Actor profile

Julia Sawalha

9th September 1968 Wandsworth, London, England Acting

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.

23 Movies 36 TV Shows 66 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out poster

Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out 17th October 2024 as Self / Saffron "Saffy" Monsoon

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget poster

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget 8th December 2023 as Ginger -Flashback Scene (voice)

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves poster

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves 12th September 2016 as Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie poster

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie 1st July 2016 as Saffron Monsoon

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

Wallace & Gromit x Google Hangout | A Video Call with Aardman Friends! 18th December 2012 as Ginger

HiT Favorites: Friends and Family poster

HiT Favorites: Friends and Family 8th November 2011 as Mouse (voice)

Bottom Mindless Violence poster

Bottom Mindless Violence 22nd November 2004 as Veronica Head (archive footage) (uncredited)

Kipper: Fun In The Sun poster

Kipper: Fun In The Sun 18th March 2003

Hornblower: Duty poster

Hornblower: Duty 6th January 2003 as Maria Hornblower

Hornblower: Loyalty poster

Hornblower: Loyalty 5th January 2003 as Maria Mason

The Final Curtain poster

The Final Curtain 12th October 2002 as Karen Willet

Venus and Mars poster

Venus and Mars 15th March 2001 as Marie

Mirrorball poster

Mirrorball 22nd December 2000 as Freda Keill

Chicken Run poster

Chicken Run 23rd June 2000 as Ginger (voice)

The Flint Street Nativity poster

The Flint Street Nativity 22nd December 1999 as Dawn/Wise Man 1

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death poster

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death 26th March 1999 as Emma

Absolutely Fabulous: A Life poster

Absolutely Fabulous: A Life 28th October 1998 as Saffron "Saffy" Monsoon (archive footage)

Kipper: Puppy Love poster

Kipper: Puppy Love 1st January 1997 as Mouse

Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout poster

Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout 6th November 1996 as Saffron Monsoon

The Wind in the Willows poster

The Wind in the Willows 16th October 1996 as The Jailer's Daughter

In the Bleak Midwinter poster

In the Bleak Midwinter 29th September 1995 as Nina

How to Be Absolutely Fabulous poster

How to Be Absolutely Fabulous 6th January 1995 as Saffron "Saffy" Monsoon (archive footage)

Buddy's Song poster

Buddy's Song 1st March 1991 as Kelly

Remember Me poster

Remember Me 23rd November 2014 as Jan Ward

Father Brown poster

Father Brown 14th January 2013 as Mrs Cynthia Wendle

Vera poster

Vera 1st May 2011 as Helen Rushden

Lark Rise to Candleford poster

Lark Rise to Candleford 13th January 2008 as Dorcas Lane

Cranford poster

Cranford 18th November 2007 as Jessie Brown

The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show 22nd February 2007 as Self

Agatha Christie's Marple poster

Agatha Christie's Marple 12th December 2004 as Mrs. Cresswell

Who Do You Think You Are? poster

Who Do You Think You Are? 12th October 2004 as Self

Comedy Connections poster

Comedy Connections 9th June 2003

Time Gentlemen Please poster

Time Gentlemen Please 11th September 2000 as Janet Wilson

Sheeep poster

Sheeep 7th April 2000 as Georgina (voice)

The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything poster

The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything 2nd January 2000 as Catherine Parr

Loose Women poster

Loose Women 6th September 1999 as Self

Hornblower poster

Hornblower 7th October 1998 as Maria Mason

Kipper poster

Kipper 5th September 1997 as Mouse (voice)

Ain't Misbehavin' poster

Ain't Misbehavin' 28th July 1997 as Dolly Nightingale

Jonathan Creek poster

Jonathan Creek 9th May 1997

Jonathan Creek poster

Jonathan Creek 9th May 1997 as Carla Borrego

Midsomer Murders poster

Midsomer Murders 23rd March 1997 as Penny Henderson

Faith in the Future poster

Faith in the Future 17th November 1995 as Hannah Grayshot

Pride and Prejudice poster

Pride and Prejudice 24th September 1995 as Lydia Bennet

Martin Chuzzlewit poster

Martin Chuzzlewit 7th November 1994 as Mercy Pecksniff

Absolutely Fabulous poster

Absolutely Fabulous 12th November 1992 as Saffron 'Saffy' Monsoon

Bottom poster

Bottom 17th September 1991 as Veronica Head

Second Thoughts poster

Second Thoughts 3rd May 1991 as Hannah Grayshot

The Word poster

The Word 10th August 1990

Spatz poster

Spatz 21st February 1990 as Chloe Fairbanks

Tales from the Crypt poster

Tales from the Crypt 10th June 1989 as Teresa

Press Gang poster

Press Gang 16th January 1989 as Lynda Day

French & Saunders poster

French & Saunders 9th March 1987 as Herself

Inspector Morse poster

Inspector Morse 6th January 1987 as Rachel

Casualty poster

Casualty 6th September 1986 as Nikki Watson

Lovejoy poster

Lovejoy 10th January 1986 as Joanna

Educating Marmalade poster

Educating Marmalade 25th October 1982 as Good Girl

Masterpiece Mystery poster

Masterpiece Mystery 5th February 1980 as Mrs Cresswell

Omnibus poster

Omnibus 13th October 1967 as Self