Actor profile

Josie Lawrence

6th June 1959 Staffordshire, England, UK Acting

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.

23 Movies 35 TV Shows 67 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Mother's Pride poster

Mother's Pride 6th March 2026 as Edith

A Clever Woman poster

A Clever Woman 21st April 2023 as Dot

Finding Your Feet poster

Finding Your Feet 26th December 2017 as Pamela Harper

Bonobo poster

Bonobo 5th December 2014 as Anita

Round Ireland with a Fridge poster

Round Ireland with a Fridge 1st January 2010 as Sandra

The Old Curiosity Shop poster

The Old Curiosity Shop 26th December 2007 as Mrs. Jiniwin

The Man from Montevideo poster

The Man from Montevideo 24th May 2007 as Gillian Langham

Acorn Antiques: The Musical poster

Acorn Antiques: The Musical 13th March 2006 as Donna / Bonnie

Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening poster

Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening 1st January 2002

Married 2 Malcolm poster

Married 2 Malcolm 25th May 2000 as Nathalie

The Flint Street Nativity poster

The Flint Street Nativity 22nd December 1999 as Mary/Debbie Bennett

Gogs: Gogwana poster

Gogs: Gogwana 25th December 1998

The Animal Train poster

The Animal Train 25th December 1998 as Mum / Crane

Bill's New Frock poster

Bill's New Frock 28th June 1998 as Bill's Mum

Spot's Magical Christmas poster

Spot's Magical Christmas 20th December 1995 as Sally/Helen(voice: UK version)

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Pigling Bland poster

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Pigling Bland 27th December 1994 as Pigwig (voice)

An Audience with Ken Dodd poster

An Audience with Ken Dodd 3rd December 1994 as Self

Queen of the Wild Frontier poster

Queen of the Wild Frontier 6th May 1993 as Susie

Enchanted April poster

Enchanted April 27th November 1991 as Lottie Wilkins

Norbert Smith: A Life poster

Norbert Smith: A Life 3rd November 1989 as Ruby Lawrence

Sales People from Hell poster

Sales People from Hell 1st January 1989

Rachel and the Roarettes poster

Rachel and the Roarettes 13th June 1985 as Rachel

A Christmas Carol at Ford's Theatre poster

A Christmas Carol at Ford's Theatre 22nd December 1979 as Mrs. Dilber / Fred's Younger Sister

Art Detectives poster

Art Detectives 9th June 2025 as Jane Fielding

Inside Longleat poster

Inside Longleat 22nd April 2025 as Self - Narrator (voice)

Halo poster

Halo 24th March 2022 as Minnie

Good Omens poster

Good Omens 31st May 2019 as Agnes Nutter

Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators poster

Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators 26th February 2018 as Dr. Helen Middleton

Richard Osman's House of Games poster

Richard Osman's House of Games 4th September 2017 as Self - Contestant

We Have Been Watching poster

We Have Been Watching 4th January 2017 as Self

Humans poster

Humans 14th June 2015 as Barbara

Just a Minute poster

Just a Minute 26th March 2012 as Self

Would I Lie to You? poster

Would I Lie to You? 16th June 2007 as Self

Skins poster

Skins 25th January 2007 as Liz

Robin Hood poster

Robin Hood 7th October 2006

QI poster

QI 11th September 2003 as Self

Keen Eddie poster

Keen Eddie 3rd June 2003

Fat Friends poster

Fat Friends 12th October 2000 as Julia Fleshman

Loose Women poster

Loose Women 6th September 1999 as Self

Star Hill Ponies poster

Star Hill Ponies 2nd November 1998 as Various Characters (voice)

Whose Line Is It Anyway? poster

Whose Line Is It Anyway? 5th August 1998 as Self

Jonathan Creek poster

Jonathan Creek 9th May 1997 as Denise

Never Mind the Buzzcocks poster

Never Mind the Buzzcocks 12th November 1996 as Self

Downwardly Mobile poster

Downwardly Mobile 21st July 1994

Outside Edge poster

Outside Edge 24th March 1994 as Maggie Costello

Gogs poster

Gogs 7th December 1993

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends poster

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends 20th December 1992 as Pigwig (voice)

Absolutely Fabulous poster

Absolutely Fabulous 12th November 1992 as Cable TV Presenter

GamesMaster poster

GamesMaster 7th January 1992

The Green Man poster

The Green Man 28th October 1990 as Lucy

Not with a Bang poster

Not with a Bang 25th March 1990 as Janet Wilkins

Agatha Christie's Poirot poster

Agatha Christie's Poirot 8th January 1989 as Mrs. Grant

This Morning poster

This Morning 3rd October 1988 as Self

Whose Line Is It Anyway? poster

Whose Line Is It Anyway? 23rd September 1988 as Self

Whose Line Is It Anyway? poster

Whose Line Is It Anyway? 23rd September 1988

Friday Night Live poster

Friday Night Live 19th February 1988

Casualty poster

Casualty 6th September 1986 as Janet Haines

EastEnders poster

EastEnders 19th February 1985 as Manda Best