born September 9, 1968) is an English actress, who is best known for her role as Saffron "Saffy" Monsoon in the BBC sitcom Absolutely Fabulous. She is also known for portraying Lynda Day, editor of the Junior Gazette, in Press Gang, Lydia Bennet in the 1995 television miniseries of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, and voicing Ginger in Chicken Run. Additionally, she played Dorcas Lane in the BBC's costume drama Lark Rise to Candleford, Carla Borrego in Jonathan Creek, and Jan Ward in the 2014 BBC One mystery Remember Me.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out | Self |
| 2016 | Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie | Saffron Monsoon |
| 2016 | British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves | Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2016 | We Love Sitcom | |
| 2012 | Wallace & Gromit x Google Hangout | A Video Call with Aardman Friends! | Ginger |
| 2003 | Hornblower: Loyalty | Maria Mason |
| 2003 | Kipper: Fun In The Sun | |
| 2003 | Hornblower: Duty | Maria Hornblower |
| 2002 | The Final Curtain | Karen Willet |
| 2001 | Venus and Mars | Marie |
| 2000 | Chicken Run | Ginger (voice) |
| 2000 | Mirrorball | Freda Keill |
| 1999 | The Flint Street Nativity | Dawn/Wise Man 1 |
| 1999 | Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death | Emma |
| 1998 | Absolutely Fabulous: A Life | Saffron "Saffy" Monsoon (archive footage) |
| 1997 | Kipper: Puppy Love | Mouse |
| 1996 | The Wind in the Willows | The Jailer's Daughter |
| 1996 | Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout | Saffron Monsoon |
| 1995 | In the Bleak Midwinter | Nina |
| 1995 | How to Be Absolutely Fabulous | Saffron "Saffy" Monsoon (archive footage) |
| 1991 | Buddy's Song | Kelly |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Remember Me | Jan Ward |
| 2008 | The Underdog Show | |
| 2008 | Lark Rise to Candleford | Dorcas Lane |
| 2007 | The Alan Titchmarsh Show | Self |
| 2007 | Cranford | Jessie Brown |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self |
| 2004 | Who Do You Think You Are? | Self |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's Marple | Mrs. Cresswell |
| 2003 | Comedy Connections | |
| 2000 | Time Gentlemen Please | Janet Wilson |
| 1999 | Loose Women | Self |
| 1998 | Hornblower | Maria Mason |
| 1997 | Jonathan Creek | |
| 1997 | Jonathan Creek | Carla Borrego |
| 1997 | Ain't Misbehavin' | Dolly Nightingale |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Penny Henderson |
| 1995 | Pride and Prejudice | Lydia Bennet |
| 1995 | Faith in the Future | Hannah Grayshot |
| 1994 | Martin Chuzzlewit | Mercy Pecksniff |
| 1992 | Absolutely Fabulous | Saffron |
| 1991 | Second Thoughts | Hannah Grayshot |
| 1991 | Bottom | Veronica Head |
| 1990 | El C.I.D. | Trudy |
| 1990 | Spatz | Chloe Fairbanks |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt | Teresa |
| 1989 | Press Gang | Lynda Day |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse | Rachel |
| 1987 | French & Saunders | Herself |
| 1986 | Lovejoy | Joanna |
| 1986 | Casualty | Nikki Watson |
| 1967 | Omnibus | Self |