Julia Sawalha
Acting1968Wandsworth, 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.
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Known For
Acting History
2026
Father Brown
TVas Mrs Cynthia Wendle• 1 eps
2024
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
as Self / Saffron "Saffy" Monsoon
2016
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
as Comedy Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
as Saffron Monsoon
Midsomer Murders
TVas Penny Henderson• 1 eps
2014
Remember Me
TVas Jan Ward• 3 eps
2013
Agatha Christie's Marple
TVas Mrs. Cresswell• 1 eps
2009
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
2008
Lark Rise to Candleford
TVas Dorcas Lane• 40 eps
2007
The Graham Norton Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
Cranford
TVas Jessie Brown• 7 eps
2006
Who Do You Think You Are?
TVas Self• 1 eps
2004
Bottom Mindless Violence
as Veronica Head (archive footage) (uncredited)
2003
Hornblower: Loyalty
as Maria Mason
Hornblower: Duty
as Maria Hornblower
Jonathan Creek
TVas Carla Borrego• 6 eps
Hornblower
TVas Maria Mason• 2 eps
2002
The Final Curtain
as Karen Willet
2001
Venus and Mars
as Marie
2000
1999
The Flint Street Nativity
as Dawn/Wise Man 1
Loose Women
TVas Self
1998
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
as Saffron "Saffy" Monsoon (archive footage)
Omnibus
TVas Self• 1 eps
1997
1996
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
as Saffron Monsoon
The Wind in the Willows
as The Jailer's Daughter
French & Saunders
TVas Herself• 1 eps
Tales from the Crypt
TVas Teresa• 1 eps
1995
In the Bleak Midwinter
as Nina
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
as Saffron "Saffy" Monsoon (archive footage)
Pride and Prejudice
TVas Lydia Bennet• 6 eps
Faith in the Future
TVas Hannah Grayshot
1994
Lovejoy
TVas Joanna• 1 eps
Martin Chuzzlewit
TVas Mercy Pecksniff
1992
Absolutely Fabulous
TVas Saffron Monsoon• 34 eps
Bottom
TVas Veronica Head• 1 eps
1991
Buddy's Song
as Kelly
Second Thoughts
TVas Hannah Grayshot
1989
Press Gang
TVas Lynda Day• 43 eps
1988
Inspector Morse
TVas Rachel• 1 eps
1986
Casualty
TVas Nikki Watson