Cast & creator
Julia Sawalha
Best known for Midsomer Murders, The Graham Norton Show, Casualty
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.
Also known as: 茱莉亚·莎华拉
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1967–2024 · acting roles
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Filmography (66)
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Midsomer Murders
Penny Henderson
1997
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Casualty
Nikki Watson
1986
Vera
Helen Rushden
2011
Father Brown
Mrs Cynthia Wendle
2013
Loose Women
Self
1999
Masterpiece Mystery
Mrs Cresswell
1980
Tales from the Crypt
Teresa
1989
Omnibus
Self
1967
Agatha Christie's Marple
Mrs. Cresswell
2004
Inspector Morse
Rachel
1987The Alan Titchmarsh Show
Self
2007
Absolutely Fabulous
Saffron 'Saffy' Monsoon
1992
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
2004
Jonathan Creek
1997Jonathan Creek
Carla Borrego
1997
Lovejoy
Joanna
1986
The Word
1990
Hornblower
Maria Mason
1998
Chicken Run
Ginger (voice)
2000
Pride and Prejudice
Lydia Bennet
1995
Lark Rise to Candleford
Dorcas Lane
2008
French & Saunders
Herself
1987
Bottom
Veronica Head
1991
Press Gang
Lynda Day
1989
Cranford
Jessie Brown
2007
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
Ginger -Flashback Scene (voice)
2023
Comedy Connections
2003
Martin Chuzzlewit
Mercy Pecksniff
1994
Second Thoughts
Hannah Grayshot
1991
Spatz
Chloe Fairbanks
1990
Kipper
Mouse (voice)
1997
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Saffron Monsoon
2016
Time Gentlemen Please
Janet Wilson
2000
Faith in the Future
Hannah Grayshot
1995
Remember Me
Jan Ward
2014
Educating Marmalade
Good Girl
1982
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
Catherine Parr
2000
Ain't Misbehavin'
Dolly Nightingale
1997Fame Is the Spur
Amy Ryerson
1982El C.I.D.
Trudy
1990
The Wind in the Willows
The Jailer's Daughter
1996He-Play
Alison
1990The Underdog Show
2008Bob Martin
Julia Sawalha
2000
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
Saffron Monsoon
1996
In the Bleak Midwinter
Nina
1995
The Final Curtain
Karen Willet
2002
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
Emma
1999
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
Saffron "Saffy" Monsoon (archive footage)
1995
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
Self / Saffron "Saffy" Monsoon
2024
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
Saffron "Saffy" Monsoon (archive footage)
1998
HiT Favorites: Friends and Family
Mouse (voice)
2011
Hornblower: Loyalty
Maria Mason
2003
The Flint Street Nativity
Dawn/Wise Man 1
1999
Bottom Mindless Violence
Veronica Head (archive footage) (uncredited)
2004
Kipper: Fun In The Sun
2003
Hornblower: Duty
Maria Hornblower
2003
Wallace & Gromit x Google Hangout | A Video Call with Aardman Friends!
Ginger
2012
Buddy's Song
Kelly
1991
Mirrorball
Freda Keill
2000
Venus and Mars
Marie
2001We Love Sitcom
2016
Kipper: Puppy Love
Mouse
1997
Sheeep
Georgina (voice)
2000