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Julia Sawalha

Julia Sawalha

Actor · Born September 9, 1968 · Wandsworth, London, England

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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.

Acted in 53

2010s

  1. 2016

    British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

    Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)

  2. Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

    Saffron Monsoon

    56
  3. 2014

    Remember Me

    Jan Ward · 3 episodes

  4. 2013

    Father Brown

    Mrs Cynthia Wendle · 1 episode

    78
  5. 2012

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

    Ginger (voice)

  6. 2011

    HiT Favorites: Friends and Family

    Mouse (voice)

  7. Vera

    Helen Rushden · 1 episode

    80

2000s

  1. 2008

    Lark Rise to Candleford

    Dorcas Lane · 40 episodes

    83
  2. 2007

    Cranford

    Jessie Brown · 7 episodes

    83
  3. 2004

    Agatha Christie's Marple

    Mrs. Cresswell · 1 episode

    79

  4. Bottom Mindless Violence

    Veronica Head (archive footage) (uncredited)

  5. 2003

    Comedy Connections

    TV

  6. More Great Comedy Moments

    Saffy Monsoon (archive footage)

  7. Kipper: Fun In The Sun

    Movie

  8. Hornblower: Duty

    Maria Hornblower

  9. Hornblower: Loyalty

    Maria Mason

  10. 2002

    The Final Curtain

    Karen Willet

  11. 2001

    Venus and Mars

    Marie

  12. 2000

    Mirrorball

    Freda Keill

  13. Time Gentlemen Please

    Janet Wilson · 23 episodes

  14. Chicken Run

    Ginger (voice)

    80

  15. Sheeep

    Georgina (voice) · 18 episodes

  16. The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything

    Catherine Parr · 2 episodes

1990s

  1. 1999

    The Flint Street Nativity

    Dawn/Wise Man 1

  2. Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death

    Emma

  3. 1998

    Absolutely Fabulous: A Life

    Saffron "Saffy" Monsoon (archive footage)

  4. Hornblower

    Maria Mason · 2 episodes

  5. 1997

    Kipper

    Mouse (voice) · 1 episode

    71

  6. Ain't Misbehavin'

    Dolly Nightingale · 3 episodes

  7. Jonathan Creek

    Carla Borrego

    80

  8. Midsomer Murders

    Penny Henderson · 1 episode

    78

  9. Kipper: Puppy Love

    Mouse

  10. 1996

    Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout

    Saffron Monsoon

  11. The Wind in the Willows

    The Jailer's Daughter

  12. 1995

    Faith in the Future

    Hannah Grayshot · 22 episodes

  13. In the Bleak Midwinter

    Nina

    74

  14. Pride and Prejudice

    Lydia Bennet · 6 episodes

    86

  15. How to Be Absolutely Fabulous

    Saffron "Saffy" Monsoon (archive footage)

  16. 1994

    Martin Chuzzlewit

    Mercy Pecksniff · 6 episodes

  17. 1992

    Absolutely Fabulous

    Saffron 'Saffy' Monsoon · 34 episodes

    80
  18. 1991

    Bottom

    Veronica Head · 1 episode

    82

  19. Second Thoughts

    Hannah Grayshot · 49 episodes

  20. Buddy's Song

    Kelly

  21. 1990

    The Word

    TV · 5 Seasons · Talk

  22. Spatz

    Chloe Fairbanks · 1 episode

Appearances6

2020s

  1. 2024

    Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out

    Self / Saffron "Saffy" Monsoon