Cast & creator
Josie Lawrence
Best known for EastEnders, Agatha Christie's Poirot, Casualty
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.
25
film credits
43
television credits
68
1979–2026 · acting roles
6.9
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (68)
Showing 68 of 68 credits
EastEnders
Manda Best
1985
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Mrs. Grant
1989
Casualty
Janet Haines
1986
QI
Self
2003
Loose Women
Self
1999
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Self
1996
Skins
Liz
2007
Would I Lie to You?
Self
2007
Halo
Minnie
2022
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Self
1998
Good Omens
Agnes Nutter
2019
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
Dr. Helen Middleton
2018
Richard Osman's House of Games
Self - Contestant
2017
Absolutely Fabulous
Cable TV Presenter
1992
Humans
Barbara
2015
Jonathan Creek
Denise
1997
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Self
1988Whose Line Is It Anyway?
1988
Robin Hood
2006
Fat Friends
Julia Fleshman
2000
GamesMaster
1992
Keen Eddie
2003
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Pigwig (voice)
1992
This Morning
Self
1988
Art Detectives
Jane Fielding
2025
Outside Edge
Maggie Costello
1994The Complete Guide to Parenting
Phoebe Huntley
2006
Just a Minute
Self
2012
We Have Been Watching
Self
2017
Finding Your Feet
Pamela Harper
2017A Many Splintered Thing
2000
Friday Night Live
1988Campaign
Linda Prentice
1988
Mother's Pride
Edith
2026Get Fresh
Self - Get the Joke
1986
Inside Longleat
Self - Narrator (voice)
2025Reluctant Persuaders
Amanda Brook (voice)
2015
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Pigling Bland
Pigwig (voice)
1994
The Green Man
Lucy
1990
Not with a Bang
Janet Wilkins
1990
Enchanted April
Lottie Wilkins
1991
The Old Curiosity Shop
Mrs. Jiniwin
2007
The Animal Train
Mum / Crane
1998
Sales People from Hell
1989Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches
Self
2016Jackson Pace: The Great Years
Ryveeta Tusk
1990
Norbert Smith: A Life
Ruby Lawrence
1989
Downwardly Mobile
1994
Star Hill Ponies
Various Characters (voice)
1998
Acorn Antiques: The Musical
Donna / Bonnie
2006
Spot's Magical Christmas
Sally/Helen(voice: UK version)
1995
Gogs
1993
An Audience with Ken Dodd
Self
1994
The Man from Montevideo
Gillian Langham
2007Josie
1991
Bonobo
Anita
2014
Rachel and the Roarettes
Rachel
1985
Round Ireland with a Fridge
Sandra
2010
The Flint Street Nativity
Mary/Debbie Bennett
1999Get Bizzy
2005
A Christmas Carol at Ford's Theatre
Mrs. Dilber / Fred's Younger Sister
1979
Bill's New Frock
Bill's Mum
1998
The Adventures of Dawdle the Donkey
Dawdle (voice)
1996
A Clever Woman
Dot
2023
Married 2 Malcolm
Nathalie
2000
Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening
2002
Queen of the Wild Frontier
Susie
1993