Julia Sawalha

Acting

Born September 9, 1968 (age 58)

Wandsworth, London, England

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.

Filmography

Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out

Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out2024 · Self / Saffron "Saffy" Monsoon

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget2023 · Ginger -Flashback Scene (voice)

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves2016 · Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)

We Love Sitcom2016

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie2016 · Saffron Monsoon

Remember Me

Remember Me2014 · Jan Ward

Father Brown

Father Brown2013 · Mrs Cynthia Wendle

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

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

HiT Favorites: Friends and Family

HiT Favorites: Friends and Family2011 · Mouse (voice)

Vera

Vera2011 · Helen Rushden

The Underdog Show

The Underdog Show2008

Lark Rise to Candleford

Lark Rise to Candleford2008 · Dorcas Lane

Cranford

Cranford2007 · Jessie Brown

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

The Alan Titchmarsh Show2007 · Self

The Graham Norton Show

The Graham Norton Show2007 · Self

Agatha Christie's Marple

Agatha Christie's Marple2004 · Mrs. Cresswell

Bottom Mindless Violence

Bottom Mindless Violence2004 · Veronica Head (archive footage) (uncredited)

Who Do You Think You Are?

Who Do You Think You Are?2004 · Self

Comedy Connections

Comedy Connections2003

Kipper: Fun In The Sun

Kipper: Fun In The Sun2003

Hornblower: Duty

Hornblower: Duty2003 · Maria Hornblower

Hornblower: Loyalty

Hornblower: Loyalty2003 · Maria Mason

The Final Curtain

The Final Curtain2002 · Karen Willet

Venus and Mars

Venus and Mars2001 · Marie

Mirrorball

Mirrorball2000 · Freda Keill

Time Gentlemen Please

Time Gentlemen Please2000 · Janet Wilson

Chicken Run

Chicken Run2000 · Ginger (voice)

Sheeep

Sheeep2000 · Georgina (voice)

Bob Martin

Bob Martin2000 · Julia Sawalha

The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything

The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything2000 · Catherine Parr

The Flint Street Nativity

The Flint Street Nativity1999 · Dawn/Wise Man 1

Loose Women

Loose Women1999 · Self

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death1999 · Emma

Absolutely Fabulous: A Life

Absolutely Fabulous: A Life1998 · Saffron "Saffy" Monsoon (archive footage)

Hornblower

Hornblower1998 · Maria Mason

Jump Tomorrow

Jump Tomorrow1997 · Mouse (voice)

Ain't Misbehavin'

Ain't Misbehavin'1997 · Dolly Nightingale

Jonathan Creek

Jonathan Creek1997

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders1997 · Penny Henderson

Kipper: Puppy Love

Kipper: Puppy Love1997 · Mouse

How to Be Absolutely Fabulous

How to Be Absolutely Fabulous1995

Second Thoughts

Second Thoughts1991