Person

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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  EastEnders

  Manda Best

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  Agatha Christie's Poirot

  Mrs. Grant

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  Casualty

  Janet Haines

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  Loose Women

  Self

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  Halo

  Minnie

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  Skins

  Liz

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  QI

  Self

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  Richard Osman's House of Games

  Self - Contestant

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  Good Omens

  Agnes Nutter

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  Never Mind the Buzzcocks

  Self

• 2026Mother's PrideEdith
• 2025Art DetectivesJane Fielding
• 2025Inside LongleatSelf - Narrator (voice)
• 2023A Clever WomanDot
• 2022HaloMinnie
• 2019Good OmensAgnes Nutter
• 2018Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private InvestigatorsDr. Helen Middleton
• 2017Finding Your FeetPamela Harper
• 2017Richard Osman's House of GamesSelf - Contestant
• 2017We Have Been WatchingSelf
• 2016Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing SketchesSelf
• 2015Reluctant PersuadersAmanda Brook (voice)
• 2015HumansBarbara
• 2014BonoboAnita
• 2012Just a MinuteSelf
• 2010Round Ireland with a FridgeSandra
• 2007The Old Curiosity ShopMrs. Jiniwin
• 2007Would I Lie to You?Self
• 2007The Man from MontevideoGillian Langham
• 2007SkinsLiz
• 2006Robin Hood
• 2006The Complete Guide to ParentingPhoebe Huntley
• 2006Acorn Antiques: The MusicalDonna / Bonnie
• 2005Get Bizzy
• 2003QISelf
• 2003Keen Eddie
• 2002Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening
• 2000Fat FriendsJulia Fleshman
• 2000A Many Splintered Thing
• 2000Married 2 MalcolmNathalie
• 1999The Flint Street NativityMary/Debbie Bennett
• 1999Loose WomenSelf
• 1998Gogs: Gogwana
• 1998The Animal TrainMum / Crane
• 1998Star Hill PoniesVarious Characters (voice)
• 1998Whose Line Is It Anyway?Self
• 1998Bill's New FrockBill's Mum
• 1997Jonathan CreekDenise
• 1996Never Mind the BuzzcocksSelf
• 1995Spot's Magical ChristmasSally/Helen(voice: UK version)
• 1994The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Pigling BlandPigwig (voice)
• 1994An Audience with Ken DoddSelf
• 1994Downwardly Mobile
• 1994Outside EdgeMaggie Costello
• 1993Gogs
• 1993Queen of the Wild FrontierSusie
• 1992The World of Peter Rabbit and FriendsPigwig (voice)
• 1992Absolutely FabulousCable TV Presenter
• 1992GamesMaster
• 1991Enchanted AprilLottie Wilkins
• 1991Josie
• 1990The Green ManLucy
• 1990Jackson Pace: The Great YearsRyveeta Tusk
• 1990Not with a BangJanet Wilkins
• 1989Norbert Smith: A LifeRuby Lawrence
• 1989Agatha Christie's PoirotMrs. Grant
• 1989Sales People from Hell
• 1988This MorningSelf
• 1988Whose Line Is It Anyway?Self
• 1988Friday Night Live
• 1988CampaignLinda Prentice
• 1986CasualtyJanet Haines
• 1986Get FreshSelf - Get the Joke
• 1985Rachel and the RoarettesRachel
• 1985EastEndersManda Best
• 1979A Christmas Carol at Ford's TheatreMrs. Dilber / Fred's Younger Sister