Josie Lawrence

Josie Lawrence

Josie Lawrence (born Wendy Lawrence, June 6, 1959) is an English actress and comedian known for Whose Line Is It Anyway? and playing Manda Best in EastEnders.

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Known For

EastEnders

EastEnders

1985 • as Manda Best

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989 • as Mrs. Grant

Casualty

Casualty

1986 • as Janet Haines

Loose Women

Loose Women

1999 • as Self

Skins

Skins

2007 • as Liz

QI

QI

2003 • as Self

Filmography

2026

Mother's Pride
Mother's Pride
as Edith
Movie - Released: 3/6/2026

2025

Inside Longleat
Inside Longleat
as Self - Narrator
TV - Released: 4/22/2025
Art Detectives
Art Detectives
as Jane Fielding
TV - Released: 6/9/2025

2023

A Clever Woman
A Clever Woman
as Dot
Movie - Released: 4/21/2023

2022

Halo
Halo
as Minnie
TV - Released: 3/24/2022

2019

Good Omens
Good Omens
as Agnes Nutter
TV - Released: 5/31/2019

2018

Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
as Dr. Helen Middleton
TV - Released: 2/26/2018

2017

Finding Your Feet
Finding Your Feet
as Pamela Harper
Movie - Released: 12/26/2017
We Have Been Watching
We Have Been Watching
as Self
TV - Released: 1/4/2017
Richard Osman's House of Games
Richard Osman's House of Games
as Self - Contestant
TV - Released: 9/4/2017

2016

Movie
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches
as Self
Movie - Released: 12/31/2016

2015

Humans
Humans
as Barbara
TV - Released: 6/14/2015
TV
Reluctant Persuaders
as Amanda Brook (voice)
TV - Released: 9/15/2015

2014

Bonobo
Bonobo
as Anita
Movie - Released: 12/5/2014

2012

Just a Minute
Just a Minute
as Self
TV - Released: 3/26/2012

2010

Round Ireland with a Fridge
Round Ireland with a Fridge
as Sandra
Movie - Released: 1/1/2010

2007

The Old Curiosity Shop
The Old Curiosity Shop
as Mrs. Jiniwin
Movie - Released: 12/26/2007
The Man from Montevideo
The Man from Montevideo
as Gillian Langham
Movie - Released: 5/24/2007
Skins
Skins
as Liz
TV - Released: 1/25/2007
Would I Lie to You?
Would I Lie to You?
as Self
TV - Released: 6/16/2007

2006

Acorn Antiques: The Musical
Acorn Antiques: The Musical
as Donna / Bonnie
Movie - Released: 3/13/2006
Robin Hood
Robin Hood
TV - Released: 10/7/2006
TV
The Complete Guide to Parenting
as Phoebe Huntley
TV - Released: 9/11/2006

2005

Movie
Get Bizzy
Movie - Released: 8/23/2005

2003

QI
QI
as Self
TV - Released: 9/11/2003
Keen Eddie
Keen Eddie
TV - Released: 6/3/2003

2002

Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening
Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening
Movie - Released: 1/1/2002

2000

Married 2 Malcolm
Married 2 Malcolm
as Nathalie
Movie - Released: 5/25/2000
TV
A Many Splintered Thing
TV - Released: 6/27/2000
Fat Friends
Fat Friends
as Julia Fleshman
TV - Released: 10/12/2000

1999

The Flint Street Nativity
The Flint Street Nativity
as Mary/Debbie Bennett
Movie - Released: 12/22/1999
Loose Women
Loose Women
as Self
TV - Released: 9/6/1999

1998

Bill's New Frock
Bill's New Frock
as Bill's Mum
Movie - Released: 6/28/1998
Gogs: Gogwana
Gogs: Gogwana
Movie - Released: 12/25/1998
The Animal Train
The Animal Train
as Mum / Crane
Movie - Released: 12/25/1998
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
as Self
TV - Released: 8/5/1998
Star Hill Ponies
Star Hill Ponies
as Various Characters (voice)
TV - Released: 11/2/1998

1997

Jonathan Creek
Jonathan Creek
as Denise
TV - Released: 5/9/1997

1996

Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
as Self
TV - Released: 11/12/1996

1995

Spot's Magical Christmas
Spot's Magical Christmas
as Sally/Helen(voice: UK version)
Movie - Released: 12/20/1995

1994

An Audience with Ken Dodd
An Audience with Ken Dodd
as Self
Movie - Released: 12/3/1994
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Pigling Bland
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Pigling Bland
as Pigwig (voice)
Movie - Released: 12/27/1994
Downwardly Mobile
Downwardly Mobile
TV - Released: 7/21/1994
Outside Edge
Outside Edge
as Maggie Costello
TV - Released: 3/24/1994

1993

Queen of the Wild Frontier
Queen of the Wild Frontier
as Susie
Movie - Released: 5/6/1993
Gogs
Gogs
TV - Released: 12/7/1993

1992

GamesMaster
GamesMaster
TV - Released: 1/7/1992
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
as Pigwig (voice)
TV - Released: 12/20/1992
Absolutely Fabulous
Absolutely Fabulous
as Cable TV Presenter
TV - Released: 11/12/1992

1991

Enchanted April
Enchanted April
as Lottie Wilkins
Movie - Released: 11/27/1991
TV
Josie
TV - Released: 5/1/1991

1990

Not with a Bang
Not with a Bang
as Janet Wilkins
TV - Released: 3/25/1990
TV
Jackson Pace: The Great Years
as Ryveeta Tusk
TV - Released: 10/11/1990
The Green Man
The Green Man
as Lucy
TV - Released: 10/28/1990

1989

Norbert Smith: A Life
Norbert Smith: A Life
as Ruby Lawrence
Movie - Released: 11/3/1989
Sales People from Hell
Sales People from Hell
Movie - Released: 1/1/1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Mrs. Grant
TV - Released: 1/8/1989

1988

This Morning
This Morning
as Self
TV - Released: 10/3/1988
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
as Self
TV - Released: 9/23/1988
Friday Night Live
Friday Night Live
TV - Released: 2/19/1988
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
TV - Released: 9/23/1988
TV
Campaign
as Linda Prentice
TV - Released: 1/6/1988

1986

Casualty
Casualty
as Janet Haines
TV - Released: 9/6/1986
TV
Get Fresh
as Self - Get the Joke
TV - Released: 5/3/1986

1985

Rachel and the Roarettes
Rachel and the Roarettes
as Rachel
Movie - Released: 6/13/1985
EastEnders
EastEnders
as Manda Best
TV - Released: 2/19/1985

1979

A Christmas Carol at Ford's Theatre
A Christmas Carol at Ford's Theatre
as Mrs. Dilber / Fred's Younger Sister
Movie - Released: 12/22/1979