Josie Lawrence

Josie Lawrence

Known for
Acting
Born
June 6, 1959 (age 67)
Birthplace
Staffordshire, England, UK

Biography

Josie Lawrence (born Wendy Lawrence, June 6, 1959) is an English actress and comedian known for Whose Line Is It Anyway? and playing Manda Best in EastEnders.

Known For

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Filmography

2026
Mother's Pride poster

Mother's Pride

Movie · as Edith

2025
Inside Longleat poster

Inside Longleat

TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 3 eps

2025
Art Detectives poster

Art Detectives

TV · as Jane Fielding · 1 ep

2023
A Clever Woman poster

A Clever Woman

Movie · as Dot

2022
Halo poster

Halo

TV · as Minnie · 1 ep

2019
Good Omens poster

Good Omens

TV · as Agnes Nutter · 2 eps

2018
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators poster

Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators

TV · as Dr. Helen Middleton · 1 ep

2017
Finding Your Feet poster

Finding Your Feet

Movie · as Pamela Harper

2017
We Have Been Watching poster

We Have Been Watching

TV · as Self · 5 eps

2017
House of Games poster

House of Games

TV · as Self - Contestant · 5 eps

2016
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches

Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches

Movie · as Self

2015
Humans poster

Humans

TV · as Barbara · 2 eps

2015
Reluctant Persuaders

Reluctant Persuaders

TV · as Amanda Brook (voice) · 20 eps

2014
Bonobo poster

Bonobo

Movie · as Anita

2012
Just a Minute poster

Just a Minute

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2010
Round Ireland with a Fridge poster

Round Ireland with a Fridge

Movie · as Sandra

2007
The Old Curiosity Shop poster

The Old Curiosity Shop

Movie · as Mrs. Jiniwin

2007
The Man from Montevideo poster

The Man from Montevideo

Movie · as Gillian Langham

2007
Skins poster

Skins

TV · as Liz · 3 eps

2007
Would I Lie to You? poster

Would I Lie to You?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2006
Acorn Antiques: The Musical poster

Acorn Antiques: The Musical

Movie · as Donna / Bonnie

2006
Robin Hood poster

Robin Hood

TV · 1 ep

2006
The Complete Guide to Parenting

The Complete Guide to Parenting

TV · as Phoebe Huntley · 5 eps

2005
Get Bizzy

Get Bizzy

Movie

2003
QI poster

QI

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
Keen Eddie poster

Keen Eddie

TV · 1 ep

2002
Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening poster

Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening

Movie

2000
Married 2 Malcolm poster

Married 2 Malcolm

Movie · as Nathalie

2000
A Many Splintered Thing

A Many Splintered Thing

TV · 7 eps

2000
Fat Friends poster

Fat Friends

TV · as Julia Fleshman · 8 eps

1999
The Flint Street Nativity poster

The Flint Street Nativity

Movie · as Mary/Debbie Bennett

1999
Loose Women poster

Loose Women

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1998
Bill's New Frock poster

Bill's New Frock

Movie · as Bill's Mum

1998
Gogs: Gogwana poster

Gogs: Gogwana

Movie

1998
The Animal Train poster

The Animal Train

Movie · as Mum / Crane

1998
Whose Line Is It Anyway? poster

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1998
Star Hill Ponies poster

Star Hill Ponies

TV · as Various Characters (voice) · 26 eps

1998
Animated World Faiths poster

Animated World Faiths

TV · as Finch (voice) · 1 ep

1997
Jonathan Creek poster

Jonathan Creek

TV · as Denise · 1 ep

1996
Never Mind the Buzzcocks poster

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1996
The Adventures of Dawdle the Donkey poster

The Adventures of Dawdle the Donkey

TV · as Dawdle (voice) · 33 eps

1995
Spot's Magical Christmas poster

Spot's Magical Christmas

Movie · as Sally/Helen(voice: UK version)

1994
An Audience with Ken Dodd poster

An Audience with Ken Dodd

Movie · as Self

1994
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Pigling Bland poster

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Pigling Bland

Movie · as Pigwig (voice)

1994
Downwardly Mobile poster

Downwardly Mobile

TV · as Sophie · 7 eps

1994
Outside Edge poster

Outside Edge

TV · as Maggie Costello · 22 eps

1993
Queen of the Wild Frontier poster

Queen of the Wild Frontier

Movie · as Susie

1993
Gogs poster

Gogs

TV · 1 ep

1992
GamesMaster poster

GamesMaster

TV · 1 ep

1992
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends poster

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends

TV · as Pigwig (voice) · 1 ep

1992
Absolutely Fabulous poster

Absolutely Fabulous

TV · as Cable TV Presenter · 1 ep

1991
Enchanted April poster

Enchanted April

Movie · as Lottie Wilkins

1991
Josie

Josie

TV · 6 eps

1990
Not with a Bang poster

Not with a Bang

TV · as Janet Wilkins · 7 eps

1990
Jackson Pace: The Great Years

Jackson Pace: The Great Years

TV · as Ryveeta Tusk · 6 eps

1990
The Green Man poster

The Green Man

TV · as Lucy · 3 eps

1989
Norbert Smith: A Life poster

Norbert Smith: A Life

Movie · as Ruby Lawrence

1989
Sales People from Hell poster

Sales People from Hell

Movie

1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot poster

Agatha Christie's Poirot

TV · as Mrs. Grant · 1 ep

1988
This Morning poster

This Morning

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1988
Whose Line Is It Anyway? poster

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

TV · as Self · 26 eps

1988
Friday Night Live poster

Friday Night Live

TV · as Florence from Cradley · 2 eps

1988
Campaign

Campaign

TV · as Linda Prentice · 6 eps

1987
The American Way poster

The American Way

Movie · as Guerillette

1987
Comedy Wavelength

Comedy Wavelength

TV · 2 eps

1986
Casualty poster

Casualty

TV · as Janet Haines · 1 ep

1986
Get Fresh

Get Fresh

TV · as Self - Get the Joke · 21 eps

1985
Rachel and the Roarettes poster

Rachel and the Roarettes

Movie · as Rachel

1985
EastEnders poster

EastEnders

TV · as Manda Best · 413 eps

1985
Summer Season

Summer Season

TV · as Rachel · 1 ep

1984
Alas Smith and Jones poster

Alas Smith and Jones

TV · 1 ep

1982
The Comic Strip Presents... poster

The Comic Strip Presents...

TV · as Susie · 1 ep

1979
A Christmas Carol at Ford's Theatre poster

A Christmas Carol at Ford's Theatre

Movie · as Mrs. Dilber / Fred's Younger Sister