Julia Sawalha
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Chicken Run
as Ginger (voice)
2000
In the Bleak Midwinter
as Nina
1995
The Final Curtain
as Karen Willet
2002
The Wind in the Willows
as The Jailer's Daughter
1996
Hornblower: Loyalty
as Maria Mason
2003
Buddy's Song
as Kelly
1991
Kipper: Puppy Love
as Mouse
1997
Venus and Mars
as Marie
2001
The Flint Street Nativity
as Dawn/Wise Man 1
1999
Kipper: Fun In The Sun
2003
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
as Saffron Monsoon
1996
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
as Emma
1999
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
as Saffron "Saffy" Monsoon (archive footage)
1998
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
as Saffron "Saffy" Monsoon (archive footage)
1995
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
as Saffron Monsoon
2016
Hornblower: Duty
as Maria Hornblower
2003
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
as Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016
Mirrorball
as Freda Keill
2000
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
as Self / Saffron "Saffy" Monsoon
2024
We Love Sitcom
2016
TV Appearances
Pride and Prejudice
as Lydia Bennet
1995
Second Thoughts
as Hannah Grayshot
1991
Jonathan Creek
1997
Tales from the Crypt
as Teresa
1989
Comedy Connections
2003
Press Gang
as Lynda Day
1989
Jonathan Creek
as Carla Borrego
1997
The Underdog Show
2008
Inspector Morse
as Rachel
1987
Who Do You Think You Are?
as Self
2004
Lovejoy
as Joanna
1986
Lark Rise to Candleford
as Dorcas Lane
2008