| Personal Details Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name | Jamie Lumley |
| Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB | October 16, 1967. As of 2025, he is around 58 years old. |
| Wedding & Marriage / Wife / Spouse / Partner | Married. Check the full bio for relationship details. |
| Children / No. of Kids | 2 |
| Ethnicity / Origin / Heritage / Race | White |
| Nationality | British |
| Where did Jamie Lumley go to school? | He attended London College of Printing to study professional photographic practice. |
Wiki Biography / Profile Background
Introduction :
Jamie Lumley is a UK-born Photographer who has worked as a crew member on several film and TV series productions. He is best known as the son of actress Joanna Lumley who played Patsy in Absolutely Fabulous.
Personal Background :
- James Aeneas Sebastian Lumley was born on 16th October 1967 in Canterbury, a city in southeast England.
Family Life and Education :
- Jamie was born to a single mother, Joanna Lumley, who was 21 years old at the time of his birth. Joanna was unable to get welfare because her voice was too “posh”, so Jamie spent his early life living with his grandparents, who were able to help his mother find her feet and get back to work.
- When Joanna was cast as ‘Purdy’ in The New Avengers, Jamie was sent off to boarding school at the age of 9. She promised him that if he didn’t like it, then he would be able to come home. The letter where Jaime pleaded with his mum to let him come home never reached her for some reason. Thankfully, the two of them have remained close.
Career, Income, Salary and Net Worth :
- Jamie has a few credits working as art department on many TV & film productions :
- In the Club (TV series in 2014)
- Prey (TV series in 2014)
- Inspector George Gently (TV series in 2010)
- Harrigan, (film in 2013)
- Frank (film in 2012)
- Song for Marion (film in 2012)
- Trial and Retribution (TV series in 2004)
- Life begins, (TV series in 2005)
- Holy Cross, (TV movie in 2003).
- He worked as a Production Manager on The Vice in 2001.
- Jamie is credited as a still photographer in Inquisition, TV movie, 2002, and as a location assistant for Breathtaking in 2000.
Family :
- Jamie is the son of Joanna Lumley, famous for her role as Patsy Stone on Absolutely Fabulous and Michael Claydon photographer and film producer.
- Joanna, his mother, was born on 1st May 1946 in Srinagar, India.
- Beatrice Rose Weir and James Rutherford Lumley are his grandparents.
- He is the nephew of Arlene Frey.
- Briefly in 1970, Jamie’s stepfather was actor Jeremy Lloyd.
- His stepfather for more than the last three decades is Stephen Barlow.
- In 1997, Jamie married Louise Griffin on the Isle of Wight. She was interested to know about her father in law and helped break the 29-year mystery of who Jamie’s father was. The secret had been well hidden so that Joanna and Michael could succeed in their careers. Joanna had even kept the pregnancy a secret until after the baby was born.
- In 2002, Jamie married Teresa (Tessa) Gibbs. Alice Daisy & Emily Kate Lumley are the couple’s daughters. Alice was born in 2003, and Emily was born in 2004.
- Jamie is now happily living in Scotland with his wife and two daughters.
Interesting Facts, Height and Trivia :
- Just ten months after his wedding in 1997, Lumley was checked into an exclusive psychiatric centre. He was admitted to suffering from extreme distress and nervous exhaustion under the name James Barlow. This was caused by the revealing of his secret father and the difficult situations of his childhood.