Julia Sawalha

Born: 1968-09-09, Wandsworth, London, England

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.

Filmography

• Midsomer Murders (1997)
• Father Brown (2013)
• Casualty (1986)
• Vera (2011)
• Agatha Christie's Marple (2004)
• Tales from the Crypt (1989)
• Inspector Morse (1987)
• Absolutely Fabulous (1992)
• Jonathan Creek (1997)
• Chicken Run (2000)
• Pride and Prejudice (1995)
• Lark Rise to Candleford (2008)
• The Word (1990)
• Bottom (1991)
• Lovejoy (1986)
• French & Saunders (1987)
• Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget (2023)
• Kipper (1997)
• Press Gang (1989)
• Martin Chuzzlewit (1994)
• Second Thoughts (1991)
• Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016)
• Educating Marmalade (1982)
• Faith in the Future (1995)
• The Wind in the Willows (1996)
• Sheeep (2000)
• In the Bleak Midwinter (1995)
• Hornblower: Loyalty (2003)
• Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death (1999)
• Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout (1996)