Acting
Josie Lawrence
Acting · Born 1959-06-06 · Staffordshire, England, UK
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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FilmMother's Pride
2026 · Edith
Art Detectives
2025 · Jane Fielding
Inside Longleat
2025 · Self - Narrator (voice)
FilmA Clever Woman
2023 · Dot
Halo
2022 · Minnie
Good Omens
2019 · Agnes Nutter
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
2018 · Dr. Helen Middleton
FilmFinding Your Feet
2017 · Pamela Harper
Richard Osman's House of Games
2017 · Self - Contestant
We Have Been Watching
2017 · Self
Reluctant Persuaders
Reluctant Persuaders
2015 · Amanda Brook (voice)
Humans
2015 · Barbara
FilmBonobo
2014 · Anita
Just a Minute
2012 · Self
FilmRound Ireland with a Fridge
2010 · Sandra
FilmThe Old Curiosity Shop
2007 · Mrs. Jiniwin
Would I Lie to You?
2007 · Self
Skins
2007 · Liz
Robin Hood
2006
The Complete Guide to Parenting
The Complete Guide to Parenting
2006 · Phoebe Huntley
FilmAcorn Antiques: The Musical
2006 · Donna / Bonnie
QI
2003 · Self
Keen Eddie
2003
FilmRichard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening
2002
Fat Friends
2000 · Julia Fleshman
A Many Splintered Thing
A Many Splintered Thing
2000
FilmMarried 2 Malcolm
2000 · Nathalie
FilmThe Flint Street Nativity
1999 · Mary/Debbie Bennett
Loose Women
1999 · Self
FilmGogs: Gogwana
1998
FilmThe Animal Train
1998 · Mum / Crane
Star Hill Ponies
1998 · Various Characters (voice)
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
1998 · Self
Jonathan Creek
1997 · Denise
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
1996 · Self
The Adventures of Dawdle the Donkey
1996 · Dawdle (voice)
FilmSpot's Magical Christmas
1995 · Sally/Helen(voice: UK version)
FilmAn Audience with Ken Dodd
1994 · Self
Downwardly Mobile
1994
Outside Edge
1994 · Maggie Costello
Gogs
1993
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
1992 · Pigwig (voice)
Absolutely Fabulous
1992 · Cable TV Presenter
GamesMaster
1992
FilmEnchanted April
1991 · Lottie Wilkins
Josie
Josie
1991
The Green Man
1990 · Lucy
Jackson Pace: The Great Years
Jackson Pace: The Great Years
1990 · Ryveeta Tusk
Not with a Bang
1990 · Janet Wilkins
FilmNorbert Smith: A Life
1989 · Ruby Lawrence
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · Mrs. Grant
This Morning
1988 · Self
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
1988 · Self
Friday Night Live
1988
Campaign
Campaign
1988 · Linda Prentice
Casualty
1986 · Janet Haines
Get Fresh
Get Fresh
1986 · Self - Get the Joke
EastEnders
1985 · Manda Best
FilmA Christmas Carol at Ford's Theatre
1979 · Mrs. Dilber / Fred's Younger Sister