Julia Sawalha

Julia Sawalha

Known for
Acting
Born
September 9, 1968 (age 58)
Birthplace
Wandsworth, London, England

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Julia Sawalha, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Photos

Julia Sawalha photoJulia Sawalha photoJulia Sawalha photo

Filmography

2024
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out poster

Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out

Movie · as Self / Saffron "Saffy" Monsoon

2023
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget poster

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

Movie · as Ginger -Flashback Scene (voice)

2016
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie poster

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

Movie · as Saffron Monsoon

2016
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves poster

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

Movie · as Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)

2016
We Love Sitcom

We Love Sitcom

Movie

2014
Remember Me poster

Remember Me

TV · as Jan Ward · 3 eps

2013
Father Brown poster

Father Brown

TV · as Mrs Cynthia Wendle · 1 ep

2012
Wallace & Gromit x Google Hangout | A Video Call with Aardman Friends! poster

Wallace & Gromit x Google Hangout | A Video Call with Aardman Friends!

Movie · as Ginger (voice)

2011
HiT Favorites: Friends and Family poster

HiT Favorites: Friends and Family

Movie · as Mouse (voice)

2011
Vera poster

Vera

TV · as Helen Rushden · 1 ep

2008
The Underdog Show

The Underdog Show

TV · 10 eps

2008
Lark Rise to Candleford poster

Lark Rise to Candleford

TV · as Dorcas Lane · 40 eps

2007
The Alan Titchmarsh Show

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2007
Cranford poster

Cranford

TV · as Jessie Brown · 7 eps

2007
The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2004
Bottom Mindless Violence poster

Bottom Mindless Violence

Movie · as Veronica Head (archive footage) (uncredited)

2004
Who Do You Think You Are? poster

Who Do You Think You Are?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2004
Agatha Christie's Marple poster

Agatha Christie's Marple

TV · as Mrs. Cresswell · 1 ep

2003
Hornblower: Loyalty poster

Hornblower: Loyalty

Movie · as Maria Mason

2003
Kipper: Fun In The Sun poster

Kipper: Fun In The Sun

Movie

2003
Hornblower: Duty poster

Hornblower: Duty

Movie · as Maria Hornblower

2003
More Great Comedy Moments poster

More Great Comedy Moments

Movie · as Saffy Monsoon (archive footage)

2003
Comedy Connections poster

Comedy Connections

TV · 46 eps

2002
The Final Curtain poster

The Final Curtain

Movie · as Karen Willet

2001
Venus and Mars poster

Venus and Mars

Movie · as Marie

2000
Chicken Run poster

Chicken Run

Movie · as Ginger (voice)

2000
Mirrorball poster

Mirrorball

Movie · as Freda Keill

2000
Time Gentlemen Please poster

Time Gentlemen Please

TV · as Janet Wilson · 23 eps

2000
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything poster

The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything

TV · as Catherine Parr · 2 eps

2000
Bob Martin

Bob Martin

TV · as Julia Sawalha · 1 ep

2000
Sheeep poster

Sheeep

TV · as Georgina (voice) · 18 eps

1999
The Flint Street Nativity poster

The Flint Street Nativity

Movie · as Dawn/Wise Man 1

1999
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death poster

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death

Movie · as Emma

1999
Loose Women poster

Loose Women

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1998
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life poster

Absolutely Fabulous: A Life

Movie · as Saffron "Saffy" Monsoon (archive footage)

1998
Hornblower poster

Hornblower

TV · as Maria Mason · 2 eps

1997
Kipper: Puppy Love poster

Kipper: Puppy Love

Movie · as Mouse

1997
Jonathan Creek poster

Jonathan Creek

TV · as Carla Borrego

1997
Ain't Misbehavin' poster

Ain't Misbehavin'

TV · as Dolly Nightingale · 3 eps

1997
Midsomer Murders poster

Midsomer Murders

TV · as Penny Henderson · 1 ep

1997
Kipper poster

Kipper

TV · as Mouse (voice) · 1 ep

1996
The Wind in the Willows poster

The Wind in the Willows

Movie · as The Jailer's Daughter

1996
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout poster

Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout

Movie · as Saffron Monsoon

1995
In the Bleak Midwinter poster

In the Bleak Midwinter

Movie · as Nina

1995
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous poster

How to Be Absolutely Fabulous

Movie · as Saffron "Saffy" Monsoon (archive footage)

1995
Pride and Prejudice poster

Pride and Prejudice

TV · as Lydia Bennet · 6 eps

1995
Faith in the Future poster

Faith in the Future

TV · as Hannah Grayshot · 22 eps

1994
Martin Chuzzlewit poster

Martin Chuzzlewit

TV · as Mercy Pecksniff · 6 eps

1992
Absolutely Fabulous poster

Absolutely Fabulous

TV · as Saffron 'Saffy' Monsoon · 34 eps

1991
Buddy's Song poster

Buddy's Song

Movie · as Kelly

1991
Second Thoughts poster

Second Thoughts

TV · as Hannah Grayshot · 49 eps

1991
Bottom poster

Bottom

TV · as Veronica Head · 1 ep

1990
El C.I.D.

El C.I.D.

TV · as Trudy · 1 ep

1990
Spatz poster

Spatz

TV · as Chloe Fairbanks · 1 ep

1990
The Word poster

The Word

TV · 1 ep

1990
He-Play

He-Play

TV · as Alison · 1 ep

1989
Tales from the Crypt poster

Tales from the Crypt

TV · as Teresa · 1 ep

1989
Press Gang poster

Press Gang

TV · as Lynda Day · 43 eps

1987
Inspector Morse poster

Inspector Morse

TV · as Rachel · 1 ep

1987
French & Saunders poster

French & Saunders

TV · as Herself · 1 ep

1986
Lovejoy poster

Lovejoy

TV · as Joanna · 1 ep

1986
Casualty poster

Casualty

TV · as Nikki Watson · 1 ep

1982
Fame Is the Spur

Fame Is the Spur

TV · as Amy Ryerson · 2 eps

1982
Educating Marmalade poster

Educating Marmalade

TV · as Good Girl · 3 eps

1980
Masterpiece Mystery poster

Masterpiece Mystery

TV · as Mrs Cresswell · 1 ep

1967
Omnibus poster

Omnibus

TV · as Self · 1 ep